Estimated 20.8 Million Visited Florida in Second Quarter 2010
August 23, 2010
Preliminary estimates* of visitors to Florida for the second quarter of 2010 (April - June), released by VISIT FLORIDA®, the official tourism marketing corporation for the State of Florida, show an estimated 20.8 million travelers visited the Sunshine State.
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VISIT FLORIDA Launches New Ad in Oil Spill Marketing Response Campaign
June 16, 2010
VISIT FLORIDA, the official tourism marketing organization for the state of Florida, announces the release of its latest television ad aimed at helping visitors make well-informed summer travel planning decisions in light of the Gulf oil spill situation.
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Estimated 22.7 Million Visited Florida in First Quarter of 2010
May 20, 2010
Preliminary estimates* of visitors to Florida for the first quarter of 2010 (January – March), released by VISIT FLORIDA®, the official tourism marketing corporation for the State of Florida, show an estimated 22.7 million travelers visited the Sunshine State. This represents an increase of 2.7 percent from the same period in 2009.
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VISIT FLORIDA Launches Florida Live
May 17, 2010
Social Media Platform Empowers Floridians to Get the Good Word Out to Visitors
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VISIT FLORIDA Launches New Consumer Content Website
May 13, 2010
Florida is alive and well, and open for business. VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s official tourism marketing organization, is inviting potential visitors to see for themselves at Florida Live, where they can make their vacation plans based on real time information from local beaches and Florida residents - not based on misconceptions resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Florida’s clear beaches, blue waters, sunny skies and classic getaways haven’t changed.
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Governor Crist Asks Floridians to Help Promote Tourism And 'Share a Little Sunshine'
February 16, 2010
Continuing his focus on strengthening Florida’s economy, Governor Charlie Crist today joined more than a hundred Florida tourism industry representatives on Miami Beach to re-launch the statewide, grassroots ‘Share a Little Sunshine’ campaign.
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Florida’s 2009 Visitation Number Equals 80.3 Million
February 15, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb, 15, 2010) –Preliminary estimates* of visitors to Florida released by VISIT FLORIDA®, the state's official tourism marketing corporation, show an estimated 80.3 million visitors came to Florida in 2009, a decrease of 0.8 percent**.
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VISIT FLORIDA® Announces New Marketing Campaign
February 10, 2010
VISIT FLORIDA, the official tourism marketing corporation for the state of Florida, announces the launch of a new marketing campaign designed to take the top-ranked state vacation destination in the United States to the next level. Tourism is big businesses in Florida – there are more people visiting Florida on any given day than live in eight U.S. states; in fact, tourism is so significant that it generates more than one fifth of the state’s sales tax revenue.
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Florida Tourism Industry Leader Honored
February 1, 2010
VISIT FLORIDA® President & CEO Chris Thompson named to HSMAI Top 25 List
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Estimated 18.5 Million Visited Florida in Third Quarter of 2009
November 16, 2009
VISIT FLORIDA® says despite harsh economy, third quarter numbers down only 1 percent.
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VISIT FLORIDA® Unveils Meeting Industry Stimulus Program
November 16, 2009
Today, VISIT FLORIDA announced the launch of the organization’s new meetings industry stimulus program.
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Second Quarter Visitation Number Equals 20.1 Million
August 18, 2009
VISIT FLORIDA®, the official tourism marketing corporation for the state of Florida, estimated 20.1 million people visited the Sunshine State during the second quarter of 2009 (April-June), reflecting a 9.4 percent decrease over the same period last year
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Selling the Sunshine: 42nd Annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism-New 24-hour Format Designed to Save Time and Money
August 4, 2009
The 42nd Annual Governor's Conference on Tourism will be held August 23-24, 2009 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort. The Governor's Conference provides the opportunity for members of the travel industry from across Florida to learn the latest in mark
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VISIT FLORIDA® Announces New Ex Officio Board Members
July 20, 2009
VISIT FLORIDA is pleased to announce the new ex officio members for the 2009-2010 fiscal year Board of Directors.
