SeaWorld Entertainment is poised to get into the hotel business for the first time with the Orlando and Tampa Bay theme parks included on the list of possible sites, the company’s new CEO Marc Swanson said in an interview.
Swanson made it clear his Orlando-based theme parks company is seeking to go into expansion mode and seriously consider building hotels now that it appears to have weathered the pandemic crisis that shut down all its parks last year.
After last week’s changing guidelines from the CDC, “We’re pretty much at full capacity now” at the Florida and Texas theme parks, Swansons said, adding he feels confident about safety since guests have hundreds of acres outdoors to spread out.
