I Love Orlando magazine is the only tourism publication in Central Florida that is backed by one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, Westgate Resorts.
I Love Orlando provides a link among its hospitality employees, advertising partners, and families vacationing in Central Florida. Westgate Resorts employees promote I Love Orlando throughout Central Florida, with a circulation of 1.5 million copies per year.
Advertising in I Love Orlando is the best way to achieve measurable results within this target market.
Central Florida Investments is founded by David Siegel, operating from an office in his family garage.
CFI opens the Mystery Fun House.
The Westgate family of resorts is born when Westgate Vacation Villas starts sales one mile from Walt Disney World® Resort with 16 villas.
Everything But Water opens the first of 30 stores nationwide.
Florida Magazine publishes an article saying Westgate Villas will one day be the largest timeshare resort.
Vacation Industry Review Magazine calls Westgate Resorts an “Orlando
success story.”
Westgate Miami Beach opens featuring five hundred feet of sand beaches and the only fishing pier on Miami Beach.
Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa opens in Orlando andquickly becomes the second largest timeshare resort in the world. David Siegel is recognized as “Entrepreneur of the Year.
CFI publishes its first issue of I Love Orlando magazine. Westgate Daytona Beach opens within walking distance of the world famous Daytona Beach pier. Westgate Resorts/ CFI becomes one of the largest privatelyowned corporationsin Central Florida with annual revenues exceeding $300 million. CFI is also one of the region’s largest employers. Westgate Towers opens, just minutes away from Walt Disney World® Resort.
Westgate Resorts opens a 210,000 square foot state-ofthe- art Call Center in Ocoee, FloridaWestgate Resorts, which now includes Westgate Vacation Villas, Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, Westgate Towers, Westgate Miami Beach and Westgate Daytona Beach, reaches over 100,000 vacation owners.
Westgate Town Center opens, starting a 3,000-unit expansion of Westgate. Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort at Gatlinburg opens, located at the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort at Gatlinburg opens. Construction begins on Westgate Park City Resort & Spa at The Canyons®, in Park City, Utah with plans to open for the 2002 Winter Olympics.I Love Orlando wins Craftsman’s Award for Walt Disney World 2000 cover.
The first issue of I Love The Smokies is published, serving the Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge / Sevierville area. Westgate Flamingo Bay opens in Las Vegas, just
two miles from the world-famous “Strip. Westgate now includes eight resorts, with ownership at 180,000 and growing.” I Love Orlando surpasses 5 million copy mile marker. The Westgate Resorts Foundation is formed with a mission of serving the communities in which Westgate does business and caring for and supporting the company’s employees in times of need.
Westgate Park City Resort & Spa opens in Park City, Utah. Westgate Resorts acquires 1,600 acres near Lake Wales, Florida, known as the River Ranch. Westgate acquires Westgate Blue Tree Resort at LakeBuena Vista directly adjacent to Walt Disney World on I-Drive. Construction begins on the twin Westgate Palace towers located next to Universal Studios, Orlando. Westgate announces plans for Westgate Historic Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Westgate Historic Williamsburg opens. Westgate Palace
opens. Showcase Sales Center opens on Las Vegas strip.
Westgate purchases Leisure Orlando Resort near SeaWorld Orlando. Westgate Resorts acquires five properties from Grandvista Resorts: Westgate Branson Woods, Westgate Branson Lakes at Emerald Pointe and the Yacht Club in Branson, Missouri; Westgate Tunica Resort in Tunica, Mississippi; and Westgate Painted Mountain Golf Resort in Mesa, Arizona. Westgate acquires Westgate Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Westgate augments sales operations by opening the Westgate Resorts Preview Gallery in Houston, Texas; the Bayside OPC location in Miami Beach, Florida; and a new Call Center in Las Vegas.
Westgate Resorts announces partnership with Planet Hollywood to build a new resort and casino in
Las Vegas. I Love Orlando hits a major milestone with 10 million copies in circulation. I Love The Smokies passes 3 million copy marker. Premiere issue of brand new owners’ version, I Love Vacations is launched January 2005. Along with property expansion in the Las Vegas market, I Love Las Vegas is developed for launch in the Las Vegas market.
Westgate breaks ground on the Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate on the Las Vegas Strip. Construction begins on Westgate Plaza, a rental car facility on Warm Springs adjacent to the new off terminal rental car parking garage. I Love Orlando hits a major milestone with over 12.5 million copies in circulation. Westgate Branson Woods completes construction on a new 30-unit mid-rise building.
Westgate Plaza opens in April 2007 Whole ownership is offered at Westgate Park City and Westgate Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort. August 2007 the Florida Magazine awards I Love Orlando a Silver Charlie Award for Best Visitor Publication. Expansion of Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort in Tennessee is ongoing with new cabins being completedthroughout the year. Westgate also completed construction of Wild BearFalls Water Adventure, a 60,000- square-foot indoor/ outdoor water park, the largest in the South.
Westgate Resorts reach over 400,000 timeshare owners. I Love Orlando hits a major milestone with over 15.5 million copies in circulation. Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate construction honors finishing 50 floors with a "topping off" ceremony July 2008. Westgate Vacation Villas & Town Center opens.
PH Towers by Westgate opens. New expansion to Westgate Vacation VIllas and Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa.
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