People looking for bargains at premium hotels in May and June might check out New York or resurrect last year's "staycation" buzzword as the Tampa Bay area's high-end hotels are among those offering discounts of 25 percent or more. ...more

April 14, 2009

Bay area home prices continued to fall in January, posting a 23.3 percent yearly decline, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released Tuesday. ...more

April 1, 2009

All 20 areas tracked across the country showed a decline. Miami, the only other Florida city tracked, dropped 29 percent. ...more

March 31, 2009

Travel sellers have been desperately cutting prices in an effort to fill empty airline seats and hotel beds. From the start of the year through March 10, major airlines advertised 52 sales, up from roughly 35 during the comparable period in 2008, according to Farecompare.com, which tracks airline pricing. ...more

March 29, 2009

The government says consumers increased spending for a second straight month in February even though their incomes slipped because of continuing layoffs. ...more

March 28, 2009

Local unemployment is 12.7 percent. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Easter holiday will be celebrated in mid-April this year and that has impacted chain store sales, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Easter holiday will be celebrated in mid-April this year and that has impacted chain store sales, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 25, 2009

A later-than-normal Easter has impacted chain store sales this month, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 24, 2009

The number of hotel rooms booked in January declined 5.7 percent in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region compared with 5.4 percent for Florida and 7.7 percent for the United States, a Tennessee travel industry consultant reported. ...more

March 24, 2009