{"id":1186,"date":"2019-02-03T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2019-02-03T08:44:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T08:44:13","slug":"upscale-fly-in-hotel-is-coming-to-orlando-melbourne-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/03\/upscale-fly-in-hotel-is-coming-to-orlando-melbourne-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Upscale Fly-in Hotel is Coming to Orlando Melbourne International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Plane_wing_at_sunset-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" srcset=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Plane_wing_at_sunset-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Plane_wing_at_sunset-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Plane_wing_at_sunset-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers will soon step off their plane and right&nbsp;into&nbsp;a unique high-end hotel on the Space Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials at Orlando Melbourne International Airport announced Wednesday they are planning to build a hotel with airfield access next to their <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\">international terminal<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The\nluxury hotel is expected to accommodate the Florida airport\u2019s accelerated\ngrowth in air service and major corporate tenants. It will be among only a few\nof airport fly-in hotels nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airport\u2019s\nmonthly passenger counts increased by double digit percentages in the fourth\nquarter of 2018, closing out the calendar year at approximately 500,000: it\u2019s\nhighest in more than a decade. The airport operations alone increased by 26%\nlast year and it tends to continue. 2,000,000 passengers can be accommodated at\nthe terminal annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orlando\nMelbourne International Airport\u2019s Request for Proposals includes a minimum 20,000 square feet of\nmeeting and event space. The hotel will include 200 guest rooms, a fine dining\nrestaurant, rooftop bar, outdoor pool, sundeck, and fitness amenities. There\nwill be a VIP\/concierge floor and 2 front doors: 1 that&nbsp;people&nbsp;can enter from street-side and the terminals, and the\nother that passengers can step straight off the tarmac and into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According\nto the airport spokesperson, Lori Booker,&nbsp;back-door will be for corporate\njets \u201cthat just pull right up on the tarmac and come in and check in.\u201d Booker guaranteed\nthat the door will be secure.&nbsp;&nbsp;The idea is not very popular among the\nairports, but the staff at MLB thinks it will be a perfect fit. It is believed\nthat a high-end hotel that can be easily accessed will be a big draw for the\nairport\u2019s heavy corporate clients, federal contractors and the aerospace\nindustry in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.floridatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/space\/2019\/02\/01\/spacexs-rocket-cone-catching-ship-mr-steven-its-way-florida\/2722914002\/\">Florida Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers will soon step off their plane and right&nbsp;into&nbsp;a unique high-end hotel on the Space Coast. Officials at Orlando Melbourne International Airport announced Wednesday they are planning to build a hotel with airfield access next to their international terminal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}