News and Happenings Around the Region
- Happy 50th Birthday Daytona 500. On February 17, the RACE will celebrate its golden birthday.
- Speaking of birthdays, the city of Alpharetta, Ga., is celebrating a big one – 150. A list of events detail the year-long celebration.
- From February 12 -April 30, Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Key West, Fla., is offering a special package: pay for six nights, the seventh night is on the house.
- Congratulations to Charleston, S.C! The city once again tops some very important travel lists. It has received numerous honors from Southern Livings’ January issue Readers Choice Awards as well as Travel and Leisure’s 2008 World’s Best. Orbitz.com also named Charleston a top 10 Winter Destination.
- Claude’s Chocolate in St. Augustine, Fla., has opened a second location, Claude’s Chocolate Room, on U.S. 1 between St. Augustine and Jacksonville.
- Stay and play at the Marriott Atlanta Perimeter Center Hotel. Beginning March 1, the property is offering a vacation package that includes tickets for two or four to Six Flags Over Georgia.
- March 1 is the 8th Annual Schooner Wharf Open Air and Music Affair presented by Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West, Fla. Enjoy the day looking at art work and listening to music.
- It’s not too early to start planning for Spring Break. Horseshoe Bay Resort, located about six miles from Marble Falls, Texas, is offering a special getaway package, “Swing into Spring,” March 7 – 24.
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