Dreamforce is coming back to San Francisco next year

• At the time, he expressed concern over the potential impact of homelessness and drug use on the conference.

Why it matters: Amid San Francisco's ongoing recovery from the pandemic, the annual conference provides a boost to the city's tourism economy.

By the numbers: Hotels in the area around Moscone Center, where Dreamforce took place, had an average 93.6% hotel occupancy rate from Sept. 11-13, SFGATE reports, citing data from real estate analytics company CoStar Group.

• The final day of Dreamforce, Sept. 14, saw a 74.7% hotel occupancy rate, higher than the city's average 66.1% occupancy rate in July.

What they're saying: Despite Benioff's concerns ahead of September's event, Dreamforce "set new standards with outstanding safety measures, cleanliness and hospitality for our 40,000 visiting trailblazers," he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.