WHAT’S NEW IN CALIFORNIA SPRING 2021 Table of Contents What’s New | 3 Hotels | 3 Culinary | 9 Arts & Entertainment | 13 Outdoor | 15 Contact Us | 17 Visit California is pleased to present this Spring 2021 update on What’s New in California. The information in this publication is also available on our online Media Center at media.visitcalifornia.com. There you can dynamically search the most up to date information by category and region. For even more information and inspiration, please visit our consumer website at visitcalifornia.com. © copyright: 2021 Visit California Above: Fresno Blossom Trail, Fresno, CA On the cover: Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, CA What’s New What’s New in California showcases new openings and developments happening across the Golden State. Find inspiration for stories revolving around hotels, culinary, arts and entertainment, and outdoor. Dates listed are subject to change. Confirm with appropriate media contacts listed with each entry. Hotels ANAHEIM Element Anaheim Resort Convention Center The Westin Anaheim Resort Opening March 2021 Opening March 2021 The Element Anaheim Resort Convention Center The Westin Anaheim Resort is a new luxury is also slated for a March 2021 opening. Within property slated to open in March 2021 just steps a 10-minute walk to top local attractions like away from some of Southern California’s most Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention popular attractions. As the brand’s first new build Center, this 141-room hotel is a great option for both in Southern California in nearly 25 years, the resort leisure and business travelers. Whether guests stay will feature a modern design inspired by Anaheim’s at the property for a few days or a few weeks, they historic orange grove roots. A landmark hotel set in will thrive at Element with the conveniences they the heart of Anaheim’s Resort District, The Westin need. The property offers spacious studio and one- Anaheim Resort will occupy eight acres and offer bedroom suites with separate living and sleeping 618 guestrooms including 121 suites, a signature areas, as well as popular kid’s suites with bunk beds. 2,860-square-foot WestinWORKOUT® Fitness Not to mention, rooms include a fully equipped Studio, a resort-style pool, and seven signature kitchen that is ready for a guest’s favorite cuisine. restaurants and bars, including Anaheim’s only But, if visitors are not in the mood to cook, they can exclusive rooftop bar overlooking Disneyland® enjoy a daily, free hot breakfast buffet. The property Resort’s nightly fireworks. The hotel will also feature also features a 24-hour fitness center as well as 23 meeting rooms totaling 47,542 square feet of outdoor pool and BBQ areas that provide a relaxing customizable and high-tech meeting space including atmosphere to unwind after a day at the convention a 16,120-square-foot grand ballroom. center or at the theme parks. MEDIA CONTACT: LINDSAY (MILLER) SWANSON, VISIT ANAHEIM, (714) 336-9619, [email protected] SPRING 2021 | WHAT’S NEW IN CALIFORNIA 3 CATALINA ISLAND DANA POINT Overnight Stays Now Offered at the Iconic Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Catalina Casino Club Debuts For the first time, Catalina Island Company is offering On January 6, the Dana Point resort previously a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to book a night at known as Monarch Beach Resort debuted as Waldorf its iconic Casino, the 91-year-old Art Deco building Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club. The 400- known as a symbol of the island’s history, arts, culture room resort is nestled hillside along the coast of and romance. The Casino’s ballroom will be outfitted Dana Point, offering panoramic views of the Pacific with vintage furniture and accessories from the past Ocean. A one-of-a-kind Southern California escape, 90+ years. Stays will consist of a personal tour with the resort boasts seven culinary concepts, including a local Avalon historian; a three-course chef’s dinner Bourbon Steak Orange County, AVEO Table + Bar, on the Casino’s veranda featuring a time period- 33 North, Monarch Bay Beach Club, Part & Parcel appropriate menu and signature drinks; a private Market, Club 19 and Sombra, a private beach club, an screening of a Hollywood classic film and movie expansive outdoor pool area, an award-winning 18- treats; breakfast daily and a $100 resort credit. The hole golf course, a 30,000 square-foot spa and more. Catalina Casino Sleepover is available for limited MEDIA CONTACT: CARSON DENBOW, VISIT DANA POINT, dates for $899 (excluding taxes and fees) for a (570) 490-0135, [email protected] two-night stay. MEDIA CONTACT: KRISTIN METCALFE, CATALINA ISLAND COMPANY, GREATER PALM SPRINGS (310) 510-7427, [email protected] Azure Palm Hot Springs Resort & Day Spa Opening in March 2021 CENTURY CITY Azure Palm Hot Springs Resort & Day Spa Oasis, Fairmont Century Plaza Coming to opening in March 2021 in Desert Hot Springs, Century City in Spring 2021 offers a unique desert spa experience and soaks With 