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What you need to know about Florida today

| 1/12/2016

› Sarasota firm manages hotels in 4 states
It stood for some three decades as a Best Western, a lodge lost among 4,000 others operating under the badge of gold and royal blue that has become a mark of economy travel. But its owners wanted something more.

› Tampa Bay tourism figures from 2015 continue to shatter records
Hillsborough County bed tax collections reached nearly $2 million for November, which broke a record by more than 14.5 percent for the month that has stood since 2007.

› South Florida tech companies place their bets in Las Vegas at CES show
Among the exhibitors at the renowned electronics show were a handful of companies from South Florida MobileHelp, MDLIVE, Vert, Zensah, Apira, AdMobilize, Webee attended.

› Former Mako Surgical CEO to lead Israeli company
Mako Surgical's former chairman and CEO Maurice R. Ferré will lead Insightec, an Israeli medical technology company.

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