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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS 

 

ORLANDO IS IN THE TOP 3 MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS FOR VACATIONS ALONG WITH NEW YORK AND LAS VEGAS, WITH NEW ORLEANS, LONDON, SAN FRANCISCO, MIAMI, CHICAGO, BOSTON AND LOS ANGELES ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN.

 

TRAVEL IS NOW THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDUSTRY WITH $5 TRILLION SPENT ANNUALLY. THE INDUSTRY IS GROWING 23% FASTER THAN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND EXPERTS PREDICT TRAVEL SPENDING WILL DOUBLE BY 2010 WITH ON-LINE TRAVEL BEING THE FASTEST GROWING SECTOR ON THE INTERNET.

 

MORE THAN 44.1 MILLION PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE CENTRAL FLORIDA IS THE PLACE TO COME TO, SPENDING CLOSE TO $22 BILLION DOLLARS. WITH OVER TWO MILLION MORE PEOPLE THAN 2001. THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT TOURISM IS ALIVE AND WELL AND STILL THE AREA’S NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY AS CENTRAL FLORIDA’S TOURISM ADDED 8,000 JOBS LAST YEAR. FORECASTERS SHOW THE VISITOR COUNT SHOULD REACH 46.9 MILLION IN 2004 AND WILL CLIMB TO 51.9 MILLION BY 2006.

 

WALT DISNEY CO. JUST ANNOUNCED IT'S DOMESTIC PARKS ATTENDANCE WAS UP 14% SO FAR IN THE SECOND QUARTER COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO.   

 

ACCORDING TO RECENT RESEARCH AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ONE IN FIVE HOTEL BOOKINGS WILL BE MADE ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 YEARS. COMPANIES LIKE EXPEDIA, PRICELINE, HOTELS.COM, AND VACATIONTIMERENTALS.COM ARE CLEARLY IN THE FOREFRONT OF THIS TREND. TRAVELERS ARE LOOKING FOR A FAST AND CONVENIENT WAY TO SCHEDULE THEIR TRAVEL PLANS, AND AS “BRAND CLARITY” BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT FOR CONSUMERS SURFING THE WEB TO PLAN THEIR VACATIONS IT IS BECOMING EASIER TO MARKET DIRECTLY TO THEM.

 

THE ORLANDO SENTINEL SAID U.S. ONLINE CORPORATE-TRAVEL GROSS BOOKINGS FOR 2003 WERE $ 18.8 BILLION AND ARE PROJECTED TO BE AROUND $36.5 BILLION BY 2006. IN 2000 THIS WAS ABOUT 22% AND FOR 2004 IT IS NOW AT 51% FOR U.S. TRAVELERS WHO BOOKED AT LEAST ONE TRIP ONLINE IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

 

AT VACATION TIME INTERNATIONAL, INC. THEY HAVE CLEARLY RECOGNIZED THIS EMERGING TREND WITH THEIR STATE OF THE ART WEB SITE VACATIONTIMERENTALS.COM, WHICH OFFERS LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS WORLD -WIDE WITH MORE AMENITIES THAN STANDARD HOTEL/MOTEL OFFERINGS. WITH THEIR CLIENTS SETTING THEIR OWN PRICES ON EVERYTHING FROM PRIVATE RESIDENCES TO BEACHFRONT RESORTS, MOUNTAIN CABINS, RV’S,  HOUSE BOATS AND TIME SHARES, AND THE CONSUMER GETS THE BEST DEAL EVERYTIME.

 

THE TIME-SHARE INDUSTRY DID $ 5.5 BILLION IN NET SALES FOR 2003, WHICH WAS UP 7.6% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH A OCCUPANCY RATE OF OVER 85% GLOBALLY AND MORE CONSUMERS ARE SEEING THE BENEFITS OF VACATION PROPERTY RENTALS WHEN PLANNING THEIR NEXT GET AWAY.

 

 

Orlando is currently ranked No. 1 in the country for the number of conventions, trade shows and meetings it hosts. (It's never too early to make your Vacation Plans, contact one of our many clients to reserve your luxury accommodations now!!!!) We are in constant need of additional inventory, so if you have a Vacation Property, you want to rent out, your timing couldn't be better.  CALL US TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

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