Register before July 11 for LATCB’s 2nd Annual Market Outlook Forum, August 20 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and save $40. The LATCB Market Outlook Forum is the strategic forecasting conference for any business interested in capitalizing on L.A.’s record tourism growth. Los Angeles welcomed a record 42.2 million visitors from around the globe in 2013, making it one of the most-visited destinations in the U.S., and forecasts call for continued growth with 50 million visitors by 2020. This valuable event will help you prepare to welcome them and benefit from the tremendous anticipated growth in visitation. Hear the latest trends from industry experts, get the latest L.A. visitation forecasts and industry perspectives, learn what other successful businesses are doing at panel discussions, get the first look at LATCB’s sales and marketing plans for the year ahead, and get your Marketing and Planning Resource Book filled with L.A. market analysis, visitor profiles, spending habits and more, and learn how to participate in LATCB activities to maximize the value of your membership. $159 for LATCB Members. $209 for Non-Members. After, July 11, $199 for members and $249 for non-members. Last year’s event sold out and space is limited, so reserve your spot today.

On June 12, LATCB in partnership with LAWA and the Scandinavian Tourism Authority co-hosted a series of events at an LATCB member hotel to celebrate Norwegian Air’s recently introduced non-stop service to Los Angeles from Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; and Copenhagen, Denmark. Additional service from London/Gattwich Airport to L.A. starts this month. Guests included select Consuls General and Chamber of Commerce and business association leaders, who met with Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos to explore future business opportunities.

The LATCB PR Team has been working hard to keep L.A. and LATCB members and partners in the news and on the minds of travelers around the globe. The PR Team has been rolling out coordinated media efforts, pitching and securing stories about L.A. and our members and partners to top-of-the-line consumer and travel trade publications for business and leisure travel, in the U.S. and abroad. Here is a sampling of recent high-profile media coverage.

The PR Team worked with Los Angeles magazine to include dineL.A.’s Restaurant Week in the magazine’s listing of the best upcoming summer events in Los Angeles. The magazine has a circulation of 140,000. To see the article, click here.

The LATCB PR Team worked with Travelocity Senior Travel Editor Courtney Scott to create two web videos highlighting some of Los Angeles’ top attractions, shopping, dining, museums, and ethnic neighborhoods in Downtown L.A., Beverly Hills and other locations.

Century Blvd., the main artery to LAX, will be closed at Aviation Blvd. for 57 hours July 25-28 to allow for the demolition of bridge as part of the construction of the new Metro Crenshaw light rail line. The demolition and closure of Century Blvd. will begin at 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, and end by 6:00 a.m. Monday, July 28. A detour will route traffic north of the bridge to Manchester Avenue before dropping back down to Century Blvd. on either side of Aviation Blvd. Metro, L.A. Department of Transportation and LAWA are working to ensure that local residents, travelers, LAX area employers, hotels, transportation providers, car rental companies and all others who could be impacted by the closure are aware of potential delays, and have updated information about traffic and detours so they can plan ahead. Please notify employees as well arriving international visitors about the closure, and share the information resources so they can plan ahead. Please visit LAX’s website www.LAXisHappening.com, follow LAX’s official Twitter feed @FlyLAXAirport, and follow the hashtag #centurycrunch for real-time updates on traffic conditions in and around the airport.

The Metro Board on June 26 approved a new light rail station at Aviation Blvd. and 96th St. that would connect Metro’s Crenshaw Line light rail, now under construction, to LAX with a people-mover system. The proposed light-rail station would be 1 ½ miles east of LAX's central terminal area. The people-mover, an aerial, monorail-style system, would carry passengers to a consolidated car-rental facility, a planned ground transportation hub and the LAX terminal area. The station is meant to speed up airport access for travelers and should include check-in counters, flight information boards, vendors and currency exchange locations. Currently, travelers and airport employees who take the Metro Green Line to the airport have to get off at the Aviation/LAX station south of the airport and take shuttle buses to the airport. For more information, click here.

During its 2014 Dwell on Design convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center (June 20-22), Dwell Magazine awarded Los Angeles the title of "America's Most Successfully Re-Invented Metropolis." Dwell, a major arbiter of the re-making of the nation's central cities, made the announcement at a press conference in the Met Lofts courtyard a block from the Staples Center in the heart of the civic renaissance.