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Florida Hotels & Discount Guide Announces Real-Time Rate & Availability Information at its Web Site for 1000 Florida Hotels and Resorts.

NORTH PALM BEACH, FlaBUSINESS WIREJune 3, 1998--The Florida Hotels & Discount Guide, the leader in accommodations information for Florida destinations, through an agreement with Pegasus Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGS), now offers at its Web site, www.flhotels.com, the ability for Internet users to

Publication: Business Wire

Florida hotels pick up pieces.(News)(damage from Hurricane Charley, 2004)

PUNTA GORDA, FLA. -- When John Zaccari, director of operations at the Holiday Inn Punta Gorda, saw strangers running by with televisions from his hotel minutes after Hurricane Charley nearly destroyed the property, he barely blinked. "There was so much destruction, it was devastating," Zaccari

Publication: Hotel & Motel Management

All Nine White Lodging Florida Hotels Receive Florida 'Green Lodging' Program Designation.

Environmentally Friendly Hotels Conserve Resources, Save Money and Attract Customers MERRILLVILLE, Ind., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) welcomed all nine of the White Lodging Florida properties to the Florida Green Lodging Program earlier this week.

Publication: PR Newswire

They're looking for a few good maids. (Florida hotels )

Ask any hotel manager in Florida his most frustrating problem, and he'll tell you it's not the jerk who finishes off the courtesy bar in his room and tries to skip out without paying. Nor is it the guest who swipes extra towels off the maid cart and stuffs them in his suitcase. No, the biggest

Publication: Florida Trend

Florida hotels, like those elsewhere, praying travelers return.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

MIAMI _ South Florida hoteliers are dreaming of October. Perhaps then, shell-shocked tourists will board planes; snowbirds will start planning to head south. Already, nine of the 21 South Florida hotels contacted in a Miami Herald survey have laid off employees, scores of unfilled positions remain

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

South Florida hotels find going green helps bottom line, planet.

Byline: Doreen Hemlock Aug. 26--Indoor landscaper Judy Glaser values ecology. So when she needed a hotel in Delray Beach for a family visit, the Chicago resident checked online and booked one that's convenient and eco-friendly: The Colony Resort and Cabana Club. The Colony offers many features

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Boykin Lodging Company Acquires Two Florida Hotels

CLEVELAND, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Boykin Lodging Company (NYSE: BOY), a Cleveland, Ohio-based real estate investment trust, today announced that it has acquired two full-service hotels in Florida for an aggregate purchase price of $13.5 million. The two hotels are: * The 118-room Hilton Melbourne

Publication: PR Newswire

Florida Hotels Look to Celebrity Chefs to Bring In Business.

By Todd Pack, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 10--Orlando's first Ritz-Carlton hotel won't settle for an ordinary chef in its main restaurant when it opens this summer. It's going for a celebrity -- a chef who will bring prestige to the property while turning

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

South Florida Hotels Try to Lure Travelers on Sept. 11.

By Patrick Danner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 29--A host of South Florida hotels are dangling a free night's stay to entice people to travel on Sept. 11, but not all are seeing a rush of reservations for the date marking one year since the terrorist attacks. In

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Central Florida Hotels, Tourist Attractions Work to Save Jobs.

By Todd Pack, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shook public confidence in air travel, hundreds of Central Florida hotels and attractions have cut staff to help offset the sudden loss of tourists. But many are also doing all

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News