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CFHLA - Back of the House - March 25, 2016
Volume 1 - Edition 12
In This Issue...
ONE WEEK
03/25/2016
ONE WEEK
SPREAD THE WORD!
NEW MEMBERS
$$$
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR:
LOEWS
SECURITY
GROUND BREAKING
SPONSORS
ENGINEER
ORANGE
VIP SPOTLIGHT
CARES
BOARD
PARTNERS IN ACTION
CFHLA hopes to see you
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY
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HOSPITALITY
OPPORTUNITIES
at the
Orlando Premium Outlets - Vineland Ave.
This year's event will feature
This Newsletter proudly
sponsored by:
Food, Drinks, and Fun for Everyone including NEW Mainstage Entertainment by
Orange Avenue
(5:00PM - 8:30PM)
Honorees
March Allied
Member of the Month
and
FREE DAPS
(8:40PM - 9:10PM).
CFHLA is also proud to announce an exciting panel of
John Wood
RAM Striping
March Lodging
Member of the Month
Local Celebrities
who will be judging the
Food & Beverage Competition:
Allison Walker
News 13 Orlando Entertainment Reporter
Johnny Magic
XL 106.7, Host of Johnny's House
Patricia Letakis
Editor, Orlando Signature Magazine
Additionally, the traditional
Brian Wong
Celebration Suites Hotel
Silent Auction
will be open to all attendees - featuring over 150 items
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including Stay-cation / Vacation packages,
Sports and Events Tickets, and MUCH MORE!
2016
CFHLA Executive
Committee
Chairperson
Dave Bartek
Loews Hotels
1st Vice Chairperson
Brian Comes
Hyatt Regency Orlando
2nd Vice Chairperson
Fred Sawyers
Walt Disney World
Swan & Dolphin
Secretary
Keith Wolling
B Resort & Spa Lake
Buena Vista
Treasurer
Jetse Pottinga
Melia Orlando
Suite Hotel
Assistant Treasurer
Jesse Martinez
The Alfond Inn at Rollins
Historian
Laura Sherman
CLC Regal Oaks
Do you have your
Raffle Tickets and Bacchus Bucks?
These items are available for pre-purchase here:
Bacchus Bucks Pre-Sale
Bacchus Raffle Pre-Sale
For additional information please visit:
www.BacchusBashOrlando.com
SEE YOU APRIL 1!
NEW MEMBERS
Yesterday CFHLA hosted a New Member Orientation to welcome
14 New Members,
representing
11 New Member Companies,
including:
Immediate Past Chair
Gerald Urquiola
Caribe Royale Resort &
Convention Center
Dense Networks
Peter Murray
Digital Benefit Advisors
Tony Rust & Matt Noe
Partners of the Month:
Orlando City Kickoff Tailgate
Party
Eco-Solutions Farmtotable
Edward Kempf & Art Fedrigon
Guard Dog Valves
All County Paving
Joe Guidish
Duct Detectives
iResponze
Koneco Building Services
Ernie Falco & Michael Dyrland
Moran Kidd Lyons Johnson PA
Market Loyal
Ilea Petsel
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Orlando Health
Premier Elevator Co., Inc
Prestige Construction
John Gill
System Tech Services
PW Orlando, LLC
Jesus Esteban
State of Osceola County
Address
RCI
Lee Rushin
Booking.com
Career Source of Central
Florida
Troy University
Miesha Clarke
Experience Kissimmee
Uniclass Management LLC
Kissimmee Utility Authority
Mirella Thomas & Selma Machado
Old Town
Southern Strategy Group
Tavistock
University of Central Florida
Walt Disney World Company
Audio Visual Partner
PSAV - Presentation Services
Allied Relations Council
Breakfast
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Associated Planners Group
St. Patrick's Day Golf Open
Title Sponsor
Massey PrevenTech
Commercial Services
Hole Sponsors
Arahull Services, Inc
Belfor Property Restoration
$$$
DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Each year, the
CFHLA Bacchus Bash
raises funds for approximately
30 Scholarships
for Central Florida
Hospitality Students.