400 rooms and 63 luxury residences, the in healing mineral springs surrounded by the San Fairmont’s new Century City location is expected Jacinto Mountains. The resort will offer 40 overnight to open in spring 2021. The hotel is rich in Hollywood accommodations, ranging from spa suites with history and glamour, having originally opened in private mineral spring tubs to balcony view rooms 1966 on the 20th Century Fox lot with high tech facing the stunning western mountainscape. amenities, including colored TVs in every room (a MEDIA CONTACT: JOYCE KIEHL, GREATER PALM SPRINGS first for its time!) The hotel has a gourmet café, CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU, (760) 969-1338, modern American brasserie, rooftop bar and pool, [email protected] 14,000-square-foot spa. With a walkable, “city-within- a-city” atmosphere, Minoru Yamasaki’s lovingly restored mid-century modern hotel is only a short stroll from innovative outdoor retail and dining establishments. MEDIA CONTACT: BRENDA URBAN, FAIRMONT CENTURY PLAZA, (973) 477-8456, [email protected] SPRING 2021 | WHAT’S NEW IN CALIFORNIA 4 HERMOSA BEACH New Renovations at Hyatt Regency Monterey Newly Renovated Beachfront Hotel with Hotel & Spa Historic Ties to Hermosa Beach Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa is set to Established as a motel in 1962, Sea Sprite Hotel is complete a multimillion-dollar renovation this spring, a newly-renovated, oceanfront, boutique hotel. Sea which includes redesigns of the lobby, guest rooms, Sprite now offers 34 tastefully-designed unique suites and exterior landscaping. The renovation will rooms and suites featuring hardwood floors, open- also include the addition of two new spaces: Central pore wood furniture, and a gray-white color palette Coast Provisions, a market-style shop, and Sea Root that elegantly sets the tone for a relaxing coastal Restaurant, an on-site eatery. The overall renovation getaway. As an oceanfront property, most rooms helps to blur the lines between indoor and outdoor have a beautiful view of the ocean and are just steps spaces, creating a relaxing and luxurious experience away from the strand. The property also offers room for guests. Considered Monterey County’s largest service and various beach activities and rental, all meetings hotel with 40,000 square feet of event sponsored by local Hermosa Beach businesses. space and 560 rooms, Hyatt Regency also received GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation and appointed a MEDIA CONTACT: KYLE LEE, SEA SPRITE HOTEL, (310) 725-8234, hygiene and wellbeing champion to oversee health [email protected] and sanitation efforts. MONTEREY COUNTY New Sleep Program at Post Ranch Inn Coastal-inspired Guest Rooms and Suites at In spring 2021, Post Ranch Inn, an eco-luxury Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay property perched on the cliffs of Big Sur, will launch Portola Hotel & Spa’s newly renovated and coastal- a new Sleep Program for guests. This one-of-a-kind inspired accommodations offer a relaxing escape program has been designed with the help of one of with modern, timeless interiors and upgraded the top sleep doctors in the U.S. and an indoor air amenities. Each of the 379 guest rooms and suites quality expert to help guests sleep better and leave features beautiful wall coverings, contemporary feeling truly rejuvenated. furniture, air conditioning, headboards with built-in MEDIA CONTACT: RACHEL DINBOKOWITZ, MONTEREY COUNTY lighting and USB outlets, ceiling fans, and double CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU, (831) 657-6434, pane windows. Guest rooms offer one king or two [email protected] queen beds, and select suites are equipped with a queen sofa sleeper. The refreshed interiors give Portola’s coastal oasis new life by fusing Spanish missionaries’ artisanship with tones of the Monterey bay near iconic Fisherman’s Wharf. Warm oak tones, patterned textiles and leather crafted details found throughout the rooms take on the Californios’ identity and effortlessly become an extension of the destination’s stunning landscape. MEDIA CONTACT: JACKIE OLSEN, PORTOLA HOTEL & SPA, (831) 649-7867, [email protected] SPRING 2021 | WHAT’S NEW IN CALIFORNIA 5 NAPA VALLEY OAKLAND Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley to Moxy Oakland Opens Spring 2021 Open Early Spring Nestled in Oakland’s Arts & Entertainment District, Representing Napa Valley’s first and only resort set the new Moxy Oakland Downtown is scheduled within a working winery, Four Seasons Resort Napa to open in spring 2021, greeting travelers with a Valley delivers an authentic luxury retreat where the spirited and fun guest experience starting with a best of wine, wellness, culinary and design converge. complimentary beverage upon check-in at the bar in Reservations will go live in a couple months, closely the lobby. The property’s design details pay homage followed by the grand opening. Weddings and events to the neighborhood’s Art Deco theaters in an edgy are already being booked for 2021 onward.