March 19, 2024

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| 6/28/2017

Florida tourism officials consider Trump impact on travel

Attracting more than 120 million visitors before the end of the calendar year remains a goal of the state's tourism-marketing arm, but Visit Florida board members expressed concern over the potential international impact of President Donald Trump on the travel industry. More from WUSF.

Gov. Scott appoints Jonathan Zachem to lead business regulatory agency

Gov. Rick Scott appointed Jonathan Zachem as Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The department has been without a full-time leader since Ken Lawson left to become president and CEO of tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida in January. See the official news release from Gov. Scott, here. Also read more at the Tampa Bay Times and Florida Politics.

Pan American Sports Organization set to open in Miami

The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), now being referred to as PanamSports, is set to open offices in Miami in July. The opening of the new PanamSports offices is the first step in developing a stronger relationship with many international sports committees. More from Miami Today.

Tallahassee is 'art buyer capital' of U.S. on art sales site

Topping Miami and even New York City, a report released last week by Artfinder found Tallahassee to be the "art buying capital of the U.S." Broken down per capita, proportional to each city's population, Tallahassee came in with 1,303 artwork sales made through the Artfinder website in 2016, the report states. More from the Tallahassee Democrat and the South Florida Business Journal.

SpaceX plans expansion of rocket refurbishing facilities in Florida

SpaceX wants to expand facilities in Florida to refurbish and store its reusable rocket boosters as it increases the pace of launches, documents filed with authorities show. More from CNBC.

Small Business Trends
Mentor-Protégé Program

Joseph Hall II The Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) executed an initial agreement between two certified small business enterprises to launch the Mentor-Protégé Program. This program is designed to help small businesses by pairing up a mentor company with experience in securing government contracts and a protégé company concentrated in a similar industry. » Full story here.
[Photo is of Joseph Hall II, founder and CEO of TriOrb Solutions.]

Out of the Box
Delivery robots

florida originalsIf you see a robot delivering a package in flip flops, you know it's from Florida. Florida is now the fourth state in the U.S. to pass a law which allows unmanned delivery robots on both sidewalks and crosswalks.

» Read more from FOX News and Recode.

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