The Florida Hotel and Conference Center, one of Central Florida's premier meeting venues has become a member of WORLDHOTELS First Class Collection of hotels and resorts. This Florida Certified Green Lodging Resort, ideally connected to the Florida Mall is now one of only seven properties in Central Florida and the 18th in the state of Florida to be a WORLDHOTELS member. The Florida Hotel and Conference Center features 510 spacious guestrooms and suites, outfitted with Wireless High-Speed Internet Access, plush pillow-top beds, and 32" LCD wall-mounted televisions. Any size meeting or themed event can be accommodated with over 50,000 square-feet of first-class, flexible space, featuring five diverse ballrooms, 13 breakout rooms and four executive boardrooms. The venue also features in-house audio-visual capabilities, customized banquet menus and expert staff. In addition, business travelers and convention attendees will appreciate the close proximity to the Orange County Convention Center, downtown Orlando and Orlando International Airport. Benefits of the new arrangement with WORLDHOTELS including a streamlined, more user friendly reservation and booking system and expanded marketing programs. "We are excited to be joining forces with WORLDHOTELS," said Simone Kuska, Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing for the Florida Hotel and Conference Center. "As an independent hotelier, we are now able to expand our market on a global scale by being affiliated with such a world-renowned international brand."