Celebrate with a Free Greater Fort Lauderdale Beach Vacation!
GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - February 2, 2009 - Taking a vacation or just need a vacation? Traveling for a meeting or a family reunion? The official tourism site for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB), sunny.org, re-launched today with a new look and feel, enhanced content and the ever-popular "beach cams" for visitors to see live beach shots while planning the ultimate trip. To help celebrate the launch, visitors can log onto www.sunny.org/win to register to win their very own 2009 Greater Fort Lauderdale beach vacation.
Visitors to www.sunny.org will notice a fresh style and navigational ease that compliments the South Florida "beach chic" and "affordable luxury" personality. To enhance each visitor's experience, the new site focuses on:
- Live Beach Cams: updated every 15 seconds to entice and excite potential travelers.
- Enhancement of popular sections (Visitors, Meetings, Sports, Media and Travel Professionals) including new Google map-it capabilities and build-your-own itinerary.
- Easy hotel bookings: book a room on sunny.org and get a free Beach Starter Kit with beach towel and flip-flops.
- Upcoming event highlights with a calendar of concerts, art exhibitions, entertainment, festivals and sports.
- Brand new Vacation Planner E-guide gives would-be visitors an immediate chance to find all the elements they need to research before making the trip.
- Lauderdale Luxe collection of chic spa resorts.
- Superior Small Lodgings section featuring intimate properties with fewer than 50 rooms and quality assurance.
- Bet on it: new section on the "racinos" including Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino, The Isle Casino and Racing at Pompano Park, Mardi Gras Racetrack & Gaming Center, and Seminole Hard Rock Casino.
- Cruise and Play section: all the pre and post cruise information a passenger needs for smooth sailing, plus special offers from hotels and attractions for cruise passengers.
- GLBT section: what to do and what to see for a fabulous rainbow experience.
- New meetings section: highlighted properties and venues with searchable attributes important to planners and a new Meeting Planners E-guide.
- Bring Fido on vacation with a section dedicated to pet-friendly hotels and activities.
The refreshed sunny.org makes it easier than ever to personalize and book your own ultimate vacation, meeting, sports group or family reunion.
Log on and enter to win two certificates from JetBlue Airways good for round-trip flights to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport; a two-night stay at the Riverside Hotel on Las Olas Boulevard; two tickets to a performance of Jersey Boys at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts; dinner for two at Jackson's Steakhouse on Las Olas Boulevard; two VIP cards with complimentary admission for more than 20 attractions including Everglades airboat tours, the Duck Tour, museums, Water Taxi and more.
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About Greater Fort Lauderdale
The new Greater Fort Lauderdale is a vibrant, "beach chic" destination offering more than 33,000 hotel rooms at a variety of hotels, resorts, and Superior Small Lodgings, plus new high-end, luxury resorts and more to come. Nearly 11 million annual visitors enjoy Greater Fort Lauderdale's 23 miles of Blue Wave Beaches, 300+ miles of inland waterways that run from the Intracoastal to the Everglades, more than 4,000 restaurants, top shopping, and a thriving arts and culture scene. For more information, contact the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 22-SUNNY or visit www.sunny.org
02/2009
