Gilded Age The Henry B. Plant Museum, on the University of Tampa’s campus, is a former resort hotel that opened in 1891.
extended cellular coverage. Elsewhere in Tampa, the new USF
Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Stimulation (CAMLS) is a $38-million, one-of-a-kind facility. It is expected to draw 30,000 health professionals a year to learn advanced surgical skills using the latest simula- tion technology. Not that you need to host a medical meeting to make use of the space. CAMLS offers full-time meeting planners on site, 28,000 square feet of meeting space, and a 200-person auditorium with hardwiring for satellite videoconferencing, a built-in audience- response system, and Wi-Fi. Tampa also offers a variety of unique
settings for social events, including the Henry B. Plant Museum, which is a life- style museum dedicated to the Gilded Age of the former Tampa Bay Hotel; and the Florida Aquarium, which is home to more than 20,000 aquatic plants and animals, and provides a variety of set- tings for private parties. And Ybor City, Tampa’s old Latin quarter, is a desig- nated National Historic Landmark Dis- trict, where restaurants and nightclubs line revitalized 7th Avenue.