Here in Central Florida, basketball fans still refer to former Orlando Magic sharpshooter Dennis Scott as "3-D" because he made 3-pointers with ease ...
February in Orlando marks the end of low season and the beginning of what is known in the travel industry as “shoulder season”—an off-peak period right before travel ramps up again. By February, the holidays feel like a distant memory and Florida temperatures are on the rise while hotel room prices have not increased as much as they will when Spring Break rolls around ... The crowds are a bit lighter at the Orlando attractions during this time of year, although there are still plenty of
Passenger traffic continued to rebound at Orlando International Airport in November, with totals up 2.5 percent over November 2008 ... Figures released this week by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority show 2.64 million people got on or off of planes at Orlando International in November, compared with 2.58 million people in the previous November. It was the third-consecutive month passenger traffic showed gains over the previous year, following 15 straight months of decline ... In November the
After closing yet again in 2009, Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven is now under new ownership and is slated to become Legoland Florida by the end of 2011. Earlier this year the Merlin Entertainments Group purchased the land lease and development rights to Cypress Gardens as well as the botanical gardens and adjoining Splash Island waterpark ... The British-based Merlin is the second busiest amusement company in the world, and it is part of the Blackstone Group that purchased the SeaWorld parks and
Orlando continues its green evolution with more than 125 area convention hotels and resorts having been admitted into the Florida Green Lodging Program by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). In fact, nearly all of Orlando’s meeting and convention hotels have received this certification ... To achieve this recognition, the facilities must follow eco-friendly practices, participate in linen reuse programs, use energy efficient thermostats and implement waste reduction
Frontier Airlines said that it has begun seasonal nonstop service between Oklahoma City and Orlando.Denver-based Frontier – a unit of Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. – said the flights are between Oklahoma City and Orlando and Tampa. Service between Oklahoma City and Orlando International Airport began Friday, with four weekly nonstops, and service between Oklahoma City and Tampa begins Sunday, with two weekly nonstops.Frontier's parent, Republic Airways, announced Thursday
The Florida Music Festival is moving back to April after roughly five years going against the Orlando International Fringe Festival and other events, such as last year’s competing Orange You Glad music fest.FMF 2010, the 9th annual, is slated for April 22-24 in downtown Orlando.Festival organizer Sean Perry says the move to April is designed [ ... ] ...
Metro Orlando’s unemployment rate in December was 11.9 percent, unchanged from November and 4.1 percentage points higher than in December 2008, the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation reported ...
Home values in the Orlando area dropped nearly 20 percent in November when compared with the same period a year ago, said a new report by First American CoreLogic ...
An Orlando judge has said that Isleworth millionaire James Robert Ward cannot attend a family gathering in Rockledge this weekend while he is awaiting trial on charges of second-degree murder ...