Mr. Robert Colantonio Edit

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1. 1. Naples Daily News: News

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   Published on: 11/25/2004   Last Visited: 11/25/2004

   Business started picking up early this year and it is continuing to grow, said Robert Colantonio, general manager at the Hampton Inn in Bonita Springs. The hotel was near full on Monday.
   
   For the year, business is up 75 percent, Colantonio said. He said the hotel has been getting some of the guests that would have stayed at neighboring hotels that are closed because of the hurricanes.
   
   Colantonio doesn't think the hurricanes have hurt travel to Southwest Florida much. He said the area is attracting more German and English visitors and other overseas tourists because of the weaker dollar, and that should help offset any negatives from the hurricanes.

2. 2. Bonita business: Tourism industry again faces a wartime effect

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   Published on: 3/26/2003   Last Visited: 3/28/2003

   "We're not getting a huge call volume, but we're getting cancellations," said Robert Colantonio, manager of the Hampton Inn in Bonita Springs. "I took a few of the calls from guests and they told me their companies are imposing travel restrictions."
   
   The number of cancellations at local hotels has, in many cases, been tempered by a general lack of advance bookings.
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   "Some people have been calling to say they're coming that night, others have just come in as they arrived," Colantonio said. "There's really no way for us to track how many of those we may lose."

3. 3. Naples Daily News: Bonitanews

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   Published on: 1/18/2004   Last Visited: 1/18/2004

   "Their intentions are good but the implementation remains to be seen," said Robert Colantonio, general manager of Hampton Inn of Bonita Springs.
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   "I am under no illusion that someone in Germany or France or Holland will say 'I want to go to Bonita Springs,' " Colantonio said. "But I don't want the campaign to become a marketing tool for just Sanibel and Fort Myers. Unless they highlight all the different areas of the county in rotation, Bonita Springs and others would be left out in the cold."
   
   Hoteliers in Bonita Springs contribute their bed tax and help pay for the campaign, he pointed out, and they want to be a part of it.
   
   "I am fairly confident it will work out OK," Colantonio said.