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Mission Statement: Advancing Tourism and the Community Through Hospitality
March 21, 2014
In This Edition...VIP
STEVE HOGANBUCKS
GOLF OPENSEAWORLD
PARTNERS IN ACTIONMEET THE VIPHOSPITALITY
OPPORTUNITIES
HONOREES
Lodging Memberof the Month
James Grosso Hilton in
the Walt DisneyWorld
Resort
Allied Member
:
of the Month
Marshall Pickard Squeegee Squad
Event Partnersof the Month
Board of Directors
Meeting
Bright HouseNetworks Enterprise
Solutions
CFHLA
ARCBreakfast
Bay Hill Eye Care
St. Patrick'sGolf Open
Title Sponsor:
Massey PrevenTechCommercial
Services
Hole Sponsors:American Hotel andLodging Educational
Institute
Arena Americas
Bags Parking &Guest Services
Bay Hill Eye Care
Behr Paint
Corporation
Belfor PropertyRestoration
Brickman
Carter Electric, Inc
CFHLA Board Chairman Doug Gehret, General Manager of the Hilton Orlando,CFHLA VIP Member RickPatterson, President of Associated Planners Group, and John Bisignano President/ CEO of Central
Florida Sports Commission
CFHLA Vacation Ownership Council Vice Chairman and General Manager of the Sheraton VistanaVillages, Jorg Heyer, Vacation Council Chairman and General Manager of the Sheraton Vistana ResortGlen Vlasic, and Fred Sawyers General Manager of the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
Crown Linen LLC
Girard
EnvironmentalServices
Harvill's Produce
Company
Massey PrevenTechCommercial
Services
Orlando Health
SeaWorld Parks &Resorts
Spinout Guest
Laundries
Squeegee Squad
Sunbrite OutdoorFurniture, Inc.
VISIT FLORIDA
VS Media Group
Driving Range
Sponsor:Rush Truck Center,
Orlando
Putting ContestSponsor:
ProfitSword, LLC
Roving CartSponsor:RedCell
Technologies, Inc.
Thank YouFor Your
Support ofCFHLA!
2014 CFHLAExecutive
CFHLA VIP Member Maureen Haggerty of Spinout Guest Laundries, Inc. and Glen Winsor GeneralManager of the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort
CFHLA 1st Vice Chairman and General Manager of the Caribe Royale Resort & Convention Center GeraldUrquiola and CFHLA VIP Member and Senior Account Executive of TRS Wirless, Inc. Charlie Weddle
CFHLA would like to thank the following 2014 VIP Membersfor their support
ATM FLA
Associated Planners Group
Awnclean USA, Inc.
Committee:
ChairpersonDoug GehretHilton Orlando 1st ViceChairpersonGeraldUrquiolaCaribe RoyaleResort &ConventionCenter 2nd ViceChairpersonDave BartekLoews HotelsUniversalOrlando SecretaryDavidFriederichGrand BohemianHotel TreasurerDoug RidgeOrlando WorldCenter Marriott AssistantTreasurerJetse PottingaMelia OrlandoHotel HistorianPat EngferHyatt RegencyGrand Cypress ImmediatePast ChairJim BurnsGrande LakesOrlando
Hospitality
Bags Parking & Guest Services
Bay Hill Eye Care
Belfor Property Restoration
Brickman
Bright House Networks Enterprise Solutions
Boyer Building Corporation
Duke Energy
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Global Sourcing Int'l, LLC
HUFCOR Florida Group
Minuteman Press
Orlando Business Journal
Orlando Health
Sign-A-Rama Orlando
Smart City
Spinout Guest Laundries, Inc.
Sunbrite Outdoor Furniture, Inc.
System Tech Services, Inc.
Terminix Commercial
TRS Wireless, Inc.
Updates Orlando's 9%increase in hotelbiz may hint ofanother strongsummer
Richard BilbaoOrlando BusinessJournal Despite newattractions on thehorizon, the CentralFlorida hotel industryalways ponders howthis year's businessperformance willshape up as thesummer tourismseason approaches. Historically, hoteloccupancy for theregion reached 71percent in 2013, upnearly 9 percent from65.2 percent in 2008.But on paper, thisyear looks great forattractions: UniversalOrlando Resort willopen the new HarryPotter Diagon Alleyexpansion, WaltDisney World'sopening a newcoaster at MagicKingdom, andSeaWorld Orlandohas its 50thanniversary event andmore. And that's good newsfor Central Floridahotels. History showsOrlando's hoteloccupancy has beenon the rise and othermajor factors likeroom rates are also
TravelHost Magazine / Orlando
Where Magazine Orlando / Morris Visitors Publications, LLC
At the March 18 CFHLA Board meeting
of
presentedCentral Florida Hotel and Lodging Association
with an honorary sledgehammer to thank the Association for its commitment to stadium renovation.
