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President Obama Tells the World ‘Come to America’ with Signing of First-Ever U.S. Travel Promotion Program

gary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:49:44 +0000

Washington, DC - The travel community celebrated a major victory today when President Obama signed into law the first-ever national travel promotion and communications program to attract more international travelers to the U.S. The historic moment, commemorated during a White House signing ceremony, is a major step in addressing America’s decline in attracting overseas visitors to the U.S. during the past decade.

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America extends a heartfelt ‘Welcome’ to the rest of the world,” said James Rasulo, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company

German parent eyes TUI bid

gary — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:26:20 +0000

Germany’s TUI AG – Europe’s biggest tour operator – has held secret talks with banks about an audacious multi-billion pound plan to bid for the 48pc of FTSE 100 holiday company TUI Travel that it does not already own.

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Pound faces a ’savage’ reaction if deficit cut too aggressively, UBS warns

gary — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:20:16 +0000

With the economy barely crawling out of recession, a rapid fiscal retrenchment would be treated to a “savage” reaction in foreign exchange markets, according to a new report by strategists at Swiss bank UBS. Now is porbabley the best time to purchase in the USA, with the low housing prices and the pound set to weaken.

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Starwood gets $7 million in Lee County properties

gary — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:14:03 +0000

Starwood Land Ventures, a Bradenton-based company backed by giant investment house Starwood Capital Group Global, has purchased the Florida properties of financially troubled builder Tousa Homes – including $7 million worth in Lee County.

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Airlines post best on-time performance since 2003

gary — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:56:55 +0000

With fewer seats flying, U.S. carriers reported their best on-time arrival rate last year since 2003, when the post-9/11 recession similarly sank demand and supply, according to monthly federal data released Friday.

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Spring Training in Ft Myers – Minnesota Twins – Boston Red Sox

gary — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:43:01 +0000

Universal Vacations welcomes the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox for spring training in Ft Myers

Complex in Ft. Myers has been the spring-training home of the Minnesota Twins since 1990. It’s a facility that’s designed for the entire organization, with five full fields and two half fields, as well as a stadium that also serves as the home of the Ft. Myers Miracle (Class A; Florida State League) and the Gulf Coast League Twins. It’s an interesting stadium: it features an outside facade that’s supposed to invoke the feeling of Churchill Downs. There are only two levels of seats for spring training: box and reserved bleachers.

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Fort Myers in Lee County has been the spring-training home of the Boston Red Sox since 1993, when the team moved from Winter Haven’s Chain of Lakes Park. The Red Sox train at City of Palms Park, while the minor-league facility, featuring five full fields, is a short distance away.

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Google maps finds top spot on Universal Vacations

gary — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:52:37 +0000

“The traffic distribution analysis also shared that almost half of the visits went to the top 20 websites and 69 percent went to the top 100 websites,” according to the report.

The average visit duration for visits to the online travel industry was 7 minutes, 41 seconds for the month of January, 2010. “This is a minimal increase from last month’s average visit duration of 7 minutes, 18 seconds,” the report found.

Universal Vacations President Gary Young said “we have been incorporating Google maps into our search criteria for all our properties over the last 12 months” Young continued “accompanying Google Maps and video tours of our properties, the consumer gets a real feel for the property from their computer screen prior to making the reservation”

The most popular search terms for the four weeks ending January 30, that resulted in traffic to websites were Mapquest, (driving directions), Google maps, then Southwest Airlines.

Universal Vacations take full advantage of Google maps accompanied with video tour of the properties they act as a fantastic marketing tool for guests who can now physically see what the property is like and where it is located prior to making a reservation.

The Who at the Super Bowl: Universal Miami “Wont get Fooled Again”

gary — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:42:52 +0000

It was an old-fashioned laser light show at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium during the Super Bowl halftime show, as vintage rockers the Who energetically went without gimmicks and shtick during its brief mini concert. Relying on little more than the sturdiness of its riffs and Roger Daltrey’s still arena-tingling yell, the Who tried to pump some life back into its classic rock hits, many of which have since been reclaimed as the soundtrack to a CBS crime show.

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Universal Vacations Fort Myers attends The Florida Huddle Clearwater 2010

gary — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:28:55 +0000

Universal Vacations Fort Myers attends The Florida Huddle – St. Petersburg/Clearwater Splendid Host to Florida Huddle 2010 Florida Huddle 2010 was a true success for Florida tourism and its host city.

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USA: the best winter destinations

gary — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:26:00 +0000

MIAMI AND KEY WEST

The winter months are high season in subtropical southern Florida, when “snowbirds” descend in large numbers from the northern US and Canada to bask in temperatures that usually reach around 73-79F (23-26C) in the daytime and 60-65F (16-18C) at night. Miami’s big draw is South Beach, home to fabulous Art Deco hotels and intense nightlife

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