SeaSide Inn Beach Resort & Island News
"Best of the World" List - World’s 14 Best Islands
by Chris - Islands Magazine - November, 2009
Islands Magazine selected Anna Maria Island as "THE WORLD'S BEST QUAINT ISLAND" - in it's November, 2009 list of the world's BEST 14 ISLANDS. Tortuga Inn Beach Resort was chosen as it's favorite resort on Anna Maria Island. Click here to read the entire article
Teitelbaum honored by peers
By Tom Vaught - Sun Staff Writer - November 11, 2009
David Teitelbaum is a busy man. He runs three resorts in Bradenton Beach, serves on the Manatee County Tourism Development Council and he’s organizing an Island-wide effort to raise money to keep the trolleys free to riders. All that hard work has paid off this year as the Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island named him the Anna Maria Island Businessperson of the Year at the Island Chamber of Commerce Installation Banquet on Monday, Nov. 9. Read full article...
In the Gulf, enough islands to match any personality
by Andrea Sachs - Washington Post - November 8, 2009
If I were a brown pelican, flying high above the Gulf Islands of Florida, I imagine that I would see thin strips of land trimmed in white, surrounded by water as clear and blue as the cloudless sky above.. Tortuga Inn was featured in their article.
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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. Read full article...
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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Writers experience Island wedding scene
By Tom Vaught | sun staff writer - Apr. 22nd, 2009
If you’re going to write about something, you should experience it first.
That’s what Lynn Walker did with her husband, Kevin Baker, when she researched her article on Anna Maria Island recently to do articles for Southern Bride magazine and Romantic Destinations Travel. Click
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Business is booming on Anna Maria Island
Bay News 9 - Sunday, September 6, 2009
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. Click here to read the entire article
AMI Weddings Boost Tourism
By Rick Catlin - The Islander - August 12, 2009
Anna Maria Island’s wedding industry has grown from about 50 weddings a year five years ago to nearly 1,000 in 2008. And a large number of the members of wedding parties return to the Island as vacationers, said Caryn Hodge, marketing director for the Sandbar Restaurant in Anna Maria. Click here to read the entire article
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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SeaSide gets turtle-friendly features
By Laurie Krosney | Sun Staff Writer
BRADENTON BEACH - SeaSide, a small beachfront motel on the
"S" curve of Gulf Drive has always been one of the places on the Island
that has worked hard to do what it could to help preserve the sea turtles
that nest here.
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