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Orlando remains a hot spot for golfers
Historically speaking, Orlando got a late start in golf.
The sport didn't arrive in Central Florida until 1893, when English businessman Leslie Pell-Clarke had six holes carved out around the northwest shore of Lake Eola. It only lasted a decade or so,...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Ryder Cup, LPGA, Arnold Palmer Invitational, David Leadbetter
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Five national builders to bid on city hotel plan
Sun StaffFive national builders will compete to construct Baltimore's proposed $290 million, publicly financed convention headquarters hotel after estimates from Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., the builder previously expected to build the hotel, soared beyond...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Vehicles, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Early Easter leaves Orlando hotels with April hangover
After four months of year-over-year growth, business dipped in April at Orlando-area hotels, likely because of an early Easter this year and the absence of a couple of big conventions in town. Hotels in the Orlando market filled 72.6 percent of their...
Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Consumer Confidence, Economic Indicator, Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Two I-Drive convention hotels partner to attract big "under-one-roof"-type meetings and events
With more than 5,000 hotel rooms, Las Vegas' MGM Grand offers more rooms — by at least a couple thousand — than any single convention hotel in the Orlando market. And Sin City's Mandalay Bay boasts more meeting space than the four-biggest...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, International Drive, Orlando Hotels
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From Star Wars to comics to gamers, Florida has events to satisfy your inner nerd
Orlando SentinelFlorida's got fanboy down. Where else can you count on an annual Wookie sighting? Disney's Star Wars Weekends, though, going on from May 17 to June 9 at Disney's Hollywood Studios, is just one of Florida's great offerings for movies, TV, comics and...Tags: Jim Parsons, SeaWorld, Battlestar Galactica (tv program), Entertainment Events, Saint Petersberg (Russia)
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How to talk like Yoda on Talk Like Yoda Day
Talk Like Yoda Day, Tuesday is. In Orlando, it seems like there's always a reason to celebrate the "Star Wars" films. Right now, we're in between sessions of Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Last summer, Celebration VI, a convention...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Warwick Davis, Movies, Pixar Animation, Frank Oz
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Hospitality job fair May 23 at Orange County Convention Center
OrlandoSentinel.comThe Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association has organized a Hospitality Career Fair, in partnership with Workforce Central Florida, that features more than a dozen local employers.... -
Budget cuts hit Central Florida convention business
WASHINGTON — As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that — although not among Orlando's biggest shows — still would have brought a $13 million economic...
Tags: Alan Grayson, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, National Government, Orlando
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05/20: Business events
Advertising American Advertising Federation-Daytona Beach, "Getting Out of Chase Mode" with Eric Shulman of Sander Training, 11:30 a.m. networking, noon-1 p.m. luncheon May 21, Vince Carter's Restaurant, 2150 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach. Admission to...
Tags: Daytona State College, Florida's Turnpike, Concourse, Siemens, Restaurants
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05/20: Conventions
This week Digestive Disease Week, today-Tuesday, Orange County Convention Center, 20,000. Not open to the public. QI Revolution, Saturday-May 28, Orange County Convention Center, 1,100. Open to the public. Upcoming Women's International...
Tags: Men's Health
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OCCC detainee dead in apparent suicide
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserA 56-year-old woman was found dead in her cell Saturday at Oahu Community Correctional Center. Catherine Callahan, a pretrial detainee, was found unresponsive in her cell while corrections officers conducted routine inspections at 9:25 a.m. Officers...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Prisons, Government, Hospitals and Clinics
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How Las Vegas' convention center stacks up nationally
Las Vegas SunThe Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority plans to borrow and spend $2.5 billion to develop the Las Vegas Global Business District, an overhauled convention center facility that will include a World Trade Center and multimodal transportation hub....Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Theme Park Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, National Retail Federation, New York City
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