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Floridays Resort Takes Top Honors from World's Largest Travel Site

If you’re in the market to buy an Orlando vacation home in a resort-style setting, you should consider Floridays Resort Orlando. The luxury, all-suite condominium-style resort, owned by Paramount Hospital Management, was named the top family hotel in the country in TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ 2016 Choice awards. 

“It is absolutely one of the most prestigious honors a resort could win and we are quite proud of it,” said Jeff Swirsky, Floridays General Manager. 

TripAdvisor® is considered the world’s largest travel site, providing planning and booking tools for travelers in 47 countries worldwide. The Choice awards are based on millions of reviews and opinions from travelers around the globe. 

“That’s what makes this award so meaningful,” said…

Community Profile: Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club

Imagine waking up every morning to the view of magnificent greens, massive high lipped bunkers and sandy dunes covered with high grasses and ornamental plants. You don’t have to imagine it when you purchase one of the beautiful condos, townhomes or single family villas for sale at Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club.

This Orlando area community is perfect for golfers and vacationers seeking a second home that’s close to the area theme parks, with the added privacy that comes from living in a gated residential neighborhood that includes 24-hour security. 

Located between Hwy. 27 & 17 in Haines City, Southern Dunes is only 15 minutes from LEGOLand, 20 minutes from Walt Disney World and SeaWorld, and less than a half hour’s drive from Universal Orlando.…

New MargaritaVillage to Offer Home Buyers Water Park Amenity

Does your idea of paradise include eating a cheeseburger, sipping a margarita and splashing around in a water park? If so, you may want to consider buying a vacation home in the Jimmy Buffett-themed resort community that’s coming to western Osceola County. 

Inspired by the casual, laid-back style of the singer/songwriter, MargaritaVillage will feature more than 1,000 vacation rental homes, timeshares and condos on 300-acres south of US 192 and State Road 429 in the Four Corners area. The resort community will be home to another Margaritaville Hotel, as well as a slew of amenities including an arcade, spa, planetarium, fishing school, paddle boarding, kayaking, a 12-acre water park, and a man-made swimming lagoon. A 200,000 square foot retail village…

Air Travel to Orlando

Orlando, Florida continues to be the top U.S. tourist destination thanks to theme parks like Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, as well as plenty of world-class shopping and dining. Many people travel to the area by car, but the vast majority arrive by plane. It’s no wonder that Orlando International Airport offers more flights to more places than any other airport in Florida. In fact, OIA provides non-stop service to more major U.S. destinations than most other cities in the U.S. 

Orlando International Airport offers scheduled non-stop service to 76 U.S. cities, 74 year-round and two seasonal routes. The airport also provides scheduled non-stop service to 49 international destinations, 30 year-round and 19 seasonal routes. 

This summer…