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Top 20 water parks in the world
By now, everybody knows what to expect from your standard-issue ho-hum water park: body and tube slide complexes with funnels and bowls, deluge-inducing water play towers for the little ones, undulating wave pools and relaxing lazy rivers. Photos: 20...
Tags: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Theme Park Vacations, Wildlife, Walt Disney World Resort, Aquatica
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Where to dine out for Mother's Day
You might wager romantic restaurant dinners on Valentine's Day would outnumber reservations on Mother's Day. But the National Restaurant Association says Mom wins out over Cupid, projecting that 75 million American adults will dine out May 12. Central...
Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Bars and Clubs, Seafood, French Toast, Lake Mary
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Orlando Fashion Square is coming 'back to life,' new owner says
Scott Fish, 50, a principal with UP Development, which has recently purchased and plans to redevelop Orlando Fashion Square. UP's other Orlando projects include Shoppes at Alafaya Trail and Millenia Plaza. Orlando Fashion Square is its first mall project....
Tags: Contracts, Dillard's Incorporated, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Macy's, Orlando Restaurants
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HVS: Hotels to regain pre-recession highs
Hotel-valuation company HVS hosted its first-ever nationwide update last week — linking hoteliers in Orlando with those in 11 other markets for a seminar on how the lodging industry is faring. The company, which recently opened an Orlando office,...
Tags: Human Interest, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lake Buena Vista, Rollins College, NASCAR
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Soccer team faces tough match in quest for new stadium
If a new professional soccer stadium is in Orlando's future, a lot of moving pieces have to come together — from land that will cost taxpayers millions to convincing politicians here and in Tallahassee. Building a soccer stadium is a top...
Tags: Major League Soccer, Government, Sports, Amway Center, Houston Dynamo
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Tourism lobbyists plead with House to kill hotel-tax legislation
Tourism industry officials scrambled through the weekend to out to members of the Florida House of Representatives to get them to kill a measure that would allow small coastal counties to spend their hotel taxes on lifeguards. "We have been in contact...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, SeaWorld, Amusement and Theme Parks, U.S. Senate, Travel
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Local parks report 12 injuries in 1st quarter
Orlando's big theme parks disclosed a dozen injuries combined during the first three months of 2013, according to updated state filings. Included in the latest report: a rare reported injury from SeaWorld Orlando, which said a 72-year-old woman...
Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Arable Farming, SeaWorld, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Hybrid Vehicles
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Executive chef catered to every taste at events
William Theodore Panco learned to do just about everything in a kitchen during a career that took him from cooking in the galley of a World War II Navy ship to serving lobster and caviar to Orlando dignitaries, "He was an all-over man. He would carve...Tags: Maitland, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lake Mary, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Small county takes on tourism industry over control of bed taxes
Backed by the president of the state Senate, a small Florida county is challenging the state's tourism industry over how it can spend its hotel taxes. Okaloosa County, a coastal Panhandle community whose economy relies on tourists visiting its white-...
Tags: Key West, SeaWorld, Winter Park, Politics, Florida Legislature
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Always big, March bigger still this year for Orlando hotels
It has been eight years since Orlando-area hotels saw the kind of guest occupancy that the industry reported last month. The nation's second-largest hotel market filled 84.3 percent of its rooms in March, compared with 82.5 percent in March 2012,...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Lake Buena Vista, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Orlando Magic: Demand exists for $100M entertainment complex
Orlando Magic executives said Monday they believe there is enough demand for additional hotel rooms, office space and retail in downtown Orlando to move forward with a $100 million sports-and-entertainment complex in Parramore. Magic CEO Alex Martins...
Tags: Amway Center, Entertainment, Media Industry, Alex Martins, Buddy Dyer
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