May 2009 - Page 3

CORAL GABLES – The 276-room Biltmore is one of the few, true luxury destination resorts in a major metropolitan area, offering championship golf. They have recently introduced the Biltmore Total Performance Golf

ORLANDO – For environmentally conscious players, the Marriott Grand Vista Resort is the perfect location for a round of golf. The Grand Vista Resort is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. The Marriott

ST AUGUSTINE – Located at World Golf Village in St. Augustine and honouring golf’s greatest players and contributors, the World Golf Hall of holds some of the greatest golf treasures in the

ORLANDO – Fairfield Inn & Suites Orlando Lake Buena Vista in the Marriott Village is offering guests $25 of food and beverage credit for every night stayed. Recently awarded the 2009 TripAdvisor’s

A new online Boating and Angling Guide to Tampa Bay, designed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, is now available on the Internet. The FWRI

MARINELAND – Georgia Aquarium’s Dolphin Conservation Field Station opened in April in Marineland, just outside St. Augustine with a ceremonial ribbon cutting by Georgia Aquarium benefactor Bernie Marcus and Marineland of Florida owner, Jim Jacoby.

WINTER HAVEN – Setting a TV show in Florida gives it insta-background. Swaying palm trees, easy weather for filming. Such was the idea of the ministry of the religious program Day of

PALM BEACH – A homeless man here allegedly took sea turtle eggs to sell as aphrodisiacs, or for cooking. Information gleaned from an early morning traffic stop in Palm Beach on Friday

NEW YORK – At a press conference in New York, EL AL President Haim Romano today reiterated the airline’s commitment to offer service from Tel Aviv to Miami International Airport. The release

MIAMI – Smith & Wollensky, America’s famous steakhouse, will join Napa Valley’s premier winery, Beringer Estates, in hosting a delicious 5-course dinner paired with four wines from the region’s oldest continuously operating