Sunshine Matters

This year’s 43rd Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, held September 26-28 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, was a success with more than 800 attendees, nearly 100 exhibitors and sponsors, and more than 30 expert speakers.

For those attendees who could not get to all the sessions or for industry members who were unable to attend the conference, I am pleased to announce that VISIT FLORIDA has collected video and audio recordings of most of the sessions, as well as the PowerPoint presentations many of the speakers used.   In addition, the speech given by Ed Fouche, Chairman of the VISIT FLORIDA Board of Directors, during the opening dinner which was a perfect example of how “Teamwork” triumphs in the end and the VISIT FLORIDA presentation by Chris Thompson and Will Seccombe, are also available for you to see.  These materials have been stored in one easy-to-access location on the VISITFLORIDA.org website.  Continue reading »

Can you believe Governor’s Conference is only a little more than a month away?  This year’s event will be held September 26-28 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.

As many of you know, for more than four decades, this event has been recognized as the premier educational conference for the Florida tourism industry, providing the opportunity for participants to learn the latest in marketing strategy, receive critical research data and share best practices.  Given the year the industry has had, I think it’s safe to say they’ll be no shortage of lessons learned and great ideas to build off of when we gather together next month.  Continue reading »