December 18, 2015 By

More than Pitbull: Many Visit Florida contracts stay secret – Orlando Sentinel

By Gray Rohrer

TALLAHASSEE — Since snagging a contract in September with Visit Florida, the rapper known as Pitbull has promoted the state 17 times to his combined 80 million followers on Twitter and Facebook.

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More than Pitbull: Many Visit Florida contracts stay secret – Orlando Sentinel

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