It's all about golf. The big reason why hoteliers collected $361,000 in 2006, and why they'll collect 20 percent less in 2010, is golf packages. ...more

March 11, 2010

The Hillsborough County Tourist Development Council approved spending $82,500 for a market demand study for a proposed conference center in the West Shore Business District. ...more

February 12, 2010

The hotel industry, a key employment sector in the Tampa Bay area and Florida, had business and job declines in 2009, two reports show. ...more

February 11, 2010

The more I hear about the county's proposed sports multiplex, the more I like the original Pasco National Tennis Center concept. I know, I know. The tennis center idea is dead as a coffin nail and buried in a grave of bureaucratic overkill. That it continues to exist at all - in the tormented memories of the diehard few - is tribute to the original synergistic genius of the plan. ...more

December 16, 2009

The outlook for the Pinellas County visitors industry for the January through April peak season is brighter than a year ago thanks to pent-up demand among vacationers, said Walter Klages, head of Tampa-based Research Data Services. ...more

December 10, 2009

The more I hear about the county's proposed sports multiplex, the more I like the original Pasco National Tennis Center concept. ...more

December 6, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio said Thursday she would endorse studying the viability of a meetings or conference center in the West Shore district, tying the proposal to the city's light rail plans. ...more

November 6, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio said this afternoon she would endorse studying the viability of a meetings or conference center in Tampa's West Shore district, tying the proposal to the city's light rail plans. Iorio, the leading advocate for a regional light rail and enhanced bus transit network, also praised the Hillsborough County Commission's vote Wednesday to move toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 5, 2009

Pinellas County's mainstay tourism industry appears to be inching toward leading Pinellas out of recession, the county's visitors industry consultant said Wednesday. ...more

October 29, 2009

While looking forward to the winter tourist season, many hoteliers in Highlands County aren't sure what it will hold for their properties. - ...more

October 25, 2009