If you are going to be staying in our Panama City Beach Condo at the end of March you will have the opportunity to see the Blue Angels...
Panama City Beach - Tyndall Air Force Base got a visit from a slightly flashier flier, Friday.
U.S. Navy Blue Angels No. 7 dropped by to iron out some details before this spring's air show. The Navy F/A-18, painted blue and gold, arrived bearing Navy Lts. Amy Tomlinson, event coordinator, and Ben Walborn, narrator and advance pilot. Tomlinson said the performance team is practicing maneuvers in Pensacola and will eventually transfer to California to polish the routine. Tyndall's Gulf Coast Salute, held March 28-29, is the third of 36 scheduled appearances for the team in 2009.
"We come to the airfield just to work out the logistics and coordination with the air show committee in order to set up a successful and safe air show," she said. Tomlinson said the finishing touches are coming together on the year's routine, which must be blessed by the Federal Aviation Administration before it may be performed. "There may be some new maneuvers. There was one added last year called the ‘delta breakout' at the end of the show," she said.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Panama City Beach - Winter Guests Pick up your SunCard Today
Panama City Beach - If you plan tp be in Panama City Beach for the winter this looks like a good way to save some money
The Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is hosting the annual Winter Resident SunCard program Friday December 19. The event is from 9-11 AM at the Visitor Information Center located at the corner of US 98 and State 79. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be served. At this gathering, the CVB will issue official Winter Resident SunCards to new and repeat winter residents. The cards provide value added programs and discounts at participating restaurants, hotels and other attractions and events. For more information go to visitpanamacitybeach.com or call 850-233-5070.
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The Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is hosting the annual Winter Resident SunCard program Friday December 19. The event is from 9-11 AM at the Visitor Information Center located at the corner of US 98 and State 79. Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be served. At this gathering, the CVB will issue official Winter Resident SunCards to new and repeat winter residents. The cards provide value added programs and discounts at participating restaurants, hotels and other attractions and events. For more information go to visitpanamacitybeach.com or call 850-233-5070.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Google adds Panama City Beach, Panhandle to Street View (see MAPS)
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County's streets went "live" Dec. 9.
That's the day Google Maps Street View, a program providing panoramic, street-level images from cities around the world, added Panama City and much of the surrounding Panhandle. Browsers on Google Maps now are able to take a virtual walk of Bay County streets — and the homes and businesses lining them. The images appear to have been gathered several months to a year before they were added to the map function.
"Locally, people usually have fun kind of poking around and making it sort of a detective game looking for movie theaters to see what was playing and things like that to see exactly when it was," said Google spokeswoman Elaine Filadelfo.
This is cool. To see our Panama City Beach Condo building enter 17757 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach, FL in the address box. Our condo is in Celadon Beach Resort, the tan building on right with the street walk over.
Ever since Google Street View was unveiled in 2007, the effort has raised some privacy concerns and spawned a minor Internet phenomenon of Street View users scouring cities for frozen non sequiturs. Although the initial images of Bay County were obtained using older and fuzzier cameras, Filadelfo said efforts already have begun in larger cities to scan using higher-resolution devices.
"If people are concerned about privacy or anything like that in every single image in Street View, at the bottom is a link that says ‘report a concern.' That will take them to a form where they can ... let us know an image they would like removed, and we would happy to do that," she said.
Street View images are gathered only from public roads, Filadelfo said. But other areas of concern also can be omitted. The stretch of Thomas Drive in front of Naval Support Activity-Panama City, in addition to a large portion of U.S. 98 through Tyndall Air Force Base, has been omitted. "When you're passing by those areas, we do try to be careful and err on the side of caution," she said.
Have fun looking around Panama City Beach!
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That's the day Google Maps Street View, a program providing panoramic, street-level images from cities around the world, added Panama City and much of the surrounding Panhandle. Browsers on Google Maps now are able to take a virtual walk of Bay County streets — and the homes and businesses lining them. The images appear to have been gathered several months to a year before they were added to the map function.
"Locally, people usually have fun kind of poking around and making it sort of a detective game looking for movie theaters to see what was playing and things like that to see exactly when it was," said Google spokeswoman Elaine Filadelfo.
This is cool. To see our Panama City Beach Condo building enter 17757 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach, FL in the address box. Our condo is in Celadon Beach Resort, the tan building on right with the street walk over.
Ever since Google Street View was unveiled in 2007, the effort has raised some privacy concerns and spawned a minor Internet phenomenon of Street View users scouring cities for frozen non sequiturs. Although the initial images of Bay County were obtained using older and fuzzier cameras, Filadelfo said efforts already have begun in larger cities to scan using higher-resolution devices.
"If people are concerned about privacy or anything like that in every single image in Street View, at the bottom is a link that says ‘report a concern.' That will take them to a form where they can ... let us know an image they would like removed, and we would happy to do that," she said.
