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AGENDA ITEM
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Items Types: Awards/Presentations/Recognitions
| For Meeting of: 6/15/2015
| | District:ALL | On file (City Clerk):Yes |
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| | | | | | | | | Subject: | June 15, 2015 as "Eduardo Vasconcellos and Kontik Franstur Day" | | Summary: | Mr. Eduardo Vasconcellos and his wife Maria Jose Vasconcellos have been trailblazers in the travel industry since opening their business, Kontik Franstur, in 1955. Mr. Eduardo Vasconcellos has been crowned the market leader in group travel bringing more than 5,000 teenagers annually to Orlando, and the visitors spend more $6 million annually on hotels, restaurants, transportation and at theme parks. Mr. Eduardo Vasconcellos has created extraordinary travel packages exciting visitors to shop in Orlando and spend an additional $8 million annually, thus creating jobs and businesses in Orlando, and also leading the increase in the number of Brazilian tourists vacationing in Orlando to almost 1 million in 2014. | | Fiscal and Efficiency Data: | | | Recommended Action: | Approval. | | Contact: | |
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | File Name | Description | Type | | Proclamation_for_Eduardo_Vasconcellos_2015.doc.docx | Eduardo Vasconcellos Proclamation | Backup Material |
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