Florida has seen an eight per cent increase on visitor figures for the second consecutive year.

This year-on-year growth across the Sunshine State has been a catalyst for a surge of investment in existing hotels undergoing refurbishments and renovations, new hotel openings and exciting future planned developments.

This rise is changing the landscape of Florida in 2015 and will continue to do so in the years ahead as Florida undergoes its ‘Billion Dollar Bed Boom’.

The area is in the midst of investing nearly $2bn including Daytona Beach’s first oceanfront rollercoaster, a new planetarium and the world’s first oceanfront Hyatt Place.

The area offers a wide range of accommodation, many located along the beachfront with direct access to the beach.

A new beachside Residence Inn by Marriott Daytona Beach Oceanfront recently opened and the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort Oceanfront Resort has completed a $20+ million renovation.

A new Hard Rock Hotel & Café and an upscale Westin both with oceanfront locations are currently in the planning. The historic Streamline Hotel, an art deco-style property that sits on the very spot where NASCAR was founded is scheduled to open as an upscale boutique property in 2016.

Welcoming £616m investment in hotel development, with more than $725m in new hotel development and $222m in reinvestment and renovations, the Greater Fort Lauderdale hotel landscape has undergone an exciting metamorphosis in 2015 and will continue to in 2016 and beyond. This year the Beachwalk Resort and Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort opened. Looking further ahead, the Tryp Maritime by Wyndham is expected to open in March 2016, and the Gale Boutique Hotel later in 2016. Work on the Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences Fort Lauderdale is also expected to begin with an expected 2018 open.

Sarasota County is seeing nothing short of an explosion of new hotels in the coming years.

The Aloft opens in downtown Sarasota in February 2016 and will feature stylish, urban designed rooms. A new Embassy Suites is set to open in late 2016 also in downtown Sarasota. The Westin will be opening a 255-room property featuring a rooftop pool overlooking Sarasota Bay in early 2017. Additionally, The Ritz Carlton has recently completed a multi-million dollar renovation of its bedrooms and communal areas.

Anna Maria Island will be welcoming its first full-service hotel in autumn 2016. The new Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club will be a boutique style full-service property on the waterfront and thus not detract from the authentic, beach-town vibe that Anna Maria Island is so well-known for. Zota Beach Resort, previously the Hilton Longboat Key, will welcome visitors in 2016 with its trendy, modern design on Longboat Key.