The tiny town of Cranfills Gap really needs a vacation. ...more

December 8, 2008

There will be no Who-ville in Louisville this Christmas. ...more

November 28, 2008

Tampa Bay & Co., which promotes the visitors and convention business for Hillsborough County, hired a former visitors bureau and hotel executive in Arkansas and Missouri to fill the position of national sales manager for religious and multicultural markets. Sherri Brown, who worked for the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau and was sales executive for the Renaissance Grand & Suites Hotel, the Adam's Mark Hotel and the Roberts Mayfair Wyndham Hotel in St. Louis, joins the 50-plus person Tampa Bay & Co. staff. ...more

October 14, 2008

As Hurricane Gustav approaches, the Gulf Coast's tourism industry is gearing up for the key holiday weekend while keeping a wary eye on the storm and preparing for the mixed bag it may bring next week. ...more

August 30, 2008

Earlier this year a task force comprised of representatives from the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, Toronto Blue Jays and Downtown Merchants Association, plus hospitality entrepreneur Peter Kreuziger, met to consider how to better market the city. The Chamber of Commerce's marketing task force quickly sprang into action. Its members chipped in $5,000 each to pay for 100,000 brochures marketing Dunedin to visitors at 775 travel locations along the Suncoast. ...more

May 24, 2008

SARASOTA - For some local "American Idol" watchers, there is no question Booker High School graduate Syesha Mercado will make the final three tonight. "She will be coming home on Friday for a celebration," declared Mayor Lou Ann Palmer late Tuesday night after watching Syesha sing "Proud Mary" and "A Change Is Gonna Come." ...more

May 7, 2008

Don't know about you, but it's only Wednesday and I'm about supered out. This was one of those strange, harmonic convergence weeks when two "supers" collided, not an easy thing for mere mortals to deal with. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - After 15 months in search of a new brand for the Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau, Hillsborough County tourism officials today announced their choice: "Tampa Bay & Company." ...more

September 27, 2007