Released on = December 8, 2006, 8:31 am

Press Release Author = GoldenTravelGuides

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = On November 4-8, 2006 VISIT FLORIDA, the official tourism
marketing corporation for state of Florida hosted its 25th Annual Florida Encounter
Appointment Tradeshow. The event marked the coming together of some of the foremost
meeting and convention planning professionals with premier suppliers to network and
experience the diversity of Florida meetings and convention offerings.


Press Release Body = East Stroudsburg, PA, December 8, 2006 - On November 4-8, 2006
VISIT FLORIDA, the official tourism marketing corporation for state of Florida
hosted its 25th Annual Florida Encounter Appointment Tradeshow. The event marked the
coming together of some of the foremost meeting and convention planning
professionals with premier suppliers to network and experience the diversity of
Florida meetings and convention offerings.

This year's new event at Florida Encounter, the Executive Track, was designed
exclusively for senior level managers involved in meeting planning or decision
making. The Executive Track is available by invitation only to executive level
suppliers and just eight executives from the entire country were honored with an
invitation.

One of eight professionals invited to attend was local travel guru, Rick Golden, a
name synonymous with travel and tourism in the Pocono Mountains region of
Pennsylvania. As Owner and CEO of GoldenTravelGuides, a national travel company
headquartered locally in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and its subsidiary "Best
of" City Guides, which now represent more than 80 of the world's top travel
destinations, Golden was chosen because of his dedication to being at the forefront
of the travel and tourism industry.

When asked about being invited to attend this year's event, Mr. Golden stated, "I am
honored to have been one of just a few meeting suppliers called upon to build
relationships with Florida meeting planners and help them experience all that
Florida meetings can offer their groups."

Golden's company does a significant amount of business in Florida, having more than
a dozen online city guides to popular travel destinations like Naples, Sanibel,
Marco Island, Winter Haven, Miami, Key West, Ft. Myers, Orlando, Daytona, Ft.
Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Sarasota, and Tampa.

GoldenTravelGuides.com, headquartered at 366 North Courtland Street, Suite B in East
Stroudsburg, in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, is a subsidiary of Golden
Interests, Inc. The largest leisure travel agency in Pennsylvania and one of the
largest in the Northeastern United States, GoldenTravelGuides is a member of the
Pocono Mountains (PA) Chamber of Commerce, the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau
(PMVB), the Naples and Key West (FL) Chambers of Commerce, the Sullivan County (NY)
Chamber of Commerce, and the Pike and Wayne County (PA) Chambers of Commerce.

GoldenTravelGuides publishes more than 80 Internet-based guides to the "Best of"
cities like the Poconos, Atlantic City, Naples, Hershey, Tunica, Niagara Falls, and
Punta Cana. They arrange for groups, leisure, and business travelers at more than
40,000 hotels across the world. They can be reached toll free at: 1.877.465.3368 or
online at: http://www.GoldenTravelGuides.com.



Web Site = http://www.GoldenTravelGuides.com

Contact Details = GoldenTravelGuides
366 North Courtland Street
Suite B
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
http://www.GoldenTravelGuides.com
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& many more guides including one in your city
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