Hurricane Conference

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY SET FOR MAY 21st, 2013
Florida Keys - National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb is slated to kick off an annual Hurricane Preparedness Workshop for the Tourism & Business Industry 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 21st at the Doubletree by Hilton Grand Key Resort.

Read more about Rick Knabb the current National Hurricane Center Director here.
"The biggest question I always hear is how and why are the time frames for the tourist and resident hurricane evacuation decisions are made for the County," said Jodi Weinhofer, President of the Lodging Association of the Florida Keys and Key West, the conference’s organizing body. "We should have all who are responsible for those decisions tell us how they are accomplished."

Cost for the conference is $10 per person and reservations can be made by calling the Lodging Association at (305) 296-4959 or email executiveoffice@keyslodging.org. Although the conference is geared to tourism-related businesses in the Keys, it is open to the business community and anyone can register.