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Enchantment of the Seas to sail from Port Canaveral in 2013<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/Royal%20Caribbean*100.jpg?v=1'>Royal Caribbean?s Enchantment of the Seas, which is replacing the departing Monarch of the Seas, will undergo a revitalization in December to prepare for its 2013 debut as a home-ported vessel at Port Canaveral.
Enchantment of the Seas will sail every Monday and Friday offering three- and four-night voyages year-round from Port Canaveral starting on April 25. Both itineraries will have ports of call at Nassau, Bahamas, and CocoCay, Royal Caribbean?s private island in the Bahamas. Enchantment...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>FDOT seeks consultant for Orange Blossom Express studyThe Florida Department of Transportation is looking for a consultant to oversee the study of transit options through Lake and west Orange counties, a study required to move forward with a proposed $55 million commuter rail line known as Orange Blossom Express.
The transportation department is seeking bids for what?s known as the U.S. Highway 441/Orange Blossom Express alternatives analysis. The contract will include project development and environmental studies, as well as corridor planning, land...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>A look back at recent business ventures in KissimmeeMany new business ventures have been underway in the city of Kissimmee.
The city has been making headlines with new developments, proposed projects, new companies bringing new jobs and special events.
Some of the newest ventures include:
? A $52.6 million patient tower at the Osceola Regional Medical Center that will add 64 new beds and create 125 jobs.
? Florida Hospital Kissimmee is currently in talks of expanding and adding an 83-bed hospital that could break ground in 2013 and occupy...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Two more Orlando Grubb agents move to Cushman<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/Hayhurst,-Ray*100.gif?v=1'>Ray Hayhurst and Steven Tanner have joined some of their former colleagues up the road at Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc.
Hayhurst and Tanner, who focused on retail investment sales for the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co., are now part of Cushman & Wakefield?s capital markets team, Hayhurst as a senior director and Tanner as an associate director.
They?re the latest in a series of agents who left the Orlando office of Santa Ana, Calif.-based Grubb & Ellis since the brokerage filed for...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Looking at health insurance exchanges in Florida<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/insurance_health_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>States have until Nov. 16 to submit plans on how they will run a health insurance exchange, according to guidelines released May 16.
Health insurance exchanges are places designed to be like Expedia and Orbitz, but for health insurance. Small businesses ? who typically have higher health insurance costs because of the small pool of employees ? would be able to shop for health insurance.
The exchanges have been making news lately. They may be called a ?marketplace? now instead of an exchange....<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Brown & Brown buys Las Vegas agency InsurcorpBrown & Brown Inc. acquired certain assets of Insurcorp and Maalouf Benefit Resources of Las Vegas, which recently combined under the Insurcorp name.
Insurcorp provides employee benefits retail brokerage and consulting services to employers in Nevada and surrounding states, and has annual revenue of $5 million.
Insurcorp?s operations will be combined with those of Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada?s existing Las Vegas office.
Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) offers insurance and...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Three from C. Fla. named 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year finalists<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/Massey,-Harvey-4c*100.jpg?v=1'>Ernst & Young LLP on Thursday announced the finalists for its Entrepreneur of the year 2012 Award in Florida, including three prominent Central Florida businesspeople.
The finalists from Central Florida included:
? Services category: Harvey L. Massey, chairman and CEO of Massey Services Inc. in Orlando
? Technology category: Carol Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Technologies in Melbourne
? Health care category: Shari Dingle Sandifer, founder and CEO of Avant Healthcare professionals in...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Rosen College to posthumously induct Gary Sain in Hall of Fame<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/Gary-Sain-4c*100.jpg?v=1'>The Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida will posthumously induct former Visit Orlando CEO and President Gary C. Sain into the Central Florida Hospitality Hall of Fame later this year.
The Central Florida Hospitality Hall of Fame induction ceremony will include a special presentation, highlighting the life and accomplishments of Sain. Dean Abraham Pizam also will present Sain?s wife, Pamela, with a Steuben crystal pineapple award, the symbol of the hospitality...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Bank of America sells some branches to trim costs<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/Moynihan%20Brian%20headshot%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>In an effort to shed costs, Bank of America Corp. has begun a plan to sell branches in sparsely populated areas.
According to BofA?s first-quarter filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, the banking giant closed 154 banking centers and 631 ATMs during the first quarter. The filing said BofA ?continues to improve our cost-to-serve and optimize our consumer banking network.? Band of America (NYSE: BAC) had 5,700 banking centers as of March 31.
