City, Universal launch 2 websites intended to boost tourism

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angles Convention and Visitors Bureau have teamed up with Universal Studios Hollywood to offer 2 new websites aimed at attracting tourists to Hollywood and Los Angeles. The first, discoverLosAngeles.com, offers quick and easy activity, accommodation, and dining advice in a good-looking format. The newer experienceHollywood.com focuses on attractions in the Hollywood area, duly anchored by less than subtle links to Universal's own site. Long known as a grungy, crime-ridden section of Los Angeles, Hollywood has experienced an immense renaissance in less than a decade, and organizers hope to capitalize on this headway. Or in their words:

"like a glamorous starlet, Hollywood has made a major comeback and is living like a newly discovered ingénue everybody is talking about."