I Love the Smokies magazine is the only tourism publication in Tennessee that is backed by one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, Westgate Resorts.

I Love the Smokies provides a link among its hospitality employees, advertising partners, and families vacationing in the Smoky Mountains. Westgate Resorts employees promote I Love the Smokies throughout East Tennessee, with a circulation of 800,000 copies per year.

Advertising in I Love the Smokies is the best way to achieve measurable results within this target market.

1970 Central Florida Investments is founded by David Siegel, operating from an office in his family garage.

1982 Westgate Vacation Villas opens in Kissimmee, one mile from the entrance to Walt Disney World Resort.

1984 Everything But Water opens the first of 30 stores nationwide.

1996 Westgate Miami Beach and Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, Orlando, open. David Siegel is recognized as “Entrepreneur of the Year.” The first issue of I Love Orlando magazine is published.

1997 Westgate Towers, in Kissimmee, and Westgate Daytona Beach open.
CFI/Westgate Resorts posts more than $300 million in sales. Timeshare sales reach $2.7 billion in the U.S., and nearly $6 billion worldwide. I Love Orlando surpasses 1 million copies circulated.

1998 Westgate Resorts, which now includes Westgate Vacation Villas, Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa, Westgate Towers, Westgate Miami Beach and Westgate Daytona Beach, reaches over 100,000 vacation owners.

1999 Westgate Town Center opens in Kissimmee.

2000 Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort at Gatlinburg opens. I Love Orlando wins Craftsman’s Award for Walt Disney World 2000 cover.

2001 The first issue of I Love The Smokies is published, serving the Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge / Sevierville area. Westgate Flamingo Bay opens in Las Vegas, just two miles from the world-famous “Strip.” I Love Orlando surpasses 5 million copy mile marker.

2002 Westgate Park City Resort & Spa opens in Park City, Utah. Westgate Resorts acquires 1,600 acres near Lake Wales, Florida, known as the River Ranch.

2003 Westgate Resorts acquires five existing properties, adding Westgate Blue Tree At Lake Buena Vista, Westgate South Beach, Westgate Palace in Orlando, Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort near Haines City, and Westgate Historic Williamsburg.

2004 Westgate purchases Leisure Orlando Resort near SeaWorld Orlando. Westgate Resorts acquires five properties from Grandvista Resorts: Westgate Branson Woods, Westgate Branson Lakes at Emerald Pointe and the Yacht Club in Branson, Missouri; Westgate Tunica Resort in Tunica, Mississippi; and Westgate Painted Mountain Golf Resort in Mesa, Arizona. Westgate acquires Westgate Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Westgate augments sales operations by opening the Westgate Resorts Preview Gallery in Houston, Texas; the Bayside OPC location in Miami Beach, Florida; and a new Call Center in Las Vegas.

2005 Westgate Resorts announces partnership with Planet Hollywood to build a new resort and casino in Las Vegas. I Love Orlando hits a major milestone with 10 million copies in circulation. I Love The Smokies passes 3 million copy marker. Premiere issue of brand new owners’ version, I Love Vacations is launched January 2005.

Along with property expansion in the Las Vegas market, I Love Las Vegas is developed for launch in the Las Vegas market.