January 19th, 2008
Winter Haven, FL - The new owners of Cypress Gardens have announced a significant operational change at the historic attraction. Owners say the move will create a more energized, fun-filled experience that will be applauded by Cypress Gardens’ current guest base and create strong appeal to both area residents and visitors to Central Florida.
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November 30th, 2007
By Kirby Collins
In the past three weeks, traffic to PlacesAroundFlorida.com from the United Kingdom has roughly doubled. While many have been writing of the negative aspects of the recent US Dollar falling in value, it’s great that many of those British Travelers are enjoying the Florida Holidays and adding revenue to our communities.
While doing a little research, I found that On The Beach Holidays is offering great deals on travel packages from the UK. On The Beach Holidays has one of the most complete travel booking services I’ve seen, and they’ve been around since 1995. They offer Florida holiday travel to beaches all over the world including Dubai, Spain, Cypress and other popular locations.
I compared their Miami holidays and they were very competitive, complete with hotels and air fair included. They offer insurance, car hires, currency services and have excellent online customer service.
August 12th, 2007
Geo·tour·ism (n): tourism that sustains or
enhances the geographical character of a place -
its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and
the well-being of its residents.
By Kirby Collins
Geotourism sustains communities and allows them to keep their unique flavor and style. There’s less pressure to conform to national architectural trends that make every city look the same.
Geotourism gives visitors a chance to escape strip malls and the homogeneous feel they get from every other place they visit.
Geotourism is good business. Every place in Florida has its own character, our beaches all have different types of sand and our regions have distinctive looks. Business people can focus on their customer by being who they are, not who Mickey thinks they should be.
PlacesAroundFlorida.com supports Florida Geotourism
For more info, view National Geographic and Wikipedia.
