Nine resort hotels in Newport Beach’s Tourism Business Improvement District are asking the City Council to dissolve it so they can transfer their marketing activities, paid for by room rate ...

The city of Newport Beach saw 7 million visitors who spent $1 billion in the 12 months ended June 30, said the city’s destination marketing group Newport Beach & Co. The nonprofit tourism and ...

The expected council action, which was to adopt a resolution formally stating the city’s intention to disestablish the district so a time and date could be set for a public hearing, was instead tabled ...