Archive for January, 2008
Hyatt owes $3.7M in property taxes to Orange County after ruling
Hyatt Hotels Corp. will have to pay more than $3.7 million in back taxes after a judge ruled against the company in a five-year legal fight with Orange County. [...]
Orlando Science Center’s inner view of video games attracts record crowd
The shooter fired quickly, hardly flinching from the recoil of the M-4 rifle and consistently hitting the target — a black silhouette in the desert. [...]
Makinson Island in Osceola County emerging as eco-tourism site
Levy Smith, 13, recently discovered for himself what Seminole Indians found nearly 200 years ago on Makinson Island: a good hiding place. [...]
Orlando-area dinner theaters face stiff competition for audiences
Dinner theaters were once part of the Florida mystique, places where busloads of retirees would file into pastel-colored auditoriums for an evening of rubber chicken and a reheated Broadway musical. [...]
Merger talk lifts shares of Delta
Delta Air Lines Inc. shares soared more than 18 percent Thursday following renewed speculation that the nation’s No. 3 carrier may be close to inking a deal to combine with another airline. Delta rose $2.46 to close at $15.98 on the New York Stock Exchange. The surge followed a nearly 15 percent rise in Delta’s [...]
Disney’s musical ‘Toy Story’ takes to the stage
Disney officials wanted a new stage show, so they thought big.
Smaller parks ready to compete for thinner slice of tourists’ cash
Visitors will defy economic worries and come to Orlando this year, but they might not bring as much money with them — leaving the area’s smaller attractions to compete more for a little less. [...]
Universal Studios attraction weds technology with old magician’s trick
Universal Studios’ new Disaster!, which replaces Earthquake!, has drawn early rave reviews.
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Nonja, a 55-year-old orangutan at Miami’s Metro Zoo, found dead
A 55-year-old female Sumatran orangutan, thought to be the world’s oldest, has died at Miami’s Metro Zoo, a spokesman said. [...]