Business is booming on Anna Maria Island
by Andrea Sachs - Bay News Nine - September 6, 2009
MANATEE COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- At a time when the national economy is taking it's toll on locally owned businesses, some businesses on Anna Maria Island are showing an increase in revenue. Anna Maria Island has long been a place to get away, but businesses on the island say visitors just can't get enough. Read full article...
"Best of the World" List - World’s 14 Best Islands for Families
by Chris - Islands Magazine - November, 2009
The November 2009 issue of ISLANDS magazine, featured Anna Maria Island Florida in their “Best of the World” list - World’s 14 Best Islands for Families.
Tortuga Inn was featured in their article.
A Florida Island, End to End, Table by Table
By CINDY PRICE | July 26, 2009 | New York Times Choice Tables
FLORIDA is a clever little peninsula. Just when you think you’ve seen everything under its proverbial sun, you stumble across a place like Anna Maria Island — a seven-mile slip of cushy white sand tucked in the Gulf of Mexico where you can dump the car, rent a bike, swim in smooth, teal waters and eat remarkably well.
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A Date & Destination to Remember
Southern Bride Midsouth Magazine | Romantic Destinations
One notable Inn is the SeaSide Inn Beach resort in Bradenton Beach, with one of the best private beach locations on the island. The SeaSide Resort is an intimate charming inn with cozy beach front rooms or two and three bedroom studios complete with kitchenettes. All rooms have private patios over-looking the gulf and an unobstructed view of the magnificent sunset with access to lounge chairs, umbrellas and grills. Once you check-in you won't want to check-out.
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Trolley appears fare-free for another year
By Rick Catlin and Lisa Neff | Islander Reporters - July 8th, 2009
Manatee County administrator Ed
Hunzeker agreed with Island mayors June
28 to keep the trolley fare-free, while at the
same time endorsing a "Save Our Trolley"
campaign proposed by Island businessman
David Teitelbaum.
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Island spring break is family affair
By Rick Catlin - The Islander - April 2009
Don´t look now, but Anna Maria Island could be over-run with spring breakers this week and next.
Islanders and beach goers, however, can rest easy. Spring breakers on Anna Maria Island are not the same spring break crowd that over-runs Panama Beach, Clearwater Beach, South Beach and Daytona Beach at this time of year, Island accommodation owners and managers say. Read full article...
Beach Magic
By Wanda McKinney - Southern Living - March 2009
The motto of Florida's Anna Maria Island says it all: "Welcome to paradise without an attitude." Our Insider's guide helps you make it your own slice of heaven. Read full article...
The 'Old Florida' feel of Anna Maria Island
By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY
ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. "Please be sweet and rinse your feet," hand-painted signs over troughs of water outside rooms at the beachfront, 23-unit Cedar Cove Resort & Cottages gently urge. Tanned owner Eric Cairns makes his rounds in Jimmy Buffet-style tropical shirts and oversees the resort's "Queen for Your Stay" program, in which the name of a lucky woman staying a week or more is picked from a hat. She gets a crown, massage and other royal perks during her visit.
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County benefits from publicity
By Dale White | Saturday, March 21, 2009
MANATEE COUNTY - The power of favorable publicity is giving motels and other tourist-related businesses on Anna Maria Island and the Manatee County half of Longboat Key a shot of financial adrenaline. Read full article...
Blog Article About Anna Maria Island
By Chris Tauber - Managing Editor of Island Magazine - 06/09/2008
I'm fresh back from a very relaxing, if too short, weekend getaway to Florida's Gulf Islands -- Anna Maria and Longboat Key, just off the coast of Bradenton. The trip was to help research the annual ISLANDS Romantic Retreats issue, out this January. I was looking for an affordable island escape that my wife and I could enjoy without getting on a plane.
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What recession? Island attracting bevy of spring break tourists.
By GRACE GAGLIANO
ANNA MARIA ISLAND A full-blown recession doesn´t appear to be keeping beachgoers from heading to Anna Maria Island to celebrate another spring break. Read full article...
A sound investment - Hike bed tax to boost tourism industry
NEWS - OUR TAKE
Thanks to great exposure in magazines and newspapers, Anna Maria Island remains strong as a tourist destination. And businesses on the entire island are profiting, too.
Old Florida´s a romantic and easy sell, attractive to people weary of condo and hotel towers and throngs of sun worshippers cluttering many of the state´s beaches. Read full article...
National publicity sparks interest in Island
By Cindy Lane | sun staff writer - Jan 4, 2009
Vacationers longing for a laid-back, old-time Florida
beach vacation during the holidays found it on Anna Maria Island, courtesy
of USA Today, Baltimore Magazine and the Internet. Read full article...
Blog: Because I said so… Anna Maria Trip Tik Day One
A Hidden Island
Anna Maria on Florida's West Coast promises a sunny escape for the winter weary.
By Suzanne Loudermilk
Definitely come here for the sunsets, but plan to stay for the sunrises, too. Anna Maria Islanda wisp of a seven-mile island
along Florida's West Coastis a place that revels in the end of day. Read entire article.
Resort owner installs blue film to help turtles
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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Laid Back Low-Cost Florida
by Kitty Bean Yancey
Been looking for a place that's low cost, unpretentious and fun? Read entire article...
FLORIDA WITHOUT THE MASSES
Anna Maria Island in "The Herald Express"
January 23, 2009
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In One Hour
By Leslie Joy Ickowitz
In one hour, which is how long it takes to get to Anna Maria Island by car from Tampa, we cross water eight times. Eight times! And one of those times is a breezy excursion over the soaring Sunshine Skyway. Read entire article.
Tortuga Inn Beach Resort. Old Florida Charm & Old Florida Style.
eCity of Travel.com Article by Ken Panton
Nearly a well-kept secret Florida's
Gulf Islands, including Anna Maria Island and Long
Boat Key, have been a winter haven for those in the
know. Read entire article.
LAID-BACK ANNA MARIA IS FLORIDA'S BEST-KEPT SECRET
Saturday November 29,2008
I was only an hour’s drive from Tampa but it felt like I had entered a different world: an island paradise of cozy, clapboard guesthouses, endless white-sand beaches and family-run restaurants. Read entire article...
Islands Magazine Visit
Chris Tauber with Islands magazine visited us recently. Read what he had to say on his blog:
Islands Magazine Blog
Check out the video footage below from Chris Tauber's visit:
