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Article: Orange County, Fla., Convention Center Thrives despite Travel Slump.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2002
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Byline: Jerry W. Jackson
Jun. 7--While Central Florida hotels and attractions are still working their way back from a post-Sept. 11 slump, the Orange County Convention Center had a 16 percent increase in occupancy during the first five months of the year.
And May's occupancy rate -- 96 percent -- shattered all previous monthly records.
"Our business has roared back since the start of 2002," executive director Tom Ackertsaid Thursday in a statement. The previous record at the center was in February 1999 when the 1.1 million-square-foot facility was 86 percent full.
Ackert said it now looks as if the center will end the fiscal year on ...