Blue Team Restoration
Boyer Building Corp
Brickman/ValleyCrest
CMIT Solutions of Central
The scholarships will be offered via
one of the following opportunities:
1) One-time scholarship of $1,000 - $2,500
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Florida
2) Current College Student "Multi Year"
($2,000 per year for up to 4 years)
Crown Linen
CSC Serviceworks
Mid-Florida Golf Cars
Orlando Health
Orlando Mattress Company
SeaWorld Parks & Resorts
Southeastern Laundry
Equipment
Squeegee Squad
The Medical Concierge
3) Graduating High School Student "Multi Year"
($1,000 per year for up to 4 years)
The application DEADLINE is:
THIS Thursday, March 31 / 12Noon
For more information on the scholarships offered in 2016
and to download the application, please visit:
www.CFHLA.org/Hospitality-Scholarships.
If you have questions regarding these scholarships, please contact
CFHLA Communications & Corporate Citizenship Director Lynnea Dawes: [email protected].
UPS Store
VS Media Group
Yellowstone Landscape
Driving Range Sponsor
Hobart Corp
LOEWS
Recently, CFHLA Board Member
Carlton Hudson,
General Manager of the
Roving Cart Sponsor
Driveway Maintenance, Inc.
Putting Contest Sponsor
Edlen Electrical Exhibition
Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando
was named the
Loews Hotels'
Manager of the Year an award presented by Loews
Chairman Jonathan Tisch.
March Security Seminar
Spaulding Decon
Downtown General
Managers Meeting
Minuteman Press
Additionally, the
Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando
was recognized for setting more than
25 performance records in 2015,
while completing a multi-million dollar renovation.
Vacation Rental
Managers Council
Belfor Property Restoration
Vacation Ownership
Managers Council
Boyer Building Corp
Executive Committee
Meeting
Global Sourcing International,
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LLC
Governmental Affairs
Committee Meeting
SpinOut Guest Laundries Inc
March Board Meeting
Belfor Property Restoration
Hospitality News:
New $3.3B vacation village
coming soon near Disney
Orlando Business Journal The Buzz
An "ambitious" 87-acre luxury
mixed-use vacation village is in
the works near Walt Disney
World featuring five gleaming
towers, shops, restaurants and
resort amenities.
Orlando-based Magic
Development LLC will start
work on infrastructure in July
on the first phase of its
massive development called
Magic Place, which will involve
a 25-story, 251-unit resort
tower, along with 40,000
square feet of retail space and
a 20,000-square-foot office
building on U.S. Highway 192
east of State Road 417.
That's the first piece of the
overall development that at
buildout will include 250,000
square feet of retail and a total
of 1,850 units that will be a mix
of residential, condo and
fractional units as well as
nightly rental hotel rooms,
which will have about $1.7
billion in construction value,
said project manager James
Mincy.
The project was designed by
Italian designer Pininfarina, the
same company best known for
designing the Ferarri.
"We've been working behind
the scenes for the last year and
a half on this project and now,
we're ready to rock 'n' roll on all
the infrastructure in July," said
Mincy, who first joined forces
with Magic Development
founders and co-owners
Rodrigo Cunha and Luis
Claudio Sinelli in 2009 to build
a vacation home community in
Kissimmee. "This really is
CONGRATULATIONS
CARLTON HUDSON!
SECURITY
The CFHLA Security & Safety Council's
Active Assailant Seminar
occurred on Tuesday.
This important seminar was presented by
Sergeant William Bartlett,
Homeland Security/Emergency Management
Section/ Hostage Negotiation Team of the
Orange County Sheriff's Office
and was well received by nearly 40 attendees.
The council wishes to thank
Nancy Freeman
and
Spaulding Decon
for serving as the sponsor of this important activity.
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going to cater to the luxury
market. And it's ambitious.
We'll build about one building
every four or five years, so it's
a 20- to 25-year project."
Magic Place is the third piece
of Magic Development's new
vacation village on Black Lake
Road south of Disney's Animal
Kingdom theme park. Cunha
and Sinelli first met Mincy
years ago and decided to build
vacation homes and operate
them like a resort, Mincy told
Orlando Business Journal.
The first project was what the
group now calls Magic Village
1, a 180-unit short-term rental
townhome development which
is nearly 60 percent completed
and on pace to sell out by
year's end, Mincy said.
