AFM signs multi-year deal with Le Meridien Delfina, will not return to former Loews site (exclusive)

Market runs October 31-November 5.With a month to go before the American Film Market (AFM), Screen has learned the event’s organiser Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has struck a multi-year deal with Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica and will not return to the former Loews site.It emerged in January that The Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel paused operations after it did not renew its lease with owner Strategic Hotels and the new tenant Ihg Hotels And Resorts closed the venue for renovations.According to a report in Santa Monica Mirror Ihg will reopen the site later…

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