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30 x December 20, 2018 — January 9, 2019 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
The Central Florida Hotel<br />
& Lodging Association recognized<br />
Phil Brown, CEO of<br />
the Greater Orlando Aviation<br />
Authority, as the association’s<br />
2018 Charles Andrews Memorial<br />
Hospitality Award recipient at the<br />
CFHLA Hospitality Gala on Dec.<br />
15. The award is the highest honor<br />
bestowed upon an individual by<br />
CFHLA in recognition of achievements<br />
and contributions to Central<br />
Florida’s hospitality industry as well<br />
as the community at large.<br />
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Phil was selected as this year’s<br />
Charles Andrews Memorial Hospitality<br />
Award Honoree for his role in<br />
enhancing Central Florida’s hospitality<br />
industry and community through<br />
the following initiatives:<br />
• Championing the Orlando<br />
International Airport as the welcoming<br />
point of the Orlando Experience,<br />
providing outstanding customer<br />
service to all visitors arriving and<br />
departing.<br />
• Led Orlando International<br />
Airport’s $4.2 billion capital improvement<br />
project.<br />
• Completed the South Airport<br />
Complex, which included the new<br />
Automated People Mover station,<br />
Intermodal Terminal Facility and<br />
Parking Garage C.<br />
• Under Phil’s tenure, Orlando<br />
International Airport’s passenger<br />
traffic increased from 34.8 million<br />
in 2010 to more than 46 million in<br />
TOURISM UPDATE<br />
submitted by Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association<br />
Phil<br />
Brown is<br />
awarded<br />
the Central<br />
Florida<br />
Hotel &<br />
Lodging<br />
Association<br />
2018 Charles<br />
Andrews<br />
Memorial<br />
Hospitality<br />
Award.<br />
2018, making Orlando International<br />
Airport the “Busiest Airport in<br />
Florida,” “11th Busiest Airport in the<br />
U.S.,” and “39th Busiest Airport in<br />
the World.”<br />
• Welcomed visitors from across<br />
the country and around the world<br />
scheduling nonstop service to 96<br />
domestic and 61 international destinations,<br />
leading to an increase in<br />
international visitors by 8.87 percent<br />
and overall visitors by 5.54 percent<br />
in 2018.<br />
• Serves as the chair of U.S.<br />
Travel’s Gateway Airport Council<br />
and proudly represents Orlando as<br />
a premier tourism destination.<br />
• As a result of the airport’s success,<br />
MCO provides $31 billion in<br />
economic impact to Central Florida.<br />
The award is named after the<br />
first CFHLA board of directors<br />
chairperson, Charles Andrews,<br />
and exemplifies perseverance and<br />
dedication to a cause. Since being<br />
promoted to CEO of the Greater<br />
Orlando Aviation Authority in 2010,<br />
Phil has been a champion of the<br />
Central Florida community and has<br />
significantly raised Orlando’s status<br />
as a world-class tourism destination.<br />
CFHLA members sincerely thank<br />
Phil for all of his efforts to enhance<br />
Central Florida’s hospitality industry<br />
and to better the Central<br />
Florida community as a whole. ª<br />
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