A key step in remaining exclusive as a Super Bowl host site is the ability to be inclusive. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - Demand for Hillsborough County hotel rooms declined 9.8 percent in November to 357,585 from the year-ago figure, said Smith Travel Research, a Tennessee travel industry consultant. ...more

January 14, 2008

TAMPA - Talk about being inhospitable hosts. Tampa has turned the New York Giants away from the inn. The Giants are in town for Sunday's wild card playoff game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On such short notice, the team couldn't book a 200-room block at a hotel in Tampa, and had to go elsewhere for lodging. ...more

January 4, 2008

From next week, one of France's most iconic institutions - the smoky cafe - will be but a hazy memory. ...more

December 29, 2007

In 2007, the shift from small, cozy motels to mega resorts and condominiums continued, with backers saying economics dictated more and pricier rooms and opponents fearing concrete canyons walling off the beach. ...more

December 25, 2007

The Clarion Hotel building is going to be a hotel again. The city council unanimously voted to rezone the vacant building, 5303 W. Kennedy Blvd., back to a hotel, this time a Crowne Plaza. ...more

December 5, 2007

Elaine Hernando planned to stay in one of the city's big-box hotels, but when she saw The Ellis, she canceled her reservation and booked a room at the renovated historical hotel instead. ...more

November 4, 2007