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Affordable Hotel Rates & Discounts in Destin, Florida.
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
TripShock.com offers some of the best rates on the web for Destin, Florida Hotels and Activities. Now through summer 2012, TripShock.com is offering a few "freebies" when guests book hotel rooms on TripShock.com. A few of these "freebies" inlude, ...

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Hotel firm expands in Florida
Gulf Coast Business Review
PETE BEACH — Philadelphia-based Hersha Hospitality Management plans to expand its business operations in Florida, starting with taking on the management of the Postcard Inn on the Beach, a popular hotel in Pinellas County. The full-service boutique ...

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First Coast News

Florida's education secretary questions state's textbook plans
Florida Today
Duncan was addressing the Florida Council of 100 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel. The influential, non-profit organization includes some of the state's most prominent executives. • Spend more money on preschool programs. Florida ranks first in ...
US education secretary urges Florida teacher raises, newer booksThe News-Press

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Hotel industry: Getting better all the time
Orlando Business Journal
The NBA All-Star Weekend resulted in hundreds of room nights at Orlando-area hotels. Shown: Kobe Bryant (24) and LeBron James (6) The Central Florida hotel industry finally has left the recession in the rear-view mirror. The average local hotel ...

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Mirror.co.uk

Travel Poll: Best long haul - USA Discover Florida's tropical west coast
Mirror.co.uk
Now, I've seen some flash places around the world... but a dishwasher in my hotel room?! Welcome to hotels, Florida-style, where cavernous rooms come with vast, fully-equipped kitchens. Apparently, Americans like the option of self-catering on their ...
Smackdown: Tampa Bay area boasts sandy shores, surrealismCNN

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Volusia hotels join Speedway for 2013 race deals
Daytona Beach News-Journal
By HILARY LEHMAN, Business writer DAYTONA BEACH –– Florida's Blood Centers has a blood drive today in conjunction with Daytona International Speedway. The NASCAR Day celebration, featuring lunch, raffle prizes and music, is from 11:30 am-1:30 pm in ...

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Sun-Sentinel (blog)

South Florida hotels offer packages for summer
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
Summer is almost here, and hotels in southeast and southwest Florida are rolling out the deals. In Miami Beach, the boutique Sagamore Hotel, known for its modern art, is offering a “License to Wheel” package for guests with valid Florida driver's ...

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Us Magazine

Fresh-faced ... Miley Cyrus outside her Florida hotel
The Sun
The pop princess appeared fresh-faced as ever as she smiled and posed for pics with fans outside her Florida hotel. The 19-year-old showed off her very slender figure in a tight grey dress, accessorising the simple look with three pretty necklaces.
SEE IT: Miley reveals shockingly thin figureNew York Daily News
Miley Cyrus Shows Miami Fans Mucho Love!PerezHilton.com
Miley Cyrus Looks Skinnier Than Ever in MiniUs Magazine
The Gossip Girls -GossipCenter.com
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Telegraph.co.uk

Mitt Romney rumbles through Florida, raising cash and bashing President Barack ...
MiamiHerald.com
He has shown a remarkable lack of leadership,” Romney said during an evening fundraiser at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. “This is an individual who has not been in a leadership capacity before and is learning on the job,” Romney said.
Romney To Appear at Biltmore Hotel FundraiserNBC 6 Miami
Romney Attacks Obama for Failing to Cut Debt Amassed by BushSan Francisco Chronicle
Republicans Attack Obama on Debt, Repeat 'No Experience' AccusationABC News (blog)

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In NY, two sides to NFL concussions
ESPN
It's the VIP cocktail hour for the United Way Gridiron Gala on Tuesday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, where Namath draws the biggest crowd in a place filled with current and former players. Kevin Mazur/WireImage Joe Namath has aged ...

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Tangibles, not hypotheticals, drive ACC when it comes to FSU rumors
CBSSports.com
Just before noon Wednesday on the final day of the Atlantic Coast Conference's spring meetings from the picturesque oceanfront Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman emerged from meeting room Talbot C. Spetman, along with the ...

