While the strategy of courting organizers of large conferences to host their events in Charlotte County is nothing new, having the year-old, 785-room Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor in its portfolio is a big selling point for the county.
The Allegiant Travel Co.-owned resort is currently booking large events into 2025, including the 600-attendee Oil Price Information Service Natural Gas Liquids Summit on March 9-12. That is welcome news for the resort and county, which benefit from the 5% Tourism Development Tax on the gross rental amount.
“Conferences of that size, some even slightly larger, are regularly being targeted by both Sunseeker’s sales staff, as well as ours,” Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention…
