In honor of National Guacamole Day, Mayor Turner and the City of Morgan Hill are proud to officially launch The Morgan Hill Guacamole Trail! This year-round effort will highlight the “best of the best” in guacamole offerings. Visit all (16) stops on the Guac Walk and vote for your favorite to win the Golden Guac of Fame Trophy on National Guacamole Day 2025. You can talk the talk, but can you walk the guac?
Learn more about the trail and find participating restaurants HERE.
Over 1,000 wineries competed in this year’s prestigious San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest in Northern California. Of the 5,700 total entries, the following South Santa Clara County Wineries made it on the podium: Guglielmo, Kirigin Cellars, Little Uvas, Martin Ranch, Moose Mountain, P&V, Sarah’s Vineyard and Solis.
Read the full article in the Morgan Hill Times HERE.
With 87,000 acres at Henry Coe State Park and an additional 58 trails covering 585 miles, Morgan Hill has already become a preferred location for hiking and biking enthusiasts alike. The Conservation Fund’s recent purchase of the Richmond Ranch will expand the existing Bay Area Trail more than 3,600 acres. This land acquisition will act as a bridge, connecting the East Foothills, Coyote Valley, and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Upon approval by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, the Santa Clara County Department of Parks will be handed the land, which they will co-manage alongside Valley Habitat Agency.
Several San Franciso 49er players have chosen Morgan Hill as their place of residence, touting their ability to achieve a sense of peacefulness and anonymity in the City, while maintaining a close proximity to the Bay Area.
Travel trends in 2024 are expected to be largely influenced by TV and movie set, and concert locations. “Destination dupes,” lower-cost alternative destinations offering a similar climate and experience to a more popular location, and alcohol-free travel experiences are also leading travel trends this year. Whether you're a Swiftee attending the Eras Tour, a budget-conscious traveler choosing the Canadian Rockies over the Swiss Alps, or observing “dry-January” there’s a destination in store for you in 2024.
According to a recent CoStar Hospitality Data Podcast, the month of November marked the “return to equilibrium” for the hotel industry.
As a whole, during the month of November hotel industry RevPAR increased 2.7%, room rates increased 3.8%, and occupancy decreased 1.1%. Breaking those numbers out by scale, upper-upscale RevPAR increased 5% while economy RevPAR decreased by 5%. The luxury chain room rate decreased 0.9% however the room rate for the luxury hotel scale as a whole increased 5%, driven mainly by the impact of the Formula 1 event on the Las Vegas hotel market. TSA posted record travel data during the Thanksgiving week resulting in a much-needed leisure travel surge for hotels at the end of the month.
Projections for December are being based on traditional last minute corporate holiday travel patterns and a plunge in occupancy over the Christmas holiday. What do experts predict for the start of 2024? No growth during the first two quarters of the year, but also no decline; a state of equilibrium.
