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2026 Foundation Leadership Forum: Hotel and Travel
February 1–3, 2026
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
San Diego, CA
Update: The Hilton San Diego Bayfront is currently sold out, and we are receiving reports that surrounding hotels near the conference are also sold out. AGB recommends that interested teams only register if they have already secured needed accommodation. Please contact AGBevents@helmsbriscoe.com if you would like us to add you to our waitlist and contact you should rooms become available.
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
The 2026 Foundation Leadership Forum will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, California. Rising above San Diego Bay and steps from Gaslamp Quarter, Petco Park, and Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the Hilton San Diego Bayfront is the signature SoCal resort.
Update: AGB’s room block at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront is SOLD OUT. Below is a list of nearby hotels that attendees still needing a room may wish to contact for reservations:
Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter – 4 star rating
Distance: ½ mile
Address: 401 K Street
Phone: (619) 231-4040
Omni San Diego Hotel at the Ballpark – 4 star rating
Distance: ½ mile
Address: 675 L Street
Phone: (619) 231-6664
San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter – 4 star rating
Distance: ½ mile
Address: 660 K Street
Phone: (619) 696-0234
Residence Inn by Marriott San Diego/ Downtown/ Gaslamp Quarter – 3 star rating
Distance: ½ mile
Address: 356 6th Avenue
Phone: (619) 487-1200
Margaritaville Hotel and Diego Gaslamp Quarter – 4 star rating
Distance: ½ mile
Address: 435 6th Avenue
Phone: (619) 819-9500
Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Gaslamp/ Convention Center – 3 star rating
Distance: ½ mile
Address: 453 6th Avenue
Phone: (619) 544-1004
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter by IHG – 4 star rating
Distance: 1 mile away
Address: 509 9th Avenue
Phone: (619) 727-4000
Sentral San Diego Gaslamp Quarter – 4 star rating
Distance: 1 mile away
Address: 502 Tenth Avenue
Phone: 619-500-1338
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina – 4 star rating
Distance: 1 mile
Address: 333 West Harbor Drive
Phone: (619) 234-1500
Manchester Grand Hyatt – 4 star rating
Distance: 1 mile
Address: 1 Market Place
Phone: (619) 232-1234
For any rooming questions about the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, please reach out to AGB’s event planner, Christy Andrews. She can be reached via phone at 800-878-4018 or via email at AGBevents@helmsbriscoe.com, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET.
Warning! Beware of unauthorized housing companies (hotel “poachers”) that contact individuals offering cheaper rates. This practice, also known as “room pirating,” is a scam that all convention attendees should be aware of in order to avoid passing along personal and financial information. Please only go through the link provided by AGB in your confirmation receipt to make your reservation in the AGB room block. Note: No one from our organization will call you to make your reservation. Hotel poachers will claim to be an AGB partner or the “official housing company” and will sometimes ask that your room be paid in full, up front.
Getting there.
Hotel Information
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619-564-3333
Valet and self-parking are available.
San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport
3225 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Off I–5
Tel: +1 619-400-2400
Distance from property: 4.0 miles
Amtrak Train Stations
Santa Fe Depot
Distance from property: 1.5 miles
Old Town Transportation Center
Distance from property: 4.9 miles
Other Transportation
San Diego International Airport is three miles from downtown. Shuttle vans, buses, and taxis run from the Transportation Plaza, reached via the skybridges from Terminals 1 and 2. The Metropolitan Transit System’s Flyer Route 992 features red-and-white-striped buses that serve the terminals at 10- to 15-minute intervals between 5:00 AM and 11:00 PM. These buses have luggage racks and make a loop from the airport to downtown along Broadway to 9th Avenue and back, stopping frequently within walking distance of many hotels; they also connect with the San Diego Trolley and Amtrak. Information about the Metropolitan Transit System’s shuttles and buses, the San Diego Trolley, and COASTER commuter train can be found on the joint transit website: https://www.sdmts.com/. And you can always use Uber and Lyft to get around San Diego and the surrounding area.
Registration is full.
Please email registrar@AGB.org to be added to the waitlist.
Early Bird Rate
Individual Member*
Individual Member*
$1,795
Early Bird Rate
Group**
Group**
$1,650
Regular Rate
Individual Member*
$1,995
Regular Rate
Group**
$1,895
Nonmember Rate
$2,995
*Member exclusive pricing.
**Three or more, members only. All members in the group must be registered at the same time.
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Contact.
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