Archive for February, 2008
New American Home tour starts today in Lake Nona
The New American Home demonstration project at 10379 Woodward Winds Drive in Lake Nona is open for public tours beginning today, with a $10 entry fee. [...]
Universal Orlando touts its $92M ‘best year ever’
Universal Orlando earned a company record $92 million in profit last year, more than twice what it made the previous year, the parent company reported Friday. [...]
Barry University nuns at home in unique convent
For decades, the former Town and Country Motel has been a special place for the school’s sisters.
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Orlando-based Ypartnership lands big Mexico advertising deal
Ypartnership, an Orlando-based advertising and public-relations agency, has scored a big cooperative advertising contract with the Mexico Tourist Board. [...]
Popular London market, pub ravaged by blaze
A fire tore through London’s famous Camden market late Saturday, ripping through market stalls and partially consuming an iconic pub, fire officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. More than 100 firefighters and 20 engines battled the blaze at one of the British capital’s most popular open-air markets and the [...]
A taxing tale of hotel beds in Orlando and Orange County, but is it a fluke?
Resort-tax collections and hotel-occupancy rates were down in December. But is it a fluke?
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Exotic cars may drive in tourists
A new gallery is hoping tourists and others are intrigued enough by some of the world’s most exotic sports cars to turn them into Orlando’s next tourist attraction. [...]
Orlando airport’s efforts fail to prevent gun, drug smuggling
Guns and drugs are getting through, Orlando and Puerto Rico officials say.
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