Then, the group started
infrastructure work earlier this
year on Magic Village 2, which
is another 194 short-term rental
townhome units and a 68-unit
fractional condo building called
The Reserve. Both Magic
Village projects are built on a
resort-like property, which
includes a clubhouse, pools, a
restaurant and more.
Lt. William Bartlett of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, CFHLA Security & Safety
Council Chairman Loren Poor of the Hilton Orlando, and Nancy Freeman of Spaulding Decon
Meanwhile, Magic
Development plans to moves
its headquarters from the
Chase Plaza building in
downtown Orlando to the office
building in Magic Place once
it's completed. That building
also will serve as a sales and
preview center for the project,
Mincy told OBJ.
Together, all three projects will
likely have a buildout value of
about $3.3 billion.
GROUNDBREAKING
CFHLA recently participated in the celebratory
Legoland Florida-area retail
development may have hotel
potential
Orlando Business Journal The Buzz
Groundbreaking
for the
Residence Inn by
Marriott Universal Studios!
Richard Bilbao
Got an idea for a business near
one of Central Florida's theme
parks? Well, good news
because there's a new mixeduse development sprouting up
near Legoland Florida.
This 196 room property is slated to open in 2017,
and is the result of a partnership between
Southeastern Development Associates and LBA Hospitality.
A 52-acre, 288,000-square-foot
retail development, dubbed
Shoppes of Cypress Landing,
is on the market and just under
4 miles east of Legoland
Florida on the southwest
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corner of Cypress Gardens
Boulevard and U.S. Highway
27. The project, which did not
disclose its construction
timeline, will feature "a number
of anchor tenants, exciting
smaller retail concepts and
popular eating destinations. It
also has room for a hotel, as
well as entertainment and
office uses," said marketing
materials from Retail Solutions
Advisors.
Maps provided with the project
brochures show there are five
major spaces in play, ranging
from 24,000 square feet to
136,455 square feet in size. In
addition, there are three future
outparcels that run along
Cypress Gardens Boulevard
and U.S. Highway 27.
The property is being marketed
by Retail Solutions Advisors'
Lynda Nagy.
In terms of tourism impact, the
project could have potential if a
hotel is built there that partners
with Legoland Florida. The
theme park already has its own
on-site hotel and plans to build
more accommodations, but a
property there could still fit into
the theme parks marketing
plans.
Legoland Florida General
Manager Adrian Jones earlier
this month stressed the need to
keep up with supplying new
lodging options as the
Legoland Hotel, which opened
last May, hits 90 percent
occupancy on a steady basis
during the summer.
CONGRATULATIONS RESIDENCE INN BY
MARRIOTT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS!
SPONSORSHIPS
"The Legoland Hotel increased
the amount of latent demand.
When people can't get in, they
go on to the nearby hotels that is one of the reasons we
need to move on this now
because the latent demand is
there," he said.
That means there will always
be a need to expand the
lodging amenities in and
around the theme park that
could be a prime business
opportunity for Legoland
Florida and third-party
investors looking to find a way
to grow into the Central Florida
market, but not compete
directly in the Orlando market.
Legoland Florida, which has
been steadily growing its
appeal to younger
demographics, is still in its
early stages of growth. The
theme park continues to invest
in new attractions, lodging and
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amenities that should help to
build its appeal to the 62 million
tourists that come to Orlando
each year.
Meanwhile, the Winter Haven
theme park announced five
new attractions on March 15
that included two new ride
attractions, a new water
attraction, a nighttime event
and show, and a new vacation
rental property.
UCF creates 3 new degrees
to meet local workforce
demand
Orlando Business Journal The Buzz
Rachel Williams
Two new master's degrees and
one new bachelor's degree are
coming to the University of
Central Florida to help meet
the local workforce demand.
They include a master of
science in biomedical
engineering, a master of
science in data analytics and a
bachelor of science in
entertainment management.
UCF's board of trustees
approved the creation of the
three new degrees at a March
24 meeting.
Here's a breakdown of each
new degree:
Biomedical engineering: This
will teach students about the
development of new
technologies in health care,
ranging from managing patient
information, to improving
diagnostic equipment, to
designing therapeutic solutions
that treat diseases and injuries.
