PTDA 2008 Industry Summit Guest Events & Tours
A Walk on the Beach Benefiting Susan G. Komen for
the Cure®
Miami Seaquarium Dolphin Encounter
Everglades Safari Tour
Tropical Deco in a Fabled Playground Tour
Cooking Demonstration at
Emeril’s
A Walk on the Beach
Benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Friday, October 31
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (walk)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (breakfast)
Event registration fee:
$77 (includes walk and breakfast)
$45 (breakfast only)
Do something good for yourself and for a good cause! Go for a
walk on the beach in support of a cure for breast cancer. October
is Breast Cancer Awareness month—$25 of the $77 registration fee
will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Miami/Ft.
Lauderdale Affiliate. We’ll provide water and a visor to
keep the Florida sun at bay as you stroll 3K (1.7 miles) on the
incredible South Beach. Afterwards, it’s a
“come-as-you-are” breakfast where you’ll have a chance
to hear more about the amazing work being done by Susan G. Komen for the
Cure® as well as meet up with old and new friends.
Participants are encouraged to solicit additional donations (payable to
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®) in support of this very worthy
cause.
Tours
Download the tour registration form.
Check out the sites of Miami Beach with the optional activities and
tours being offered through Hello Florida! All tours
require advance registration—there will be no on-site
registration. To register for the tours, complete the
separate tour registration form and mail or fax it with your payment
directly to Hello Florida! by October 1, 2008.
Because guarantees are based on advance ticket sales, no refunds or
exchanges will be made once tours are confirmed. Hello Florida!
reserves the right to cancel tours and refund the tickets if the minimum
number of tickets are not sold by October 1, 2008.
Miami Seaquarium Dolphin
Encounter
Thursday, October 30
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
$308 per person
 
The Dolphin Encounter program offers an exciting way to learn about
and interact with the dolphins at the Miami Seaquarium.
Participants in the Dolphin Encounter program learn about dolphins in
the classroom with one of the park’s dolphin trainers, and then
wade out into the pool to meet our dolphins. In this “hands
on” experience, you will have a chance to feed and touch a dolphin
and learn about dolphin training.
Registration fee include charter transfer, park admission and
entrance into all shows and exhibits and thirty minute shallow water
experience including touching, feeding and training.
Participants must be at least five years of age and taller than
52” (132 cm). All participants must wear a swimsuit.
Jewelry and sunglasses must be removed before entering the water.
This program is not available to expectant mothers. All
participants are required to sign a liability release prior to beginning
the activity.
Everglades Safari Tour
Thursday, October 30
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
$70 per person
 
Get set for a thrill-a-minute on the best airboat ride in the
“Glades.” Board a modern, safe airboat staffed by a
professional tour guide who will lead and narrate the way through
winding trails, past the homes of gators and birds galore to an ancient
Seminole Island. Naturally, it’s a picture taking
paradise. After the airboat ride, you will have leisure time to
experience some of the park’s other attractions including:
• Alligator and Wildlife Show: Become familiar with
the features of American alligators as well as a variety of other
animals. You’ll have a chance to learn about the
conservation and preservation of one of the world’s most delicate
and vital ecological systems and its inhabitants. To top this off,
you’ll get the photo opportunity of a lifetime—a chance to
hold “Snappy,” a 2½ foot alligator.
• Gator Island: View over 200 crocodilian species on
their own “Island Resort,” basking in the sun, swimming or
just plain hanging out.
• Jungle walking trail complete with observation platform and
exhibits: It’s a mini-adventure all in itself! As you
stroll along the winding Jungle Trail (have your camera ready!), you
could spot exotic birds, reptiles, flora and fauna. Continue on to
the elevated Observation Platform where you will experience breathtaking
views overlooking the park and the Everglades.
Along the trail, you will also visit an authentic replica of a
Miccosukee Indian Chickee Village and discover a culture centuries
old. The story of the Miccosukees has been a story of survival
through adaptation. To survive, they had to adapt to living in
small groups in temporary camps. Fishing and hunting continued to
provide mail staples of their diets. However, they had to learn to
harvest the native fruits of the hammocks in addition to the coontie and
cabbage palm of higher ground. The Village is an example of a real
family “camp.” Sleeping chickees and other working
chickees surround the cooking chickee with its symbolic star-shaped
fire.
Tour includes charter transfer, thirty minute airboat ride, Alligator
and Wildlife Show, earplugs, bottled waters and uniformed staff
assistance. This activity takes place outdoors and involves
walking. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and
dress for the weather.
Tropical Deco in a Fabled Playground
Tour
Saturday, November 1
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
$35 per person
  
Discover the glitz and glamour of the roaring twenties and thirties
in our nation’s only Art Deco Historic District. Recall the
larger than life personalities and world famous events that re-shaped
society, architecture, and even the island itself. We’ll
walk the halls of the first hotel ever built on Miami Beach, and delight
at the imaginative and playful art deco lifeguard stands lining the
beach like pastel-colored toy soldiers. Chart the evolution of
architectural styles while unique and evocative Art Deco landmarks serve
as the signposts on our walking tour to an era that looked forward to
the future and celebrated progress, innovation, adventure and
freedom.
Tour includes a two-hour exclusive tour conducted by a professional
guide and all applicable taxes and gratuities. This activity
involves walking. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable
shoes and dress for the weather.
Cooking Demonstration at
Emeril’s
Saturday, November 1
10:25 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
$179 per person (brunch included)
 
Emeril Lagasse is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, television
personality and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award
winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril
Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as "Kick it up a
notch" and "BAM!" Emeril is the chef-proprietor of nine
restaurants including Emeril's Miami Beach which opened its doors in
November 2003 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel.
Chef d’Cuisine Thomas Azar will deliver an exclusive cooking
demonstration of some of Emeril’s specialties. The sample
menu includes Emeril’s Barbecued Shrimp with Petite Rosemary
Biscuits (paired with Emeril’s Chardonnay), Poached Eggs
Tchoupitoulas (paired with Emeril’s Red Wine), New Orleans-style
beignets and coffee/tea/soda. Vegetarian meals are available upon
request. You’ll walk away with full menu recipes, a cookbook
and a pack of Emeril’s Essence—a blend of spices sure to
“kick it up notch” in your own cooking.
Download the tour registration form.
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