Street View images are gathered only from public roads, Filadelfo said. But other areas of concern also can be omitted. The stretch of Thomas Drive in front of Naval Support Activity-Panama City, in addition to a large portion of U.S. 98 through Tyndall Air Force Base, has been omitted. "When you're passing by those areas, we do try to be careful and err on the side of caution," she said.
Have fun looking around Panama City Beach!
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Panama City Beach - Condo Auction Yeserday Great Deals for Buyers
PANAMA CITY BEACH — We had dinner last night at the Shrimp Boat with a friends that sell Panama City Beach Condos and have a mortgage company. Gary and Janice went to the condo Auction at the Origin at Seahaven on Front Beach Road.
The first sale was a three-bedroom condo for $270,000; the next was a two-bedroom unit that went for $201,000. A few other units sold at similar prices. All of the available condos did not sell. This is a solid buyers market condos, which had previously sold for more than $500,000 sold for around $200,000.
If you are thinking about buying a Panama City Beach Condo there are some great deals out there. If you want an agent to show you around let me know and I will put you in touch with Gary and Janice. We have worked with them to buy three condos.
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The first sale was a three-bedroom condo for $270,000; the next was a two-bedroom unit that went for $201,000. A few other units sold at similar prices. All of the available condos did not sell. This is a solid buyers market condos, which had previously sold for more than $500,000 sold for around $200,000.
If you are thinking about buying a Panama City Beach Condo there are some great deals out there. If you want an agent to show you around let me know and I will put you in touch with Gary and Janice. We have worked with them to buy three condos.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Panama City Beach - Winter Guests Wanted
Hi,
Our guests that had our Panama City Beach Condo at Celadon Beach Resort #1105 reserved for the winter have had a health issue that has halted their winter vacation.
If you or a friend are looking for a great place to spend the winter check out our web site...Best Panama City Beach Condos for Rent
Jerry and Pam
Our guests that had our Panama City Beach Condo at Celadon Beach Resort #1105 reserved for the winter have had a health issue that has halted their winter vacation.
If you or a friend are looking for a great place to spend the winter check out our web site...Best Panama City Beach Condos for Rent
Jerry and Pam
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Panama City Beach - Marketing Ideas
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The European tourist market is increasingly eyeing Northwest Florida as a vacation destination, and improving Panama City Beach's visibility overseas will become more important as the new Panama City-Bay County International Airport nears completion.
A market research expert told the full board of the Bay County Tourist Development Council Tuesday that interest in the Florida Panhandle by the European market, which he called a "beach market," was a recent phenomenon. "This is a market that you need to seed now and harvest down the road," said Walter Klages, president of The Klages Group, whose long list of clients includes McDonald's, the National Football League, Pizza Hut and Walt Disney World Inc.
Until that harvest can be achieved, however, tourists traveling by car are still the mainstay of Beach visitors, Klages said, representing about 84 percent in July through September 2008. [I agree with the numbers, they may even be a little low. Over the past year we have only had one couple fly to Panama City Beach to stay in our condos]. He presented a sheaf of statistics to TDC board members on the face of the emblematic Beach tourist.
The typical size of a group of visitors during that period was 3.2 persons, he said, with 8.4 percent representing first-time tourists to the area, most from nearby states such as Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Indeed, today's tourist is becoming increasingly reliant on the Internet for research into choosing a vacation destination, Klages said. And much of the information gleaned from the Web is becoming harder to control, with sites such as YouTube and Facebook becoming more popular.
He forgot the bestpanamacitybeachcondo.com site and jerryeyler wordpressblog about Panama City Beach.
"Consumer-generated information is beginning to dominate the Internet," he said. Because that type of information is irresistibly spreading, he urged board members to aggressively market the Beach's best asset, its uniquely white sand, which he described as rare in the world. To that end, board members decided to move forward on a contract with Jennifer Barbee Inc. to redesign the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Web site. Barbee has already been working with the TDC/CVB since being chosen a month ago to quickly create a micro-site connected to www.visitpanamacitybeach.com for next year's Spring Break marketing campaign.
Rowe also told board members that the TDC was partnering with Pier Park for a New Year's Eve fireworks display and midnight "Beach Ball drop." An eight-foot glowing ball will be lowered from a 148-foot crane. The fireworks will cost $10,000.
Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can do a more effective job marketing our condos?
Jerry
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A market research expert told the full board of the Bay County Tourist Development Council Tuesday that interest in the Florida Panhandle by the European market, which he called a "beach market," was a recent phenomenon. "This is a market that you need to seed now and harvest down the road," said Walter Klages, president of The Klages Group, whose long list of clients includes McDonald's, the National Football League, Pizza Hut and Walt Disney World Inc.
