San Diego’s hotel scene has long been, to put it bluntly, corporate. Most of the Californian city’s accommodation options are part of big chains, ready to host the businesspeople that throng to the vast convention centre for events every week. But this is starting to change. A handful of boutique and independently owned properties have cropped up to satisfy shifting traveller demands, particularly those design-savvy younger tourists visiting SD’s cultural attractions and looking for more original spaces in which to stay.
