San Diego is a "Mighty" Fine Destination for British Prize Winners.Seventy-seven lucky sweepstakes winners from all parts of the British Isles British Isles: see Great Britain; Ireland. , including a prospective bride and groom, arrived in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. November 9 for a week-long all expenses-paid family vacation. The families won their free trips through a series of sweepstakes held earlier this year in the United Kingdom promoting the release of the Disney film, Mighty Joe Young. According to Georgeanne Wood, ConVis director of marketing promotions, a total of 20 radio, television, magazine and newspaper promotions ran in cities throughout England and Scotland. Many of the families said they learned about the contest promotion through television and radio ads. Wood estimates the media value to San Diego from this promotion amounts to more than $300,000. The sweepstakes winners were lodged at the historic Inn Suites Hotels San Diego Balboa Park Resort during their stay. Also, as part of their vacation package, each family received a complimentary Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. rental car so they could see the sites and visit San Diego's famous wildlife attractions: the San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. , SeaWorld and the San Diego Wild Animal Park The San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park is a zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California. It is one of the largest tourist attractions in the city and Southern California. . One of the couples, Dawn Partington and Christopher Clarke, decided to tie the knot while on vacation here in San Diego. |
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