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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: Orlando Hotels, Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Travel
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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: Orlando Hotels, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, International Drive
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Tom Kane, Movies, Monsters University (movie)
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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: Entertainment, Tom Kane, Natural Disasters, Saint Petersberg (Russia), Peter Mayhew
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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: Travel, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Budget Control Act of 2011, Interior Policy
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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: Heathrow, Ocoee, Siemens, Chamber of Commerce Building Corporation, Small Businesses
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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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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.... -
05/13: Conventions
This week Sapphire 2013, today-Thursday, Orange County Convention Center, 16,000. Not open to the public. Digestive Disease Week, Sunday-May 21, Orange County Convention Center, 20,000. Not open to the public. Upcoming QI Revolution, May 25-28,...
Tags: Men's Health
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05/06: Business events
Chamber West Orange: networking groups, 8-9 a.m. Tuesdays, Mimi's Cafe, 3130 Daniels Road, Winter Garden; 8-9 a.m. Wednesdays, TooJay's, 10185 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee; http://www.tuesdaynetworkinggroup.com/ or 407-656-1304. Winter Park: Winter Park...Tags: Heathrow, Ocoee, Siemens, Economy, Business and Finance, Chamber of Commerce Building Corporation
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05/06: Conventions
Upcoming Sapphire 2013, May 13-16, Orange County Convention Center, 16,000. Not open to the public. Digestive Disease Week, May 19-21, Orange County Convention Center, 20,000. Not open to the public. QI Revolution, May 25-28, Orange County...
Tags: Men's Health
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04/29: Conventions
This week Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America 70th Annual Convention & Exposition, today-Tuesday, Grande Lakes Orlando, 2,000. Not open to the public. RFID Journal Live 2013, Tesdau-Thursday, Orange County Convention Center, 3,000. Not open to the...
Tags: Men's Health
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