CFHLA President / CEO Rich Maladecki, CFHLA Board Chairman and General Manager of the Hilton OrlandoDoug Gehret, and Steve Hogan of Florida Citrus Sports
encouraging signs ofanother strong year. Will there be dips?Probably. There issome concern abouttravel from a fewinternational marketslike Brazil, which ishosting the 2014World Cup. But to let you see foryourself, I gathereddata from SmithTravel Research intoa small database thatshould help you seehow Central Florida'shoteliers performedthe past six years. If the numbers tell anystory, it's thatOrlando's hotelsshould be in foranother good year inbusiness.
Disney's GrandFloridian Resorton Travel &Leisure 'BestHotels' list Megan Ribbens Orlando BusinessJournal Walt Disney World'sGrand FloridianResort & Spa wasranked on Travel &Leisure Magazine's2014 world's besthotels list. It was the onlyOrlando hotel on thelist. In total, 28 Floridahotels made the cutfor the U.S. region. Other regionsincluded in therankings were Africa,
Asia, Australia,Canada, theCaribbean, Europeand Latin America. Winners wereselected by themagazine's readers.
Here's what toexpect on HarryPotter'sHogwartsExpress atUniversalOrlando
Richard BilbaoOrlando BusinessJournal Universal Orlandopulled out all the stopsfor the upcomingHogwarts Expressride at the HarryPotter Diagon Alleyexpansion. In a YouTube video,Universal shared whatguests will see on theHogwarts Expresstrain ride, which willconnect UniversalStudios' Diagon Alleyto Islands ofAdventure'sHogsmeade park.Check out the photosfrom the ride above. The attraction is partof Universal Orlando'soverall Diagon Alleyexpansion that willinclude several newstores, new rides andother Harry Potterexperiences. Theexpansion is expectedto bring new visitationto Orlando, which willboost business for theregion's $50 billion
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tourism and hospitalityindustry. "This is a full-scaletrain experience thatis authentic to whatyou see in the movie,"said Mark Woodbury,president of UniversalCreative, in the video."You will sit in yourcabin and see Londonpassing before youreyes and out into thecountryside headed toScotland. And alongthe way all kinds ofthings happen in thetrain." In addition, theattraction will requireguests to "passthrough" a brick wallat the King's CrossStation to arrive at thefamous Platform 9 3/4from the film. Thetrain will also billowsteam and have anauthentic steamwhistle as it passesthrough areas withlive special effects,lifelike animation andmore. Harry Potter fan site,Mugglenet.com, alsoposted details theycame across:"Everything will beexactly as you see itin the films, from thefabric used on thecushions, to thecurtains, and even theindividual cabins offthe main hallway.Speaking of cabins,we weren't told howmany passengerswould fit on the train,but there areapproximately 200seats per train, each
(Thank You Doug Ridge, General Manager)
Golf Committee Leadership:
Chairman
Holiday Inn Orlando International Airport
Vice Chairman
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.
Allied Liaison
Spinout Guest Laundries, Inc.
As you may know, SeaWorld is 50 years old today - opening its first park in 1964,
in San Diego, California.
of which has threecars. We also foundout that the journeywill be approximately7 minutes long," wrotethe blog.
The attraction will befor Universal guestswith park-to-parkpasses, which shouldhelp fatten Universal'swallets and potentiallyencourage returnvisits in the samevacation. There's still no officialdate on the opening ofDiagon Alley, but asafe bet is sometimethis summer.
For additional information relating toSeaWorld's 50th Celebration,
As a segment of the CFHLA Adopt-A-School Program, MasseyPrevenTech Commercial Services recently conducted two partnershipactivities with Killarney Elementary School. The first of these was the "Progress Matters with Massey Services"contest for students. One student from each 3rd, 4th, and 5th gradelevel, that showed the largest percentage increase in reading scoresfrom their Fall "benchmark" tests to their recent Winter "benchmark"test, would receive two tickets each for them and a parent, to joinMassey Services in their Skybox on Feb.12th to enjoy the Magic vs theMemphis Grizzlies game . As a special surprise, Massey Services alsorewarded the teacher of each winning student with a ticket to join in theevening fun.
Jay Hunt and Paul Giordano of Massey Services present award certificatesand Orlando Magic tickets to the winners of the "Progress Matters with
Massey Services" contest.
The second activity awarded the January and February "Talk of theTown Teacher of the Month" to two teachers, Lisa Collier - 1st
Grade and Katie Hall - 3rd Grade, in recognition of their hard work anddedication. Each Teacher received a $50.00 Gift Card to use at any one
of the local Talk of the Town Restaurants.
Jay Hunt and Paul Giordano of Massey PrevenTech Commercial Services, as part of their Adopt-A-School Partnership with Killarney Elementary, present the "Talk of the Town Teacher of the
Month" Awards.
CFHLA thanks Massey PrevenTech Commercial Services for theircontinued support of Killarney Elementary School and Public Educationin Central Florida.
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