Surf Expo & Orlando Fall Home & Garden Shows Start Next Week
August 29, 2013 Comments Off on Surf Expo & Orlando Fall Home & Garden Shows Start Next WeekYou can always tell when the Summer is drawing to a close in Orlando as convention season begins again. Next week sees two of the most popular conventions come to town as both the Surf Expo and the Orlando Fall Home & Garden shows open next Friday 6th September. Surf Expo, a trade only event, […]
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Today is Purple Pride Day as Orlando City Enter Play Offs
August 23, 2013 Comments Off on Today is Purple Pride Day as Orlando City Enter Play OffsToday is “Purple Pride Day” as Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs signed a joint proclamation yesterday, declaring Friday, August 23, “Purple Pride” day. The proclamation comes before the Lions begin the 2013 USL PRO playoffs against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds at the Florida Citrus Bowl on Saturday. The full proclamation reads […]
Continue reading …Sea Life Coming To Orlando in 2015
August 22, 2013 Comments Off on Sea Life Coming To Orlando in 2015Sea Life Aquarium is opening it’s doors in the heart of Orlando’s International Dive at the newly named I-Walk in Orlando, Florida in Spring 2015. An official opening date hasn’t been set as the development starts to take shape but Sea Life Orlando will become the seventh addition to the USA for Merlin Entertainments. Sea […]
Continue reading …Andy Roddick and Venus Williams to Headline Mylan WTT Smash Hits at Disney
August 21, 2013 Comments Off on Andy Roddick and Venus Williams to Headline Mylan WTT Smash Hits at DisneyFormer world No. 1s Venus Williams and Andy Roddick will headline Mylan WTT Smash Hits presented by GEICO, a charity night of tennis co-hosted by longtime friends Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King on Sunday, Nov. 17 at the HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort […]
Continue reading …Osceola County Votes Against Washington Nationals’ Spring Training Plan
August 19, 2013 Comments Off on Osceola County Votes Against Washington Nationals’ Spring Training PlanEarlier today I blogged about D-day and the proposed $221 million deal over 30 years that would see the Washington Nationals move to Osceola County. I’m pleased to say that that deal is no more. Around 8.10pm tonight, Osceola County Commissioners voted 4-1 against the deal being proposed by the Nationals. Commissioners Attkisson, Arrington, Hawkins […]
Continue reading …D-Day:The Great Florida Spring Training Debate
August 19, 2013 Comments Off on D-Day:The Great Florida Spring Training DebateEver since the State of Florida started throwing money around on the pretense of encouraging sporting teams to set up base or to stay in Florida, various communities have been thrown into strife. Instead of encouraging teams to stay in Florida, all that has happened is that one community has competed against another for the […]
Continue reading …AARP Orlando Vacation Home Marketing Campaign Launched
August 16, 2013 Comments Off on AARP Orlando Vacation Home Marketing Campaign Launched
Very pleased to announce that something I’ve been working on all year has finally come to fruition… our AARP marketing campaign to attract guests to stay in Orlando Vacation Homes. The project has been a time consuming one as first we had to convince Experience Kissimmee CVB that our market was worthy of investment. Despite […]
Continue reading …Arabian Nights Celebrates 25 Years!
August 15, 2013 Comments Off on Arabian Nights Celebrates 25 Years!One of the areas leading themed dinner shows celebrates 25 years in business this year and in a place where so many dinner shows have opened and closed before, that’s no mean achievement. Arabian Nights, one of Central Florida’s original shows, retains its popularity for two simple reasons. It offers a great experience with good […]
Continue reading …President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama made a short trip to Orlando today where they spoke to roughly 4,000 injured veterans attending the Disabled American Veterans. The President praised the “fighting spirit of wounded warriors” and at the same time announced a $100 million grant to treat brain injuries and mental health conditions, particularly […]
Continue reading …MLS Soccer is coming to Orlando! A gigantic step was taken this afternoon at Orange County Tourist Development Council as Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agreed to a deal that will complete funding of a downtown multi-purpose soccer stadium, one of the final steps the club had in its way […]
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