Newport Beach’s Union Bank celebrates remodel Union...

Newport Beach’s Union Bank celebrates remodel

Union Bank of California has celebrated the reopening of its newly

remodeled Newport Beach branch.

The bank, in Harbor View Center, reopened March 28 after a

remodel.

Throughout the day, the bank offered free checking to new

customers, who were also entered into a contest to win a gourmet gift

basket from Gelson’s Market, which is in the same shopping center.

Union Bank also held a business fair to offer bank services and

offered financial consulting services.

Harbor View Center is at 1666 San Miguel Drive. The shopping

center is owned by the Irvine Co. and managed by Madison Marquette

Retail Services.

Ad agency moves to Newport Beach from Irvine

Ergo Worldwide Brand Development & Advertising, an international

advertising agency, has relocated to Newport Beach from Irvine.

The privately held company specializes in marketing and packaging

efforts involving companies in transition.

“With so much pressure on businesses and brands to be more

competitive, our essential philosophy of ‘nothing in isolation’ makes

us a perfect partner,” said Gary Szenderski, the company’s client

services director.

Ergo was founded in 1996 as Szenderski Rohani Worldwide and, after

the name change, won two International Summit awards in a row. The

company’s offices will now be at 3740 Campus Drive.

Travel writers visit Newport Beach for meeting

The Society of American Travel Writers held its annual meeting in

Newport Beach this week.

Twenty-four board members, along with seven guests, stayed at the

Four Seasons hotel between April 4 and Wednesday.

During the week, the Newport Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau

hosted the group. They stayed at various local hotels and held their

board meetings at the Four Seasons.

The group visited a number of local restaurants, the Newport Beach

Film Festival and the Newport Beach Nautical Museum, and took cruises

in Newport Harbor.

The guests included Randy Curwen, a travel editor with the Chicago

Tribune; Adele Malott, a travel columnist with the New York Times

Syndicate; and a number of book authors.