Until that harvest can be achieved, however, tourists traveling by car are still the mainstay of Beach visitors, Klages said, representing about 84 percent in July through September 2008. [I agree with the numbers, they may even be a little low. Over the past year we have only had one couple fly to Panama City Beach to stay in our condos]. He presented a sheaf of statistics to TDC board members on the face of the emblematic Beach tourist.
The typical size of a group of visitors during that period was 3.2 persons, he said, with 8.4 percent representing first-time tourists to the area, most from nearby states such as Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Indeed, today's tourist is becoming increasingly reliant on the Internet for research into choosing a vacation destination, Klages said. And much of the information gleaned from the Web is becoming harder to control, with sites such as YouTube and Facebook becoming more popular.
He forgot the bestpanamacitybeachcondo.com site and jerryeyler wordpressblog about Panama City Beach.
"Consumer-generated information is beginning to dominate the Internet," he said. Because that type of information is irresistibly spreading, he urged board members to aggressively market the Beach's best asset, its uniquely white sand, which he described as rare in the world. To that end, board members decided to move forward on a contract with Jennifer Barbee Inc. to redesign the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Web site. Barbee has already been working with the TDC/CVB since being chosen a month ago to quickly create a micro-site connected to www.visitpanamacitybeach.com for next year's Spring Break marketing campaign.
Rowe also told board members that the TDC was partnering with Pier Park for a New Year's Eve fireworks display and midnight "Beach Ball drop." An eight-foot glowing ball will be lowered from a 148-foot crane. The fireworks will cost $10,000.
Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can do a more effective job marketing our condos?
Jerry
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Panama City Beach - Great place for a Vacation Home
Panama City Beach - I keep running across articles about Panama City Beach Condo real estate. Here is an excerpt from one of the articles. Their top five are Panama City Beach, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, Lake Tahoe, California and Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee.
CREDIT-CRUNCH-SQUEEZED homeowners and investors are unloading their second homes en masse, offering up desirable vacation properties at some pretty steep discounts.
"When the market is down and there's blood in the streets, someone else's misfortune could work in your favor," says Ken Kamen, president of New Jersey-based Mercadien Asset Management. Buying now entails some risk, however. After all, prices could drop even further. But for those looking to hold a property long term for a family vacation spot or eventual retirement retreat should feel confident that they'll recoup the investment, he says.
Here is one of the places where vacation-home bargains abound:
1) Panama City Beach, Florida
There's something for everyone in this Panhandle town where white "sugar sand" beaches along the Gulf of Mexico give way to inland attractions, including six championship golf courses and an active restaurant and nightlife scene. Prices for beachfront property run the gamut from $100,000 for a one-bedroom condo, to $2 million-plus for single-family homes of five bedrooms or more, according to vacation rental site HomeAway.com.
Why Buy Now: Besides the weather (temperatures rarely dip below the 60s, even in January) a new international airport is slated to open in the next couple of years. With it comes low-cost carriers and an abundance of nonstop flights. (Currently, flying from New York involves at least one connection and travel time of anywhere from 4.5 to 13 hours. In comparison, a nonstop flight from New York to Orlando takes about two hours.) That ease of access should help boost tourism — and property values, says Anil Pereira, CEO of secondspace.com a property-finding service. "It'll be more feasible to own a second home there," he says. "People will be able to fly in for the weekend."
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CREDIT-CRUNCH-SQUEEZED homeowners and investors are unloading their second homes en masse, offering up desirable vacation properties at some pretty steep discounts.
"When the market is down and there's blood in the streets, someone else's misfortune could work in your favor," says Ken Kamen, president of New Jersey-based Mercadien Asset Management. Buying now entails some risk, however. After all, prices could drop even further. But for those looking to hold a property long term for a family vacation spot or eventual retirement retreat should feel confident that they'll recoup the investment, he says.
Here is one of the places where vacation-home bargains abound:
1) Panama City Beach, Florida
There's something for everyone in this Panhandle town where white "sugar sand" beaches along the Gulf of Mexico give way to inland attractions, including six championship golf courses and an active restaurant and nightlife scene. Prices for beachfront property run the gamut from $100,000 for a one-bedroom condo, to $2 million-plus for single-family homes of five bedrooms or more, according to vacation rental site HomeAway.com.
Why Buy Now: Besides the weather (temperatures rarely dip below the 60s, even in January) a new international airport is slated to open in the next couple of years. With it comes low-cost carriers and an abundance of nonstop flights. (Currently, flying from New York involves at least one connection and travel time of anywhere from 4.5 to 13 hours. In comparison, a nonstop flight from New York to Orlando takes about two hours.) That ease of access should help boost tourism — and property values, says Anil Pereira, CEO of secondspace.com a property-finding service. "It'll be more feasible to own a second home there," he says. "People will be able to fly in for the weekend."
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