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Plantation police try to ID La Quinta gunman
WPBF West Palm Beach
Police have released surveillance video of a robbery at a South Florida hotel last month. The robbery occurred early in the morning April 20 at the La Quinta on Peters Road in Plantation. Surveillance video shows the robber approach the front desk, ...

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First Coast News

Florida tourism in first quarter up 2.4% over 2011
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Taxable sales related to tourism in Florida rose 8.7 percent increase in January and February, the most recent data available. The average daily room rate rose 5.7 percent across the state while the occupancy rate for Florida hotels increased 2.7 ...
Florida's tourism still on the rebound, officials reportPalm Beach Post

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Bay News 9

Romney offers help to Florida delegation, exiled to hotel far from GOP convention
The Hill (blog)
By Justin Sink - 05/16/12 11:44 AM ET Florida Republicans dismayed over their placement at a hotel some 32 miles from the site of the Republican National Convention this August in Tampa could have an ally at the top of the ticket: Mitt Romney.
Republican National Convention, 105 days awayTallahassee Democrat (blog)

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Hersha Hospitality Management Diversifies Portfolio with 21 New Management ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This includes 12 hotels in its newly-formed full-service division. The additions mark HHM's strategic expansion into other regions of the country, beginning with Florida and the West Coast, while diversifying its existing portfolio in the Northeast ...

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OrlandoEscape.com Announces Special Rosen Hotels Orlando Vacation Packages
Albany Times Union
It is not edited by the Albany Times Union. Combine luxury with family fun has never been easier, thanks to Rosen Hotels affordable Summer Vacation Packages. Searching for the perfect accommodations in Orlando, Florida can certainly be a challenge.

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JetBlue Launches New Service to Puerto Rico from West Palm Beach, Florida
Sacramento Bee
Further, to celebrate, JetBlue Getaways is putting a two-night vacation package, including hotel and airfare, on sale for only $325 (c)! "With the addition of West Palm Beach, we now serve five destinations in Florida from The Commonwealth, ...

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Daily Mail

Police search for clues in murder-suicide of business partners
Boston Herald
By Michael Sallah / McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI — For years, Brian Weiss, the health-supplement king of South Florida, was targeted with more complaints than anyone else in the history of the South Florida Better Business Bureau.
Police search for clues in murder-suicide of Florida business partnersMcClatchy Washington Bureau
Brian J. Weiss, South Florida Scammer, Killed In NYC As Police Investigate Mob ...Miami New Times (blog)
Embattled businessman fatally shotLocal 10
Enstarz -Huffington Post
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USA TODAY

'Our lives will never be the same,' George Zimmerman's father says
Boston Herald
By Frances Robles / McClatchy Newspapers He stays in hotels under assumed names. He pays cash so no one will look at his surname and make the connection: This is the father of one of the nation's most controversial murder defendants.
'Our lives will never be the same,' Zimmerman's father saysKansas City Star

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Strauss-Kahn countersues NYC hotel maid for $1M
WSET
Georgia authorities are getting their chance to lay out charges against three siblings accused of carving out a cross-country crime spree that started in Florida and ended with a shootout in Colorado. An environmental group says that running ...

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Broward, Travelocity settle in hotel-tax case
Orlando Sentinel
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In part of a broader legal battle over whether online-based travel agencies are paying enough hotel taxes, Broward County has agreed to a $400000 settlement with the major industry player ...
Travelocity agrees to pay Broward $400000 to settle tax disputeSun-Sentinel
Travelocity, Broward Settle In Tourist Tax LawsuitWBFS

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Sun-Sentinel

Turnberry Isle Miami Joins Marriott's Autograph Collection
Hotel News Resource
Located in Aventura, Turnberry Isle Miami is the third South Florida hotel to join the collection and the 32nd property added to the brand's expanding roster. Built in 1971, the award-winning Mediterranean-style luxury retreat spans over 300 acres of ...
Turnberry Isle resort in Aventura offers Marriott perksSun-Sentinel (blog)

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