When the hordes of golf professionals and golf industry leaders descend on Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center for the annual PGA Merchandise Show, one of the more popular off-site destinations traditionally is Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge. It likely will be the same when the show comes to the OCCC on Jan. 23-25. […]
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Mission Inn Resort & Club an affordable Florida winter golf, spa destination
Winter and early spring is the “high’’ season for many Florida golf resorts, but Mission Inn Resort & Club is making it east on cost-conscious golfers looking for an outstanding destination. www.missioninnresort.com Located in Howey-in-the-Hills, 35 minutes northwest of Orlando, the resort is offering a “Golfer’s Getaway Package” that includes a daily round on one […]
Mangel talks Rocco’s Tacos in 2019 and beyond
As the new year approaches, I bring you Rocco Mangel, co-owner and managing partner of Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar restaurants throughout South Florida, along with Tampa, Orlando and Brooklyn N.Y. My favorite location? The East Atlantic eatery in Delray Beach – great for people watching and outstanding service,not to mention the guacamole made tableside. […]
Margaritaville Resort Orlando offering pre-opening special stay package
Margaritaville Resort Orlando, Central Florida’s soon-to-open island-inspired resort, is offering an exciting deal before the first margarita is even blended. Guests now booking their 2019 stays can receive one free night with the purchase of three or more consecutive nights between January 15 – March 31, 2019. Margaritaville Resort Orlando will feature 184 guest rooms, […]
Island H20 Live! waterpark coming to Orlando in Spring 2019
Central Florida’s newest and most immersive water park – Island H20 Live! at Margaritaville Resort Orlando – will open in Spring 2019. Island H2O Live! will feature nine different thrill rides, a lazy river, a wave pool, a kids’ area, and a river raft ride for the family. Designed to enable guests to customize their […]
New Margaritaville Resort Orlando taking reservations for January 2019
Margaritaville Resort Orlando, the highly anticipated vacation and residential destination in Kissimmee, Fla., today announced that hotel reservations are open for stays beginning January 2019, with rates starting at $199. The mega resort destination – in the heart of Central Florida – is being developed by Encore Capital Management. It spans more 300-acres and includes […]
Iconic Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress resort in Orlando adding new ballroom space
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, one of Orlando’s great landmark resorts, has broken ground on a new, 25,000-square-foot ballroom that will add 32,000 square feet of pre-function and event space at the 1,500-acre property, doubling the current ballroom space. http://grandcypress.regency.hyatt.com With its expansion, the resort will offer a total of 102,000 square feet of flexible meeting […]
Four Seasons Resort Orlando gets top ranking from Condé Nast Traveler
Condé Nast Traveler has announced the winners of its 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards and Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort is recognized as the #1 hotel in Orlando/Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The awards appear in the November issue. The Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards recognize the best properties and most incredible […]
Gilchrist extends golf academy relationship with Mission Inn Resort & Club
There’s no place like home for the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy. One of golf’s top coaches has extended his contract with the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The new deal adds three more years to a relationship that started in 2008. http://www.missioninnresort.com “We’re thrilled to keep Gary and his staff as part […]
B Hotels & Resorts going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
To support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, B Hotels & Resorts has launched #BPink, a series of activations to support, engage and promote awareness around breast cancer, with proceeds benefiting American Cancer Society and its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer initiative. Each B Hotels & Resorts property will offer signature pink cocktail(s) through Oct. 31 and […]