From my neck of the woods, near Ft. Lauderdale, the Sun Sentinel reports: Broward County's tourism bureau has been marketing to the LGBT community since 1996, but results of a survey released Monday show extra effort is needed
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Caribbean Princess Passenger Overboard, Rescued
By Jim Walker
Cruise expert professor Ross Klein reports, based on passenger accounts, that a passenger went overboard from the Caribbean Princess and was rescued on August 2, 2014. Here are the two separate accounts told to Professor Klein: “I was on a…
Quadcopter Buzzes the Allure of the Seas in Fort Lauderdale
By Jim Walker
This week I ran across a video of a “quadcopter” (also called a quadrotor helicopter or a quadrocopter) flying over the beach in Fort Lauderdale. What’s interesting is that the quadcopter quickly catches up with Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the…
Crime, Crew Member Treatment & Environmental Practices – Not “Wow” Gadgets – Will Shape the Millennials’ View of Cruising in the Future
By Jim Walker
This week I have read a couple of articles about the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) “Cruise 3 Sixty” conference in Fort Lauderdale. I read an article in the Sun Sentinel (Cruise Execs Talk About Industry’s Future) and an article…
Sign Up Now for ATLAS Lawyers Seminar Sept. 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale
I will be a featured speaker at the ATLAS Lawyers Become Limitless: Legal Marketing and Management Seminar on September 25-27, 2013 at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded in 2008, ATLAS Lawyers brings practicing lawyers together to discuss…
Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals – Southeastern Chapter coming to Florida on June 6
Gunster and the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals are jointly hosting a complimentary event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 6.
The two-hour program will feature the following speakers:
SEC update: what’s on the…
Controlling Healthcare Costs is Key Say Panelists at Akerman’s 2013 Healthcare Briefing
On Friday, March 15, 2013, approximately 100 healthcare executives, physicians and other persons interested in learning about the future of healthcare in Florida, attended Akerman Senterfitt’s second annual Healthcare Briefing at the Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.
The Briefing was…
Nielsen Identifies New Target Niche: Mass Affluents
I am in Fort Lauderdale today at the W Hotel to give a presentation to the Atlas Lawyers Group on how to use social media in your law practice. The hotel is splendid, right on the water, with every amenity you…
Top 10 in Law Blogs : LXBN August 27, 2012
Lindsay Griffiths is the queen of webinar and conference recaps—she continues that today with the third part of her recap on Kevin McKeown and Lee Frederiksen’s Blogging for Clients webinar. Also, if interested, McKeown himself wrote on that today as…
$200,000,000 False Imprisonment Lawsuit Filed Against Royal Caribbean, in Wrong Courthouse
By Jim Walker
There are lots of strange things that happen on cruise ships. I’ve written many articles about excessive alcohol consumption and aberrant conduct during cruises. I even created a category of “weird” cruise stories. This morning I read an article which…