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Palm Beach County Sets Record for Visitors in 2022

During a recent State of the Tourism Industry event at the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa for tourism partners and community stakeholders, Discover The Palm BeachesĀ (DTPB) revealed positive growth related to its 20222 tourism numbers. The data showed record-breaking visitation, spending, economic impact and revenue for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, surpassing all its goals for the fiscal year. The highlights were:

  • Total Visitation ā€“ 9.1 million total visitors, up 31% from 2021
  • Total Spending ā€“ $6.7 million, up 34% from 2021
  • Total Economic ImpactĀ ā€“Ā $9.7 billion, up 33% from 2021
  • Revenue Results ā€“ $1.4 billion in room night revenue was generated with $77.8 million in bed tax collections, up 44% from the peak in 2019

ā€œThis event serves as an opportunity to remind our residents, tourism partners, and community stakeholders to be aware of how vital tourism is to the economy of Palm Beach County,ā€ Jorge Pesquera says, president and CEO of DTPB, the official tourism marketing organization for Palm Beach County. ā€œDiscover The Palm Beaches wants to build on this momentum and continue to refine our strategic goals, expand our local partnerships and alliances, and deploy cutting-edge marketing and sales strategies to safeguard this important shared community value.ā€Ā 

During the event, Pesquera covered critical areas of focus for DTPB in 2023, including the evolution of the tourism brand architecture in alignment with other TDC agencies and key organizations and the importance of a Tourism Master Plan and second headquarter-hotel in the Convention Center district.Ā 

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

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BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. ā€œAs sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,ā€ Limsky says, ā€œSFBW reflects South Floridaā€™s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.ā€

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, ā€œIā€™m a doctor, but I canā€™t operateā€”except on your brand.ā€ He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the worldā€™s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limskyā€™s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the countryā€™s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Menā€™s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.