Hilton Sandestin Win
2015 Internet Advertising Competition and AdFed Suncoast ADDY Award
Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa and its
Sarasota-based advertising agency, Miles, are the proud recipients of two
awards for excelling in online advertising – a 2015 Internet Advertising
Competition ‘Best of Industry’ award in the Best Hotel and Lodging Email
Message category and a ‘SilverADDY’ award from the adFed Suncoast in the
Digital Advertising category. Miles submitted the redesigned hotel eNewsletter
to the Internet Advertising Competition, which used a new color palette
utilized in all digital and print creative, used new imagery taken after the
2014 hotel-wide transformation, and incorporated the “That Place” creative
campaign. Since the new eNewsletter has been in place, the hotel has seen an
increase in click-through rates from four to 12 percent and continues to
outperform previous emails by more than double with higher open rates and an
average of 8.10% of the email’s opened delivering website visitors.
CBA Beneficiary of
Nick’s Redfish Tournament
Nick’s Seafood Restaurant & Treylermade Tournaments of
Freeport will hold the 10th Annual Old Nick’s Redfish Round-Up on Saturday, May
16, with a total payout of $12,000. In light of the tournament’s 10th
anniversary, the Nick family wants raise awareness for the health and
sustainability of Choctawhatchee Bay and the species that inhabit those waters,
such as the redfish, by donating proceeds from its 2015 tournament series to
the ‘Stewards of Choctawhatchee Bay’, the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance. For
more information about the 10th Annual Old Nick’s Redfish Round-Up and the
Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance’s involvement, please contact Sarah Davis at
(850) 585-7926 or daviss26@nwfsc.edu.
Lamar Dean &
Associates Insurance Services Joins Acentria Insurance Group
Acentria Insurance proudly announces its partnership with
Lamar Dean & Associates Insurance Services. Lamar Dean & Associates has
been serving the Panhandle of Florida since 2003 and offers both personal and
commercial insurance. It will continue to operate from its current location at
10427 Sorrento Road in Pensacola, and may be reached at (850) 497-6510.
4th Annual Community
Health & Fitness Fair
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and Twin Cities Hospital
will host the 4th Annual Community Health & Fitness Fair Wednesday, May 20,
at Santa Rosa Mall, from 8:30 a.m. until noon. This health and fitness fair is
FREE and open to the public, and it offers a complimentary continental
breakfast until 9 a.m. More than 30 vendors and multiple healthcare
professionals will provide health information, educational materials, and basic
health screenings for blood glucose, blood pressure, and body mass index, as
well as vein screenings by the team from Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. For
details, please call (855) 614-7274 or visit TCHospital.com.
ABC Fine Wine &
Spirits Donates $5K to Fisher House
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits officially opened its first
Destin location, the second west of Tallahassee, on Thursday, April 30. A crowd
of more than 500 attendees enjoyed hors d'oeuvres by Jackacudas Seafood &
Sushi, Brotula's Seafood House & Steamer, Marlin Grill, andLenny's Sub
Shop, and sipped on a variety of wines and spirits, including local beverages Chaste's
850 and Grayton Beer. ABC Fine Wine & Spirits also presented a check for
$5,000 to Fisher House of the Emerald Coast.
Lewallen Joins World
Impact Real Estate
Real estate agent Donna Lewallen was born in Atlanta, raised
in Mississippi, and moved from Louisiana to the Emerald Coast in 2003 with her
son Shane. She has always been in the public service industry, from food and
beverage, marketing and sales to massage therapist and business owner. In the
1980s, she moved to Chicago to help design, open, and operate four smoothie
stores. In 2000, she opened a Spa in Baton Rouge, and, in 2004, she opened a
spa in Miramar Beach. Lewallen has had extensive education and passion in
working with cancer patients. She excels in listening to clients and helping
them. Contact her at (850) 217-7477 or yeshua6000@gmail.com.
Sinfonia "Linked
Up" with Okaloosa & Walton County 3rd-5th Graders
More than 2,200 Okaloosa and Walton County 3rd-5th graders
filled Destiny Worship Center to capacity during two performances on Thursday,
April 30, for Sinfonia Gulf Coast's annual Link Up performances, in partnership
with Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI). As one of 70 orchestras
world-wide invited to participate in WMI's Link Up program during the 2014-2015
season, Sinfonia Education & Link Up coordinator Liz Aylor worked with
teachers in both districts during the 9-month curriculum, which culminated in
students' live performance on voice, recorders, and instruments with Sinfonia
Gulf Coast. The performance included stunning visuals for the students to
follow and perform along with the orchestra, on-stage teacher soloists, and
host and vocal/piano pedagogue Ms. Phyllis Hasty.
ECAR to Treat Wounded
Warriors to Day of Fishing
The Emerald Coast Association of Realtors (ECAR) is hosting
its third annual Soldiers on the Water event on Sept. 19, and registration is
now open for any interested Wounded Warriors. The event provides a day of
world-class fishing in Destin to Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and Coast
Guardsman injured during their military service. Gold Star children are also
invited to attend. The all-day event will begin with registration at 7 a.m. and
will conclude at 5 p.m. Last year the event hosted 65 wounded veterans for a
day of fishing, followed by a fish dinner. This year, organizers hope to have
100 Wounded Warriors participate.
Soldiers on the Water will offer both deep-sea and inshore
fishing as part of the experience. All food, equipment and licensing will be
provided by ECAR and other event sponsors. Sponsors to date include Keller
Williams Realty, Waterstone Mortgage, Prime Lending, CCB Community Bank,
University Lending Group,ERA American Real Estate, Eglin Federal Credit Union
and Old South Land Title. To register, veterans may visit http://bitly.com/2015SoldiersontheWater
or contact Amanda Creel at amanda@ecaor.com or (850) 243-6145.
Blue Marlin Realty
Group Welcomes Four New Team Members
Blue Marlin Realty Group continues to grow with the addition
of new realtors Adam Miller, Kim Moore, and Lynn Patacca, and guest services
& reservations manager Kristin Bondi.
Miller (top) has a highly decorated military career. Hailing
from Otway, Ohio, Miller joined the Marine Corps after graduating high school.
In 2011, he received orders to report to Pensacola, to serve as the Navigator
for the C-130 transport aircraft for the US Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the
Blue Angels. While new to the real estate industry, Miller’s impressive
military background includes two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and
two Humanitarian Service Medals.
Originally from Mobile, Moore (center) moved to Destin in
1999, when she married her husband, Rick, fellow Blue Marlin Realty Group
Realtor. Her extensive background in banking and job recruiting lends well to
Moore’s style of real estate. She and her husband are the founders of Paddle
Destin, a local Paddle Board group that hosts paddle events throughout the
Emerald Coast and state of Florida.
Atlanta real estate professional Patacca (bottom) is
originally from Maine. She and her husband Mike have owned an investment
property in Sandestin for years. After living in Marietta, Ga., for the last 25
years, the opportunity presented itself for the family to relocate to Florida’s
Emerald Coast. Patacca’s career in real estate began in 2006, but she had years
of prior experience at various corporate law firms as a legal secretary.
Bondi received her degree from the University of Kentucky.
Most recently managing a bed and breakfast for two years in New Orleans,
Kristen moved back to Destin, where she lived for a summer.
“Doctors With A Heart”
Donate to Children in Crisis
Dr. April Lee, D.C. (center), and Dr. Doug Sterban, D.C., with Bluewater Chiropractic Wellness Center presented a donation of
$750 to Children in Crisis President and CEO Ken Hair.
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