Sunshine Matters

Earlier this month, VISIT FLORIDA attended World Travel Market London 2017 (WTM), the second largest annual international travel tradeshow.  Now in its 38th year, WTM has long been a must-attend business-to-business event presenting a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to the U.K. and other international travel professionals.  This year, the show attracted more than 51,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international media, as well as 5,000 exhibitors from 182 countries. Read more of this post »

Late yesterday, Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida set another tourism record by welcoming the highest number of visitors of any nine months in the state’s history with 88.2 million visitors.  This represents a 3.3 percent increase over the 85.4 million visitors from the same period in 2016.  This includes 77.6 million domestic visitors, 7.9 million overseas visitors and 2.7 million Canadians visitors.  Governor Scott made the announcement at Azucar Ice Cream Company, a locally-owned ice cream boutique that has been nationally recognized as one of Little Havana’s top tourist destinations. Read more of this post »

Last week, VISIT FLORIDA launched its Canada Takeover winter marketing campaign to attract Canadian visitors to Florida. The campaign kicked off with “Florida Day” in Toronto that saw Governor Rick Scott and Consul General of Canada Susan Harper, along with five of VISIT FLORIDA’s Industry Partners, host consumer-engagement activations, a media reception and a press conference. Read more of this post »

Today, VISIT FLORIDA announced the start of phase two of our Post-Irma marketing efforts to ensure visitors see for themselves that the state’s destinations are open for business following Hurricane Irma. The second phase will consist of TV broadcast, print, transit and digital billboard ads that will be seen in Florida’s top domestic feeder markets of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. This effort comes on the heels of a successful phase one of the campaign, in which over 4.9 million people viewed VISIT FLORIDA’s Facebook Live videos. The total spend of phases one and two to market the state is $5 million. Read more of this post »

Today, VISIT FLORIDA announced discounted fares to select Florida destinations following Hurricane Irma in partnership with Delta Air Lines. This will help bring more visitors to Florida so the state can continue to break tourism records.

Travelers for both business and leisure can experience all that Florida has to offer through a Delta Air Lines fare sale that includes many Florida destinations. The sale will run from October 5-12, 2017 for travel through February 14, 2018. Discounts will vary by destination. Read more of this post »