Florida's tourism industry is taking a hit in the sour economy. It's the first time in seven years that tourism has dropped in the popular Sunshine State, according to statistics released Monday. ...more

February 16, 2009

The city's meetings and conventions business will get a boost in August with a commitment from the Women of Faith group to bring its Grand New Day Conference Tour to the St. Pete Times Forum. The conference will draw about 15,000 attendees, according to a release by Tampa Bay & Co., which markets the visitors industry for Hillsborough County. ...more

January 2, 2009

Plans to build a Ritz-Carlton hotel and condominium project near the Courtney Campbell Parkway have fallen though, the owner of the project site said today. ...more

September 23, 2008

While political polls suggest that voters are split evenly on who should serve as their next president, everyone informally interviewed by Highlands Today at the Lakeshore Mall food court on Friday, agreed that the campaign runs too long. ...more

August 31, 2008

It's understandable that members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans don't want their loved ones or heritage to be forgotten. Who does? ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING – A major expansion has been completed at the Four Points by Sheraton, Sebring Chateau Elan, which General Manager Reinhard Haubner hopes will attract more conventions to the hotel. A grand opening for the $1 million Lemans Ballroom was held Thursday night, with guests offered drinks and appetizers. They were also invited to tour the new suite wing in the hotel. The 4,000-square-foot ballroom can seat as many as 400 people for a sit-down dinner, according to Haubner. With a stage and dance floor, it can accomodate 350. The ballroom is equipped with high tech electronics and Internet. ...more

May 3, 2008

Regarding "Denying Vote Now Part Of Party Policy" (Commentary, Jan. 27): I agree with Joe Brown that the refusal of both parties to seat the full complement of Florida delegates at their conventions is a disenfranchisement of the voters in the state of Florida. This year, the GOP is only half as bad as the Democrats, unlike in previous years. In those years, state elections officials, who were also the state chairs of GOP campaigns, did all they could to disenfranchise targeted voters in the election that counts - the one in November. ...more

January 29, 2008