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So, visitors coming to Florida from Germany and other Food & Wine Festival. Mark your calendars now for the
international destinations on long-haul flights tend to stay January 9-15, 2023 Visit Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival!
longer and spend more money on experiences, which benefits Our title sponsorship will help to elevate the event and ensure
our restaurants, attractions and shops, as well as hotels. solid marketing to get the word out about our amazing
culinary community and dining scene.
Tours like the ones offered by Craft Food Tours offer a winning
combo for Europeans – comradery with locals and other
visitors on the tour, a chance to learn about local history and About the Author
culture, and tastes from multiple restaurants along our hotspot Stacy Ritter is president and
of Las Olas Boulevard. CEO of Visit Lauderdale, the
Save the dates for the official destination marketing
Visit Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival organization for Greater Fort
Lauderdale that serves as the
Thanks to visitors coming throughout the year, restaurateurs tourism department for Broward
can build stronger businesses while serving savory delights to County. Visit Lauderdale
both locals and visitors. As more and more passionate chefs promotes the county’s 31
and restaurant groups open restaurants in Greater Fort municipalities to a global
Lauderdale, our culinary scene continues to explode with new audience of leisure and business
tastes. We’re evolving in a delicious way and forming our travelers as a year-round visitor
own identity as a dining destination. destination. Visitors staying
This year, we are putting our tourism money where our mouth in short-term lodging spend
is and supporting our own local food and wine festival, which upwards of $8 billion in the community and are the leading
up until last year was known as the Greater Fort Lauderdale driver for employment and positive economic impact.

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