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

The recession continues to slice into Hillsborough County's hotel business, which in turn has lowered bed tax revenue and led to the reduction of eight jobs at the county visitors bureau. ...more

September 22, 2009

TripAdvisor.com is known for the terse descriptions of hotel accommodations generated by travelers' ratings that range from "The hotel room was clean and pest free" to "The worst hotel on the planet." ...more

February 14, 2009

A study commissioned by the Tampa Bay Rays determined that baseball fans from beyond the Tampa Bay area generate $136.5 million to $212.5 million in direct tourism expenditures annually and that attendance has grown during the past three years. ...more

February 12, 2009