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Fun Facts

Magazine:

• Featured in the November 2007 issue of FVW - The Magazine for the German Travel and Tourism Industry Read the article here (In German).
  


• Featured in the the Spring 2007 issue of Florida Secretse "A smaller yet just as appealing resort rests on the sands of Bradenton Beach at Bungalow Beach Resort. Imagine this, impeccably resorted bungalows nestled among coconut palms and white sand dunes with sea oats right on the beach."
  


• Featured in the the November 2006 issue of Islands Magazine "Relax in a beachside retreat -- The Bungalow Beach Resort is a beautifully restored complex of 1930's beach bungalows..."
  


• Featured in the Summer 2006 Odyssey Magazine, Magazine of the Chevron Travel Club. "Anna Maria Island - The Essential Beach Experience."
  


• Featured in the September 2005 Issue of Harbor Style Magazine.Charlotte County Florida's Premiere Lifestyle Magazine.
  


• Listed in the April 2005 Issue of Family Circle Magazine for Florida Summer Travel Bargains.
  


• Coastal Living magazine featured Bungalow Beach in their July-August 2003
  issue. Steve Millburg described the resort as, "A cluster of vintage
  cottages with contemporary amenities, right on the shore. Guests feel like
  pampered castaways." in the Drifting back to old Florida article.
  
  


• Spring 2007 Florida Secrets Journal and Destination Guide
  A smaller yet just as appealing resort rests on the sands of Bradenton beach at Bhungalow Beach Resort. Image this, impeccably resorted bungalows nestled among coconut palms and white sand dunes with sea oats right on the beach.


• Southern Living Magazine May '98 "New Ratings for Lodging", August '99 "The Answer is Anna Maria"
  
  
• Country Living magazine, featured in 'Cross Country as the Inn of the Month, January 2002', by Lynne Konstantin.
  
  

Newspaper Articles:

• "I came in search of paradise and found it a haven," a tourist from England had written in the guestbook at Bungalow Beach Resort. Philadelphia Enquirer - Nov. 4, 2007
  
  
• Gulf coat island features sunsets and Serenity: Anna Maria Island Enchants visitors with its laid-back ambience. - Where to stay: Bungalow Beach Resort Duluth News Tribune - Dec.31, 2006
  
  
• Featured as one of 5 fab Florida weekends in the Aug. 6, 2006 edition of the Miami Herald.
  
  
• "The Bungalow Beach Resort - a collection of 1930s-style white, weather-boarded bungalows on a private powdery beach - is in keeping with the area's Olde Worlde charm." The Daily Mirror - Feb 2005
  
  
• "Each house was a white painted bungalow meticulously restored to its 1930's glory."
  -- United Kingdom Newspaper The Daily Mail August, 23 2003 (circulation 2,465,732)
  
  
• Included in "Gulf Islands awash with charm, Old Florida feel" Miami Herald, Sunday 10/3/99
  
  
• American Express Newsletter 03/31/00 recommends Bungalow Beach as "Classic 1930's Island Style Resort"
  
  
• Knoxville News-Sentinel "Vows & Wows" , Travel Writer Linda Lange recommends Bungalow Beach Resort, Sunday 07/29/01
  
  
• Sarasota Herald Tribune "Southwest Florida shows its good side", Travel Writer Eileen Kelley 06/18/01
  
  

Web:

• May 2007 - Anna Maria Island was chosen as one of the Top 5 "hidden affordable beach destinations" according to SmarterTravel.com
  
  
• Photos Used By Sarasota and her Island's and Florida's Gulf Island's in showcasing Florida Boutique Hotels to European Travelers. http://floridaboutiquehotels.co.uk/. 2005
  
  
• Featured on the We Love Our Life Website as a great vacation place. 2005
  
  
• travelreviews@webtv.net Travel review newsletter wrote the Bungalow Beach Resort "provided sensational accommodations and exceptional customer service." in their Feb 8, 2005 newsltter.

Books:

• Written up in "Best Places to Stay in Florida" 5th & 6th edition by Christine Davidson (September 2000) (an accommodations paperback part of the Best Places Guidebook series published by Houghton Mifflin)
  
  
• "Irresistible Overnights in Florida" A Guide to the 203 Most Delightfully Different Places to Stay by Robert Rafferty/Loys Reynolds/Travel Writers 4th edition book, Rutledge Hill Press
  
  
• Selected for: Frommer's Florida 2001 (September 2000) & Frommer's Florida from $70 a Day (3rd Edition) & Frommer's Portable Tampa & St. Petersburg (2nd Edition) , Frommer's Romantic Getaways (September 2002) by Co-author Bill Goodwin.
  
  
• Featured in "The Discerning Traveler" (Romantic Getaways Book Series) (Linda & David Glockstein) January 2000
  
  
• Selected as one of Florida's finest Inns and listed in their Guidebook 2001: "Florida Secrets, Bed & Breakfast & Beyond"

Related Hotel Associations:

• 1999 Annual Tour for Anna Maria Island Chamber
  
  
• Recognized by the State of Florida as a Romantic Getaway! "Everyone was truly impressed with your property. It is adorable!" Lisa Sloan/USA/FLA 05/00
  
  
• Superior Small Lodging Association: "MAGICAL LITTLE BEACHFRONT GEM WITH OLD FLORIDA CHARM AND ENCHANTING DÉCOR. A ROMANTIC AMBIANCE PREVAILS THROUGHOUT COTTAGE STYLE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE WELL EQUIPPED WITH TRUE COMFORT AND RELAXED ELEGANCE"
  01/00. J. Scott Anthony
  
  
• 96% ranking by Superior Small Lodging in 1999.
  
  
• Florida's Gulf Islands, Anna Maria & Longboat Key "Thanks for your participation in the Visit Florida FAM Trip. The Journalists raved about your place". Rob Ondo 07/01
  
  

Photo Shoots:

• Orlando Leisure Magazine selected our site for their photo shoot in April 2005



• Bealls's Department stores selected our site for another photoshoot in February of 2005



• U Magazine selected our site for a photo shoot for the cover of the Magazine in October of 2004.



• Eddie Bauer Catalog selected our site for their Photo Shoot here in '99
  
  
• Calvin Klein photo shoot on Beer Can Island, for the new cologne "Truth". November 2000.
  
  
• Venus Swimwear & Body Shop selects our site for their sportswear line Photo Shoot May 2001.
  
  

Miscellaneous:

• Richard W. Bass Associates, (Planners/Economists/Appraisers) August '99: "Quaint, adorable, charming, clean-as-a-whistle, offering small scale comfortable setting for a tropical vacation"
  
  
• Host Hotel for 2000 USA Hockey Inline Championships, USA Hockey, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado
  
  
• Ranked most popular #1 website for: Florida Resort Hotel. An "Ask Jeeves Service", from directhit.com search engine which analysis the sites millions of Internet searches have visited and how much time they spend there.
  
  
• Coastal Living Magazine, Steve Millburg, Travel Editor, 06/01 "Thank you so much for the hospitality. You truly do have a wonderful place. I look forward to returning".

 

SECRET. There is a channel, beyond the swimming area, that serves as a highway to tarpon, migrating south. If you fish there, in late spring and early summer, you are in store for some heavy duty action.