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Crowne Plaza Hotel San Jose - Downtown
The Crowne Plaza Hotel San Jose is located in beautiful downtown San Jose, accessible to all major freeways, adjacent to light rail and train stations. The Crowne Plaza Hotel San Jose is across from the San Jose McEnery Convention Center …more

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - San Jose Int'l Airport
Welcome to the newly renovated Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites San Jose International Airport. We are conveniently located 1.8 miles from the airport with easy access to major highways. Complimentary airport shuttle service available. …more

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About San Jose

Founded in 1777, San Jose is the oldest civil settlement in California and site of the first State capital. With a population of 945,000, San Jose is the 3rd largest city in California, the 10th largest city in United States and Safest Big City in America (500,000+) for five consecutive years.

The Gateway to the Bays, San Jose is only 45 minutes south of San Francisco and 70 minutes northeast of Monterey and Santa Cruz. There are 300 sunny days per year with an average daily temperature of 50 degrees in January and 70 degrees in July.

Hear the applause. The hottest traveling Broadway shows, opera, symphony, ballet, and ethnic artists perform nightly. Stay and play at four star brand hotels or quaint boutiques. Expand your palette at innovative and multi-ethnic restaurants. From local haunts to trendy scenes, a diverse after hours scene awaits you. Shop till you drop. Premium shopping centers with a European flair and 300 store discount shopping malls are in our backyard. Multiple sporting events are closer than your remote. Get on the green with over 15 local and championship Golf courses. Thrilling theme parks and fun family activities can fill more than a day. Stop and smell the roses at one of our 150 beautiful parks and gardens. It's time for wine with over 20 local wineries providing wine tasting, touring and special events.

San Jose is proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population, and the rich cultural identity of its many neighborhoods. The population in San Jose is 27% Asian and 30% Hispanic. Japantown and the Japanese Friendship Garden are popular tourist stops. Biblioteca Latinoamericana holds one of the largest collections of Spanish language materials in Northern California. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is the largest public library west of the Mississippi and displays art work on every floor. Home to the biggest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam, San Jose is constructing the nation's first Vietnamese Heritage Garden and Historical Museum. Year-round, San Jose sponsors many cultural festivals and numerous ethnic chambers of commerce are active in our community.

San Jose boasts the highest disposable household income of anywhere in the country. With the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world, it is not surprising that over half of the adult population holds a college degree. Innovation and creativity aren't just words--San Jose also leads the nation in patent generation. The city has 25 companies with 1,000 employees or more, including the headquarters of Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco, Xilinx, Novellus Systems, and eBay, as well as major facilities for Flextronics, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Hitachi, Agilent Technologies, and Lockheed Martin.

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