JetBlue Park and the surrounding Complex will capture elements that reflect its Southwest Florida location

Universal Vacations welcomes the Boston Red Sox to spring training at the new state of the art training
facility in Fort Myers

JetBlue Park, the new Spring Training ballpark and adjoining Player Development Complex for the
Boston Red Sox in Lee County, Florida is scheduled to open for the 2012 Spring
Training season.

A number of thecharacteristics of the new ballpark are taken from Fenway Park, including a
“Green Monster” that will feature seating both on top of and behind
the wall, as well as a manual scoreboard. JetBlue Park and the surrounding
Complex will capture elements that reflect its Southwest Florida location.
Environmentally-sustainable features will be incorporated throughout the
facility and Complex, and the considerable landscaping will feature vegetation
indigenous to the area.

Universal Vacations offers Fort Vacation Homes, Fort Myers Beach condorentals:
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Universal Vacations, the leading provider of vacation accommodation in South West Florida

Universal Vacations of Fort Myers – Fort Myers Beach – Bradenton and Naples attends The Florida Huddle – Ft Lauderdale Splendid Host to Florida Huddle 2012 – Florida Huddle 2012 was a true success for Florida tourism and its host city.
Gary Young president of Universal Vacations, the leading provider of vacation accommodation in South West Florida, is pleased to announce that contracts have now been secured and signed with the majority the Worlds leading wholesalers, like Virgin, British Airways, Thomas Cook, TUI through to December 2014 to supply both single family homes with pools and also the luxury condos featured from Universal Vacations Beach office Vacation homes in Bradenton, Naples and Fort Myers.
Both Booking.com and New World Travel market South West Florida to the European markets most notably in Scandinavia, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.
“for many years now foreign travelers predominantly from Germany have been coming to Fort Myers” noted Young “partly down to the direct flights which come in from Düsseldorf but with addition of direct flights now from Denmark during the summer and the possibility of a direct service from the UK starting in 2013 which in turn will open our destinations up to a wider client base” he added.
The climate is perfect here and in complete contrast to that which is experienced in northern Europe at this time of year and the Scandinavians and northern Europeans are well known for their love of beaches and the sun.
The extra tourist will no doubt give a further boost to the local economy in the way of tourist tax dollars and Universals continued partnership with the Lee County’s VCB, Collier County VCB and Bradenton VCB is opening up more markets across the globe

This the latest update from Lee County Port Authority, courtesy Mr Brian Solis

More flights into RSW making this airport more popular than ever

American Airlines

American will add a 4th daily flight to Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) starting February 9.

American Eagle 

American Eagles daily nonstop service to Miami will cease operating on January 30.

Cape Air 

Cape Air operates 6 daily flights to Key West. This is double the service Cape Air offered in 2011 to the Conch Republic. Currently they are offering $99 one-way fares.

Delta Air Lines 

Delta will be increasing capacity on their 3 daily flights to New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on March 25. Currently they are operating a 70 seat Embraer 170 regional jet, Delta will upgrade the service to 142 seat MD-88 aircraft, more than doubling capacity on this route.

United/Continental 

United/Continental will add seasonal 737-800 service to Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) starting February 16. Service will be operated using a Continental aircraft. This is in addition to the 3 daily flights United Express currently offers

Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines will inaugurate daily nonstop service to Hartford, Connecticut (BDL) and Providence, Rhode Island (PVD) starting February 12.