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VISIT FLORIDA® Wants Floridians to “Share a Little Sunshine”
May 12, 2009
Inspirational campaign effort has potential to infuse much needed revenue into Florida’s economy.
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VISIT FLORIDA Launches New Website for Meetings Professionals
April 9, 2009
This website and its sister site, www.meetings.VISITFLORIDA.com, are focused on encouraging and enabling meeting planners and travel suppliers to plan and hold meetings in the Sunshine State.
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Nominations Open for the 2009 Florida Tourism Hall of Fame and the Tourism Honor Roll
March 9, 2009
VISIT FLORIDA announces a call for nominations for the 2009 Florida Tourism Hall of Fame and the Tourism Honor Roll.
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Florida’s 2008 Visitation Number Equals 82.5 Million
February 16, 2009
According to preliminary* estimates released today by VISIT FLORIDA, the state’s official tourism marketing corporation, an estimated 82.5 million visitors came to Florida in 2008, a decrease of 2.3 percent.
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Statement is issued by Bud Nocera, VISIT FLORIDA President and CEO to clarify the contract between VISIT FLORIDA and USA800
February 11, 2009
The following statement is issued by Bud Nocera, VISIT FLORIDA President and CEO to clarify the contract between VISIT FLORIDA and USA800
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VISIT FLORIDA® Takes Top Honors at the 2008 Adrian Awards
January 30, 2009
FLORIDA’s newly-launched interactive Web site, VISITFLORIDA.com, the integrated marketing “Sunshine” campaign and VISIT FLORIDA consumer experts campaign received gold, silver and bronze awards, respectively, at this year’s Adrian Awards.
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The following statement is issued by Richard Goldman, VISIT FLORIDA® Chairman of the Board in response to Governor Crist’s budget decision today
January 27, 2009
The entire tourism industry, representing nearly 1 million employees, stands united today in recognizing Governor Crist for restoring $9.9 million in funding to VISIT FLORIDA.
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Father and Son Florida Football Escape
January 14, 2009
While the teams of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) battle it out to determine who will make it to the clash of titans, Jim Jurgensen from Cedar Rapids, Iowa is packing his bags for Tampa, Florida and heade
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VISIT FLORIDA Demonstrates Corporate Social Responsibility
January 5, 2009
VISIT FLORIDA, encouraged attendees of the Luxury Travel Expo in Las Vegas to take a few minutes from the hustle and bustle of the tradeshow floor to pick up a paint brush and help brighten the worlds of hospital patients.
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2008 Second Quarter Visitation Numbers Released by VISIT FLORIDA®
January 1, 2009
The total number of tourists visiting Florida during the second quarter of 2008 increased by 1.2 percent compared to the same period in 2007.
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VISIT FLORIDA® Announces New Contract to Increase Chinese Visitation to the Sunshine State
October 16, 2008
China is rapidly becoming one of the most important tourism markets in the world and Florida is uniquely positioned to become an increasingly popular destination for Chinese travelers.
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VISIT FLORIDA® Announces Partnership with UK Children’s Publication
July 16, 2008
VISIT FLORIDA announces a new partnership with First News, the widest read weekly children's publication in Britain.
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VISIT FLORIDA Unveils State's First Ever Large Print Transportation Map
June 3, 2008
Florida's first large print transportation map
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VISIT FLORIDA Announces Corporate Social Responsibility Program
May 29, 2008
Through their Meeting Professionals Program, Florida has taken the lead in adopting the first statewide program in the country to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) opportunities to meeting professionals
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2008 First Quarter Visitation Numbers Released by VISIT FLORIDA
May 15, 2008
Preliminary estimates of visitors to Florida show an estimated 23.8 million people visited the Sunshine State in the first quarter of 2008.
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Four Florida Airports Named in Model Ports Program
April 29, 2008
The U.S. Custom and Border Control (CBP) is receiving praise for expanding its signature "Model Ports" program.
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