This week reservations systems zeroed out service on Frontier Airlines from Miami (MIA) to Havana and on Silver Airways from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to nine Cuban destinations. Flight from Florida to Cuba have been struggling since its inception last year after over a half century of a ban on commercial service but we can learn […]
As someone who has been traveling to Tallahassee for Legislative Session since the mid 1990’s, I’ve taken just about every possible day trip from Tallahassee. Recently, a friend of mine who is working this session asked me, where she should head to for a weekend? That got me thinking so I’ve compiled a list of […]
As someone who grew up in southeast Florida, this slideshow from the South Florida Sun Sentinel was an incredible trip down memory lane.
Last Friday, the State House voted to place restrictions on the flexibility with which Visit Florida can spend its resources. House Speaker Richard Corcoran had originally wanted to kill the tourism promotion agency much like he has tried to do with Enterprise Florida, but backed off instead opting to put provisions on how Visit Florida […]
I’ll admit I didn’t write a piece in Governor Scott’s defense on Enterprise Florida previously because I found Speaker Richard Corcoran’s threats to eliminate the public-private agency laughable and something that responsible lawmakers would never support. Therefore, I was stunned by the House vote on Friday to overwhelmingly shutter Enterprise Florida and all its related […]
Florida, Florida State, Florida Gulf Coast and Miami all made the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament marking the first time four Florida schools have made the “big dance” which begins Tuesday. Florida Gulf Coast and Florida State will face off against each other Thursday, marking the first match up in the NCAA Tournament between the schools. […]
Emirates Airline, one of the world’s largest international air carriers reported that booking to destinations in the United States dipped 35% after President Trump’s first travel ban. Emirates CEO Tim Clark said the new travel ban issued last week which is less broad led to some recovery but still less than prior to the initial […]
Turner Classic Movies recently showed the 1958 movie, Wind Across the Everglades , a story of the Audubon Society and bird hunting in the early 1900’s. Bird hunting was a staple of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s as the use of feathers for women’s hats was the fashion of the day. Poaching was a […]
For the first time in over thirty years, arguably the biggest rivalry world club soccer will be played outside Spain – Miami being the choice of venue. On Friday it was announced that the stadium formerly known as Joe Robbie will play host to Real Madrid CF vs FC Barcelona – known as “El Clasico.” […]
The US Department of Agriculture released its monthly crop forecast (courtesy of Florida Trend) and the news is not good for Florida’s citrus industry. Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, a likely Gubernatorial candidate released this statement: “Although not unexpected, today’s historically low forecast is the latest example of citrus greening’s continued devastation of Florida’s citrus industry. […]
The Florida Squeeze 