area "is undergoing growth as a
meeting and incentive destina-
tion unequalled by any location
in such a short period of time,"
according to Corporate Meetings
& Incentives, a reputable indus-
try source.
 Four world class resorts, the
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress,
the Wyndham Hotel Sea World,
the Buena Vista Palace and the
Hilton at Walt Disney Village,
have added 3,000 rooms to the
area's total in the last few years
.. an increase of nearly ten
percent. Marriott's soon-to-be-
completed Orlando World Center
will add another 1,500 luxury
rooms in the Disney area. Other
sections of the city, particularly
downtown and Maitland Center,
are also experiencing a hotel
boom. The 344-room Radisson
Orlando and the 265-room Omni
International will be completed
in downtown Orlando in late 1985
and at least two more luxury
facilities are being planned for
construction over the next two
years.
 Walt Disney World recently
announced plans for the con-
struction of two luxury conven-
tion hotels, involving the Shera-
ton Corporation and Holiday
Inns' Crowne Plaza Division.
Upon completion of the $265 mil-
lion venture in 1988, the facili-
ties will comprise the largest
convention/hotel complex on the
East Coast of the U.S. The 68-
acre project is the largest to be
constructed on Disney World
property since Epcot and will
offer 2,300 guest rooms and
200,000 s.f. of convention space.
In addition to all of this, work is
progressing on the $35 million
Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza in
Florida Mall, a 500-room facility
scheduled to open in the spring
of 1986.


"De" Schofield and Lorraine
Lax are partners and owners
of D'Lor Communications in
Maitland, Florida.


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New world-class resorts have added 3,000 rooms to the Orlando area's total in recent years. Among these are
the Radisson Hotel, top, the Wyndham Hotel Sea World, above left, and the Buena Vista Hilton, above right.
Photos by Bob Braun.


FLORIDA ARCHITECT September/October 1985


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