| EVENT REPORT 08.16.07 3:22 PM |
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| Area Hotels Take Their Marks, Get Set, and Go… |
| Broward County’s premier hotels and resorts hit the
track and took part in the Hotel Hot 100. |
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| The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood were three of the 12 properties that participated in the 100-lap Hotel Hot 100 race on August 8 to promote the remodeled Xtreme Indoor Karting facility. |
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 | The newly remodeled racing facility features a
half-mile asphalt racetrack and 40 European Bowman karts.
Xtreme Indoor Karting |
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 | First-, second-, and third-place teams were awarded
trophies after the race, while the other participants received gift bags.
Xtreme Indoor Karting |
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 | Post-race, drivers—along with their support staff and families—celebrated
in the Finish Line Sports Bar.
Xtreme Indoor Karting |
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 | To ensure safety, all drivers attended a safety
briefing before hitting the track.
Xtreme Indoor Karting |
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 | Lap times were displayed on the facility’s
scoreboards.
Xtreme Indoor Karting |
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 | Representatives from
some of Broward County’s top hotel properties sped around the track during the Hotel Hot 100
race.
Xtreme Indoor Karting |
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“This event is to get the hotels familiar with the facility, so that they can make a recommendation to their guests, as well as large groups who are looking for teambuilding activities,” said Stephanie Shapiro, director of marketing and PR for Xtreme Indoor Karting.
Upon arrival, guests gathered in the Daytona Room, one of the seven available meeting spaces, for a security briefing. There, track marshals for the facility explained the rules of the road and important safety precautions.
The event then kicked into full gear with the first five qualifying laps. Next, racers were lined up in order of qualification. Before beginning the subsequent 95 laps, the four drivers from each team—which consisted of hotel staff such as general managers, concierges, marketing directors, and front desk managers—determined their racing order.
Whiteboards on the sidelines let the drivers know how many laps they had left before they had to make a pit stop. Drivers for each team switched out during pit stops until one kart reached 95 laps to complete the race. Throughout the competition, employees and family members cheered from the sidelines holding handmade posters. In the end, the Westin Diplomat came out victorious, followed by the Hilton Fort Lauderdale in second, and Lago Mar Resort & Club in third.
After the race, guests headed to the on-site Finish Line Sports Bar and enjoyed stadium-style fare such as hot wings, mini sandwiches, and chicken tenders, compliments of the facility’s exclusive caterer.
—Brittany Peitsmeyer
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