Study Says Florida Could Boost Economy With More Advertising
Florida gets about 87 million visitors a year. The nonprofit research group Florida Taxwatch wanted to know what would happen to the economy if that number reached 100 million.The group did a study....
View ArticleFlorida Sets Record For Tourism
The three-month period ending in September brought almost 23 million visitors to Florida. That's the highest number ever for a third quarter.The state is on pace to welcome about 95 million tourists in...
View ArticleVisit Florida Spends Six Figures On English Soccer Sponsorship
Florida's public-private tourism agency has signed a deal to sponsor a professional soccer club in England's second-highest league.The Visit Florida logo will appear on Fulham Football Club jerseys....
View ArticleRapper Pitbull Teams With Visit Florida To Promote Tourism
The Miami-based rapper will film his upcoming video for “Sexy Beaches” in Florida.
View ArticleRapper Pitbull Promotes Florida As Tourism Ambassador
The best selling rap artist once referred to as Mr. 305 is now a paid ambassador for Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing corporation. Rapper Pitbull is working on a music video showcasing the...
View ArticleFlorida Parks System Gets A Close Up On National Geographic
Florida’s efforts to bring more visitors to the state are getting a boost from National Geographic. The website has launched a new hub dedicated to the Florida parks system.
View ArticleStudy Says Florida Could Boost Economy With More Advertising
Florida gets about 87 million visitors a year. The nonprofit research group Florida Taxwatch wanted to know what would happen to the economy if that number reached 100 million. The group did a study ....
View ArticleFlorida Sets Record For Tourism
The three-month period ending in September brought almost 23 million visitors to Florida . That's the highest number ever for a third quarter. The state is on pace to welcome about 95 million tourists...
View ArticleVisit Florida Spends Six Figures On English Soccer Sponsorship
Florida's public-private tourism agency has signed a deal to sponsor a professional soccer club in England's second-highest league. The Visit Florida logo will appear on Fulham Football Club jerseys....
View ArticleRapper Pitbull Teams With Visit Florida To Promote Tourism
The Miami-based rapper will film his upcoming video for “Sexy Beaches” in Florida .
View ArticleRapper Pitbull Promotes Florida As Tourism Ambassador
The best selling rap artist once referred to as Mr. 305 is now a paid ambassador for Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing corporation. Rapper Pitbull is working on a music video showcasing the...
View ArticleFlorida Parks System Gets A Close Up On National Geographic
Florida’s efforts to bring more visitors to the state are getting a boost from National Geographic. The website has launched a new hub dedicated to the Florida parks system . The hub is a compilation...
View Article'Sexy Beaches' Get Rocky As Florida House Sues Over Pitbull Contract
Florida lawmakers want a judge to force a production company to say how much Armando Christian Perez, better known as the rapper Pitbull, was paid by the state's tourism-marketing arm to be a musical...
View ArticleFlorida Agency Paid Pitbull $1M For ‘Sexy Beaches’ Promotion
Rapper Pitbull released his $1 million contract with Florida's tourism marketing agency two days after the House speaker sued to find out details of the agreement. Pitbull used Twitter to make the...
View ArticleThe Florida Roundup: Bias On The Bench, Visit Florida's Pitbull Bill &...
This week on The Florida Roundup ... An investigation into Florida's sentencing system uncovers a racial bias in the courts. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune's special project examined 12 years worth of...
View ArticleNew Visit Florida CEO Named After Pitbull Revelation
The Visit Florida board on Tuesday agreed to pay $73,000 to the agency's ousted CEO and appointed state Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Ken Lawson to immediately step in as...
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida On Visit Florida Claims
The speaker of the Florida House is trying to end funding for Visit Florida. He's claiming that the state's tourism marketing effort isn't having any noticeable impact on the number of visitors to the...
View ArticleGov. Scott Asking Public To Save Enterprise Florida And Visit Florida
Governor Rick Scott is touring Florida to go to bat for two agencies the state legislature is trying to do away with - Enterprise Florida, the state’s public-private economic development agency, and...
View ArticleHouse Sends Measure Killing Enterprise Florida, Cutting Visit Florida To Floor
The Florida House appears ready to take its incentives fight with Governor Rick Scott into the legislative session.
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida Examines Rick Scott's Claims On Visit Fl, Enterprise Fl
Gov. Rick Scott has been on a very visible tour of the state recently, painting efforts to pare back on some of his programs as potential job-killers. WUSF's Steve Newborn looks at those claims with...
View Article
