In less than a month, Pasco County commissioners will learn where a California company wants to put an $11 million county-financed sports complex. ...more

November 11, 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

The number of overnight visitors to Pinellas County in June dropped 8.3 percent, compared with the year-ago figure, to 510,300, the county's tourism consultant reported. ...more

September 2, 2009

The Tampa-St. Petersburg area had the second-worst decline in the state in demand for hotel and motel rooms in April, a new report shows. ...more

June 16, 2009

If you're looking for good news about the economy - and who isn't - look to Pinellas County, where a tourism consultant on Wednesday predicted that the local visitors industry will begin to show signs of recovery by mid- to late September. ...more

May 14, 2009

If you're looking for good news about the economy - and who isn't - look to Pinellas County, where a tourism consultant this morning predicted the local visitors industry will begin to show signs of recovery by mid- to late September. ...more

May 13, 2009

Pinellas County's Tourist Development Council next week will consider a $25.67 million budget for 2010, down from $27.12 million this year, as the unsettled economy reduces tax dollars collected from overnight visitors. ...more

May 4, 2009

Overnight visitors in Pinellas County fell by 3.6 percent in February compared with last year, according to Research Data Services Inc. of Tampa, the county's tourism consultant. You were also more apt to hear a Boston accent across town during the month when Beantown replaced New York as the county's top source of visitors. ...more

April 9, 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

Companies that took billion-dollar taxpayer bailouts have pulled back from corporate trips perceived as extravagant. Now the withdrawal is being felt in Tampa Bay. ...more

February 11, 2009