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Business & Industry - Daytona Beach Florida
02:03  - 3 years ago
Business & Industry - Daytona Beach FL With its rich tradition as a vacation spot, and attractions known the world over, tourism remains the leading industry of Daytona Beach. Visitors to the area spend nearly $4 billion a year, stay in more than 16,000 area hotel, motel rooms and condominiums, --all that tourism business employs some 40,000 people in the area. With its racing roots, Daytona Beach is the corporate home to NASCAR, and the International Speedway Corporation, the leading promoter of motorsports in the nation; it is also home to golf’s LPGA. Ocean Design, the industry leader in subsea electrical and fiber optic interconnect systems, recently broke ground on its corporate headquarters in Daytona Beach. Hospitals and the health care industry employ substantial numbers as well. Major employers include Halifax Community Health Systems, Memorial Health Systems and Atlantic Medical Center-Daytona/Ormond. Other private sector employers include marketer Direct Mail Express, Crane Cams, a maker of mechanical and electronic components, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s oldest, largest, most prestigious university specializing in the field of aviation aerospace. Daytona Beach’s efforts to attract business and spur job growth recently received nationwide recognition. Inc.(Ink) Magazine named Daytona Beach one of the best cities in the U.S. for business, scoring twelfth out of close to 300 metropolitan areas studied. The rankings measured a number of factors over a ten-year period, calculating job growth in specific sectors of the economy. economic, development, businesses, redevelopment