Scott PowersMarch 13, 2021
4min2447
The industry's recovery has been painfully slow.
Tag: Central Florida Hotel & Lodging AssociationA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Scott PowersMarch 13, 2021Scott PowersJanuary 5, 20215min1235
Agrusa will lead recovery in Florida's hardest hit tourism sector.
Scott PowersAugust 29, 2017
2min205
The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association’s Political Action Committee has announced its endorsements for this fall’s elections including that of Republican Bobby Olszewski for the special election to fill House District 44 in southwest Orange County. The association’s PAC also endorsed all three Orlando City Commission incumbents, Jim Gray in District 1, Robert Stuart […]
Scott PowersJuly 10, 2017
2min206
John Newstreet has received another major business association endorsement in the special election race for the open seat in Florida’s House District 44, with nods from two political committees representing the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association. Both the CFHLA political action committee and the CFHL political committee gave unanimous endorsements to Newstreet, president and […]
Scott PowersOctober 10, 2016
2min238
Democratic state Rep. Victor Torres‘s bid for a promotion to Florida Senate District 15 is getting the financial blessing of several big Orlando business interests, according to the latest campaign finance reports. Torres, who is facing Republican Peter Vivaldi, received thousands of dollars in the last two weeks of September from interests representing the Walt […]
Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016
8min277
In the next move in Orlando’s tourism money chess match, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has agreed to put $45 million toward finishing Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The move, assuming Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agrees and the appropriate boards all sign off, means the postponed-into-limbo final phase known as the acoustic […]
Scott PowersAugust 25, 2016
2min209
The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association has endorsed former state Rep. Ricardo Rangel in his quest to return to his seat in the Kissimmee-based House District 43. Rangel, a Kissimmee Democrat, is challenging current incumbent state Rep. John Cortes in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary. Cortes beat Rangel in a primary two years ago. […]
Scott PowersJuly 21, 2016
2min284
Betsy VanderLey has won the endorsement of the political action committee of the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association in her quest to be elected to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in District 1 on the west side. The endorsement comes from an organization that represents almost 80 percent of the 118,000 lodging rooms […]
Scott PowersJune 9, 2016
8min191
A critical vote on Orange County’s tourist tax Thursday night virtually assured there will be no more changes anytime soon in how that money is spent, and led to a threatening, name-calling confrontation between Mayor Teresa Jacobs and hotel czar Harris Rosen. Rosen is an influential outlier in Orlando’s tourism industry and a big proponent […]
Scott PowersMay 6, 2016
Teresa Jacobs urges Orange County tourist board to back Pro Bowl, consider pushing for tax ordinance
6min315
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has sent messages on two controversial fronts involving the county’s lucrative tourist tax, asking the Tourist Development Council to put up money to attract the NFL Pro Bowl and to think about pushing for an ordinance to deal with future tourist tax issues. The latter request — Jacobs actually only softly suggested […]