Archive for May, 2010

POW WOW in Orlando is a big success

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

POW WOW just concluded here in Orlando, and it was a huge success. Pow Wow is an annual convention where travel professionals from around the world get together and discuss the travel industry as a whole. The key for many vacation destination cities is to host one this great event. Why? Simple, it gives the host city an opportunity to showcase their city to travel professionals from around the world.

Here in Orlando the projected economic impact of having such event is estimated at $4 million to $1 billion. Now that is a lot of money! Many of the local Orlando hotels were able to show the travel professionals first hand why they should urge their clients to come to Orlando and stay at their hotel.

There was some really good news which came out of the convention. The majority of the travel professionals at the convention feel that the travel industry is on the rebound and most of them felt that Orlando one of the leading cities for which will show a drastic rebound in 2011.

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Disney Suite Hotels Coming Soon

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Disney executives just announced that the plans are in the works to build an 800 room all suite hotel on Disney World property. Disney will start  construction on the new hotel in late summer, and it should be finished by Christmas 2011.

The suite hotel will be a themed hotel with each room being decorated with a famous Disney movie in mind. You will be able to get 2 and 3 room suites at the hotel. What is quite interesting is that Disney does not have many suite hotels on the property… sure they have a lot of rooms but not many suites.

The suite hotel should not have much effect on the hotels inside and near Disney World. However, it will probably hurt many Disney vacation homes and condos. There are not many places to stay near Disney World other than vacation homes if you are traveling with a large family or group, and you all want to stay together.

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Great Orlando hotel offers

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

We recently added two new hotels to our portfolio here at Orlandovacation.com, and if you are looking to visit Disney World this summer then you should check out these properties. The first hotel we added was the Royal Plaza Resort located inside the Walt Disney World Resort. This hotel is being offered at $60 a night during low season and $67 a night during high season. This is a 3.5 star hotel with free shuttle service to the Disney World theme parks every thirty minutes. The hotel also offers a Kids Eat Free program, and newly renovated rooms. There is one really neat thing about the Royal Plaza, in all the double rooms there are two oversized double beds and a loveseat which pulls out into a single bed. This is a really neat feature especially if you have two young children who might not want to sleep in the same bed.

The other property we added was the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort. This property is one of the nicest Holiday Inn’s anywhere in the world. This hotel is located less than 2 miles to Disney World, and they offer free shuttle service to all the Disney theme parks. This hotel boast extra large kidsuite rooms which can accommodate up to 6 people.

Please note here at Orlandovacation.com we want to win your business through outrageous customer service and low nightly prices on Orlando hotels.

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Effects of the Oil Spill and Orlando hotels

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

I was driving to work today and there is speculation that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will reach Florida beaches within a couple of days. As you might imagine, there are experts from all over the country predicting what effects the oil spill will have on Florida tourism revenue. Now I am not claiming to be an expert and while I think that the Florida tourism as a whole will take a hit this summer due to this unfortunate event, I do think Orlando tourism might have something to gain. Reasoning for my thinking? Simple, many visitors might actually cancel their trip to the beaches and come inland to Orlando where Disney is our major draw, couple this with the fact that if tourism falls off too much the state and other agencies will start a big time advertising plan.

If you have a vacation planned to one of the nearby beaches this summer, it might not hurt you to put a contingency plan in place just in case the oil spill gets much worse. Keep in  mind, there are quite a few really nice beaches within an hour to an hour and a half drive of Orlando.

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