An aging U.S. population and a
growing demand for more
sophisticated medical
equipment and procedures are
driving the demand for workers
in this field. Biomedical
engineering is the fastestgrowing engineering discipline
in the country, with a 25
percent increase in
employment in the past four
years, and a projected
employment growth of 27
percent through 2022,
according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Florida has an
estimated 800 employees in
this field earning an average of
$77,000, annually, as of May
2013. Classes will begin this
fall.
ENGINEER
On Wednesday, the Council hosted a breakfast featuring
"Green Lodging Updates"
presented by
Sheena Chin-Green
Coordinator of the Florida Green Lodging Program.
Additionally, this breakfast featured
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from the following CFHLA Allied Members:
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Data analytics: Students will
learn how to use various
statistical techniques and
algorithms to gain insights from
large amounts of data something that governments
and businesses have an
increasing need for. People
with the technical skills to
convert big data into
knowledge can help fill the
"critical gap" in the areas of
computer and information
technology, according to a
2013 report from the
Commission on Higher
Education Access and
Educational Attainment.
Classes will begin this fall.
Entertainment management:
Students will be prepared for
managerial positions within the
entertainment industry through
this degree. It will be housed at
the Rosen College of
Hospitality Management, and
will teach students how
develop resources, attract
audiences, communication
skills and other leadership
values pertinent to the local
travel and hospitality industry.
Five new faculty jobs also will
be created due to this degree.
Classes begin this summer.
Allied Group USA, Inc.
Comprehensive Energy Services
Southeastern Laundry Equipment
Sunshine Recycling
Symbiont Service Corp
Thermal Tech, Inc.
The Council wishes to thank the
DoubleTree by Hilton at SeaWorld
for hosting this important activity, and
PSAV - Presentation Services
for their audio visual support.
In addition to the workforce
benefits, these new degrees
will help attract students to the
Central Florida campuses,
boost revenues for the
university, and create a higher
demand for local goods and
services, among other things.
CFHLA Allied Member Steve Dobbins of Comprehensive Energy Services, and CFHLA Engineers Council
Board Member Gerry Tarantino of the DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld
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Firat Yuregir of Marriott's Cypress Harbour and Terry Cicchella of Symbiont Service Corp
ORANGE
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VIP SPOTLIGHT
Brickman / ValleyCrest have now become BrightView.
Fun Fact: The company has 14,235 vehicles getting
the new logo on three sides - that's 42,705 decals!
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CARES
FRIEDRICH
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2016 CFHLA Board Member:
Bill Friedrich
General Manager of the
Embassy Suites Orlando
International Drive / Convention Center
Birthday: February 28
Fun Fact: Mr. Friedrich's first Hospitality Industry job was working as a
Monorail Pilot at Walt Disney World Resort. His greatest Hospitality
Achievement was winning the inaugural Hilton Blue Energy Award while
working at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in 2011.
Thank you Bill Friedrich
for serving as a CFHLA Leader!
PARTNERS IN ACTION
The
Nickelodeon Suites Resort
recently conducted a School Supply Drive to support their
Adopt-A-School Partner
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Kissimmee Elementary.
$465 in BRAND NEW School Supplies
were delivered to Kissimmee Elementary,
due to the efforts of the team at
the Nickelodeon Suites Resort
Thank you Nickelodeon Suites Resort for your
continued support of Kissimmee Elementary
and Public Education in Central Florida!
HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES
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Below please find current hospitality employment opportunities:
Banquet Manager,
Engineers,
and MORE!
Crowne Plaza Orlando Universal
CLICK HERE to view the open positions
Kitchen Supervisor,
Loss Prevention Officer,
and MORE!
Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
CLICK HERE to view the open positions
Housekeepers / Supervisors,
Kitchen Staff (All Levels),
and MORE!
Marriott International - Orlando Locations
CLICK HERE to view the open positions
Engineering Tech II
Embassy Suites Lake Buena Vista South
CLICK HERE to view the job description
Servers & Bartenders,
Rooms Controller,
and MORE!
Grande Lakes Orlando
(Ritz-Carlton AND JW Marriott)
CLICK HERE to view the open positions
To submit job postings, please forward a job description or application
link to CFHLA Staff Person Lynnea Dawes - [email protected].
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