Florida has its fare share of historic towns and sights and although Orlando as a city has a relatively short history, it too has an historic core to which the many modern developments have been added. This is Downtown Orlando and it occupies a position at the heart of Florida, with the high powered economic centers and vibrant cultural expression such a position entails. This area of the city is set apart from the main tourist sights and attractions but is well worth a visit for those who wish to get a feel for 'Real Orlando'. There are art galleries, theaters, regular events and festivals and some great Orlando hotel options too for those who need convenient access to the cultural, financial and business operations in the city.
An Orlando hotel in the Central Business District will likely have all the tools and facilities for doing business while staying in the city. These will include features such as business centers with office equipment and computer access, and executive suites with work spaces hard wired to the internet. The city is a major center for high technology and research industries and a premier location for international conferences. Many of the smaller conference venues are associated directly with hotels and any Orlando hotel convenient for the largest venue, the Orange County Convention Center is likely to be primed for business, with all the latest technologies and services at hand for the corporate traveler .
The larger luxury hotels throughout the city will often incorporate some business aspects into the hotel facilities too and will certainly provide WiFi internet access, direct dial phones and satellite television with news and business channels within the hotel bedrooms. Staying within a luxury Orlando hotel has other benefits too of course in terms of superior in-room comforts such as climate control and 24 hour room service and extensive hotel leisure facilities for health, fitness, and fun.. There are some outstanding luxury resort hotels, often incorporating golf courses among many other sports facilities, and superb restaurants in which to enjoy some of the incredible range of fresh local produce.
Of course most people come to the city for pleasure, even if they have some business to do in the meantime, and the city has no shortage of ways in which to fill leisure time. Golf may be very popular, with many outstanding courses to choose from, but even world class golf does not come close to the pulling power of Walt Disney World. Since it opened in 1965, some 20 miles from the city center, Disney World has put the city on the map for family holidays and remains the premier Orlando attraction, drawing millions of visitors to an ever increasing range of fun-filled theme park attractions, from the Magic Kingdom to Typhoon Lagoon, and Epcot to the Animal Kingdom. .
There are other theme parks in the city, including Universal Orlando Resort, containing Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, and the latest addition, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and also Seaworld Orlando, which has many water based wildlife and theme park attractions. There are endless opportunities for shopping too in the city, including one of the largest single floor shopping malls in America and all the shops and sights of International Drive, a very popular city thoroughfare. Dining out is a particularly popular pastime and there is every conceivable cuisine to be had at high quality and affordable prices.
There will certainly be dining options offered by every Orlando hotel and sometimes a choice of many, but other facilities will depend on the status of the hotel, the size and location. The city has more hotel rooms than any other city in America outside Las Vegas and what this certainly means is choice. For those who require everything on-site, the larger hotels will certainly meet their requirements and for others who prefer a certain style over number of facilities then the city can do that too, through a range of superb boutique hotel options. Boutique hotels work well in a city where high levels of personal service come as standard and where architecture and design, are limited only by imagination.
While the sky's the limit, sometimes literally, for those with money to spend there are many Orlando hotel options ideal for those on a tight budget. There is so much to do in the city, perhaps a convenient base close enough to all the attractions is enough and leisure facilities and high class service may not be so important. The city is centrally located in Florida too and provides a great base for touring the surrounding areas and attractions, such as Daytona Beach or the NASA Space Center at Cape Canaveral. What every Orlando hotel provides, regardless of its status, is access to some of the best loved and most popular attractions in the world.