CEO Brian Moynihan has...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Second SpaceX demonstration launch scheduled for May 19<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/Falcon%209%20SpaceX*100.jpg?v=1'>Space Exploration Technologies? (SpaceX) second demonstration launch for NASA?s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services is scheduled to lift off May 19 from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The Falcon 9 rocket will carry a Dragon capsule that will conduct a series of check-out procedures designed to test and prove its systems, including the ability to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
The spacecraft also will demonstrate its ability to abort the rendezvous...<div class="feedflare">
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See who attended HBJ's CFO VIP reception ? Slideshow
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Reese-Koehler-Smith*100.jpg?v=1'>The Houston Business Journal kicked off Celebrate Enterprise 2012 ? a week of events celebrating capitalism ? with a VIP reception honoring its finalists for Best CFOs of the Year.
Finalists and sponsors of the Best CFOs awards mixed and mingled at a May 16 VIP reception at The Tasting Room in the Galleria area.
Around 50 people attended the exclusive event, which included several CFO award alumni.
BancorpSouth Insurance Services was the presenting sponsor of the event, and the co-sponsors...<div class="feedflare">
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Preview: An insider's slideshow guide to HBJ's Celebrate Enterprise
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/COVER*100.jpg?v=1'>Houston, are you ready to celebrate capitalism?
Houston Business Journal's Celebrate Enterprise event is our week-long way of recognizing Houston's business leaders and to honor the city's spirit of entrepreneurship.
Click through the slideshow at right to see a preview of each event, panelists and topics.
Now in its sixth year, Celebrate Enterprise kicks off May 22 and features eight events over four days, covering relevant topics from energy to health care, and including the recognition...<div class="feedflare">
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Air fares are on the rise at IAH, Hobby
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/nashville/airplaneBNAnsh*100.jpg?v=1'>Air fares at George Bush International Airport (IAH) and Hobby Airport in Houston both increased from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Louisville Business First, an affiliated publication, compiled a database of the average air fares for the 100 largest U.S. airports based on the bureau?s statistics.
The average air fare at IAH grew from $425 in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $494 in the...<div class="feedflare">
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BCM receives Susan G. Komen cancer research grant
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/BCM_Logo_RGB1*100.jpg?v=1'>Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded more than $5 million from Susan G. Komen for three new breast cancer research grants, including a prestigious Komen Promise Grant.
The Komen Promise Grant is a three-year award for a total of more than $4 million to study restoration of endocrine therapy sensitivity in recurrent breast cancers.
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Historic rig leaving Galveston harbor
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Ocean-Prospector-2*100.jpg?v=1'>After 14 years docked in the Galveston harbor, the Ocean Prospector is getting back to work.
The Ocean Prospector was the world?s first self-propelled semisubmersible drilling rig when it was designed and built in 1971. Today, its technology is a standard in the industry.
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Houston First releases short list for new convention hotel
Well, that didn?t take long. Less than a month after Houston First Corp. released the list of developers interested in building a 1,000-room convention center hotel downtown, five groups have already been eliminated from consideration.
The short list of potential developers still in the running was selected by Houston First?s consultant and staff members before a request for proposal process. The groups were announced this week at Houston First?s board meeting.
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Social Madness nominations are in, now what?
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/sociallogo-CAROUSEL*100.jpg?v=1'>Nominations have closed for Social Madness presented by Capital One Spark Business, and the Houston Business Journal raked in close to 100 of them. Now, the fun can begin.
For those companies concerned about not hearing an update about the social media competition, fear not! American City Business Journals, our parent company, is currently in the process of reviewing and approving nominations.
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California firm buys Wynhaven multifamily community
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Logo_MIG*100.jpg?v=1'>MIG Real Estate LLC has bought its first Texas property, Wynhaven at Willowbrook, a multifamily community in Houston.
The Newport Beach, Calif.-based real estate investment company is expanding its investment strategy and looking into opportunities in the Sunbelt and the Western U.S., the company said in a May 16 statement.
Wynhaven is a 372-unit community located at 9611 Grant Road near State Highway 249 and Beltway 8. It currently has an occupancy rate of 96 percent.
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Inside Mitt Romney's Houston Stage Stores connection
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/romney%20mitt*100.jpg?v=1'>I spoke to Michael Glazer, CEO of Houston-based Stage Stores Inc., this week about how he?s settling into his new role at the helm of the home-grown apparel retailer.
It didn?t come up in conversation, but Stage Stores has a distinct connection to Mitt Romney's former business dealings while the Republican presidential candidate worked for private equity investment firm Bain Capital.
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Houston's American InfoSource buys Ascension Capital
American InfoSource LP has bought Ascension Capital Group Inc., an Arlington-based bankruptcy service provider, for an undisclosed amount.
Ascension Capital Group was a subsidiary of Encore Capital Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG).
The deal capitalizes on Houston-based American InfoSource's success in the unsecured bankruptcy market and Ascension Capital Group?s position in the secured market, the companies said. Ascension Capital Group?s services include negotiating consumer bankruptcy plans, monitoring...<div class="feedflare">
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