Florida Hotel
Florida Historic Places - The Biltmore Hotel
The Biltmore Hotel, built in 1925, is a large Spanish-style structure with a tower modeled after the Giralda tower in Seville, Spain. Constructed on 19.8 acres, the hotel has opulent interiors, courtyards, a country club, winding canals, formal gardens and a golf course. Built by George Merrick, the developer of Coral Gables, the hotel was intended as a fashionable winter resort for the socially prominent. The Biltmore Hotel helped influence the architectural styles of Coral Gables and Miami with its Mediterranean Revival architecture. The hotel also contributed in large part to the tourism boom in southern Florida in the opening decades of the twentieth century. After serving as an Army hospital during World War II and later a Veteran's hospital, the Biltmore has been restored to its former glory and is again a functioning hotel. ... [Read More]
Florida Historic Places - Alcazar Hotel
The 1889 Spanish Renaissance Revival style Alcazar Hotel was the second luxury hotel constructed by Henry Flagler. The design of the Alcazar was inspired by the royal palace in Seville, Spain. With its two large towers, many spires and red tile roofs, the Alcazar lives up to its name derived from the Arabic word Al-kasr or "royal castle." The St. Augustine City Hall and the Lightner Museum now occupy the hotel. ... 27) Alcazar Hotel ... The Alcazar Hotel is at 79 King Street in downtown St. Augustine. ... [Read More]
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
The Florida Department of Transportation’s District VI Secretary Johnny Martinez, P.E. will speak on the topic of the “Growth Management Bill” at the WTS, South Florida Chapter, Luncheon on Friday, July 8, 2005, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The luncheon will be held at the Wyndham Hotel, 3900 Northwest 21st Street, in Miami. The hotel is directly across the street from the Miami International Airport Tri-Rail Station. ... [Read More]
Florida Historic Places - The Breakers
One of the last great resort hotel complexes in Florida, The Breakers was built in 1926 by the heirs of Henry Flagler to replace his original Breakers Hotel (constructed 1903- burned 1925). The large hotel building with its twin towers and grand loggia facing the ocean was influenced by the Villa Medici in Rome. The public rooms are opulently decorated with marble floors and murals on the walls and ceilings. These rooms look out on a sunken central courtyard with fountains and a large reflecting pool. The hotel is part of a resort complex with a golf course, beach club and fourteen Shingle-style "cottages" -- large 2-storied houses with balconies and finished attics. Henry Flagler built these cottages to accommodate The Breakers' wealthy visitors, who found the hotel rooms too small for their families and staff. The cottages became so popular that guests began to build their own on town lots along the water giving rise to the name "Cottage Colony." The hotel has be ... [Read More]
US Dept of State
Remarks: Partagas and Diaz Storm 7, 1888, listed by Davis. An accelerating hurricane destroyed the BeachHouse Hotel on Fort George Island. The hotel was never rebuilt. The storm is listed by Dunn and Miller asbeing minimal, but the tide rose 9 feet in 30 minutes at Cedar Key, winds estimated at 75 mph and with abarometer of 29.22 in/989.5 mb. Maximum wind at downtown Jacksonville N at 38 mph, but certainly higherin gusts near Mayport, Barometer 29.64 inches/1004 mb. ... Summary: This storm will be counted as a tropical storm for northeast Florida. The destruction of the hotelmay indicate hurricane conditions along the immediate coast. ... [Read More]
#134: 03-21-00 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUITAGAINST THE ADAM'S MARK HOTEL CHAIN
Adam's Mark owns and operates 21 large, full-service hotelsin 14 states from Missouri to Pennsylvania to Texas. It alsooperates several restaurants, bars, or clubs within each hotel,which are patronized by local residents and workers, as well ashotel guests. ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Adam's Mark hotel chain today agreedto implement non-discrimination policies, attract more minoritycustomers, and pay $8 million in monetary relief, including $1.5million for hotel management programs at four historically blackcolleges in Florida, under a set of agreements reached today withthe Justice Department, the State of Florida and a group ofprivate plaintiffs who alleged the hotel discriminated againstAfrican Americans. ... [Read More]
EPA Region 4: Serving the Southeast
To be held July 12 - 15, 2005 in Buffalo, New York. Registration to attend the conference, field trips, optional training, keynote lunch, and group social activity is now open and required. The draft agenda, hotel, poster session, and registration information are available at the conference web site http://www.epancic.org/2005/ . ... [Read More]
BSA Hotel Discounts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts , 1-800-WYNDHAM or 972-915-7070 and ask for the Employee Services Management discount Rate (ESM). Listing of Wyndham hotels. Wyndham hotel website . ... Choice Hotels Intl.has more than 5,000 hotels world-wide. ESM Association members receive a 15 percent discount at participating Comfort, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Mainstay Suites, Econo Lodge, and Rodeway Inns, Hotels and Suites. Advance reservations are required. A free continental breakfast is available at most locations. Kids 18 and under stay free. Sign in using ID# 00044073 to receive a discount. ... [Read More]
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