Largest of all the national seashores at 135,600 acres, with over five million visitors a year, Gulf Islands National Seashore offers plenty of room to go beachcombing and boat across 12 different units that are spread from the Gulf shores on the Florida Panhandle to Southern Mississippi. Eighty percent of the park is water. … Read more
With our sugar sands Pensacola Beach is the #4 beach in the country! Just another reason that Northwest Florida is the quintessential business location for employees to live, work and play. View our ranking on Tripadvisor here:
With Valentine’s Day drawing closer, your time to make a dinner reservation dwindles. If you need a little inspiration, OpenTable just released its annual list of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America, which includes winners from 31 different states as well as Washington, D.C, selected from over 30,000 restaurants across the country. Read more at … Read more
Pensacola International Airport served a record 2.2 million passengers in 2019 and has been rated one of the 3 fastest growing airports according to UpgradedPoints.com! Upgraded Points says PNS saw year-over-year growth of 15.83% placing it third just after Nashville International (BNA) and Jacksonville International (JAX). Read more on weartv.com
Go.Verizon.com gathered data from nearly 300 cities across the country, focusing on certain factors that would categorize them as “small” without dipping below the mark to “town” status. These elements also indicated the financial climate of each city and an overview of its demographics. Such factors included population, education, commute time, income per capita, broadband … Read more
Pensacola, Fla. – Visit Pensacola is excited to announce that six Pensacola events have been named to the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society. “These awards are a reflection of the incredible community that we have in the Pensacola Bay Area. With named events that span July to December, it’s … Read more
MSN recently included Pensacola in its Top 25 Most Desirable Places to Live in the U.S. in it’s 2019 list. Among the factors contributing to the rankings were affordability, job market and population growth due to net migration.
It’s official: Pensacola is the world’s strongest town. After four rounds of intense competition featuring 16 towns from across the map, online voters have picked Pensacola as the town that’s making the biggest strides toward being financially strong and resilient. The final match-up pitted Pensacola against Portsmouth, New Hampshire, another colonial, coastal city with a … Read more
Where is the best beach in Florida? Right here, of course. Pensacola Beach has been voted the No. 1 best beach in Florida, according to USA Today’s 10Best Readers Choice Awards for 2018.For more information, head on over to the Pensacola News Journal.
The City of Pensacola is getting some great feedback from a National Geographic article! Nat Geo Travel says they partnered with Resonance Consultancy, a global destination branding advisor, to name “The Best Cities in the United States” – and Pensacola made the list! Check out weartv.com for details.
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