The local hotel industry continued its slump in August, with revenue down from a year ago. ...more

October 20, 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

An estimated 20.1 million people visited Florida from April through June, a 9.4 percent decrease over the same period last year, the state's tourism marketing agency said. ...more

August 20, 2009

Demand for hotel rooms continued to decline locally, statewide and nationally in May compared with a year ago as the poor economy affected business and leisure travel, the latest Smith Travel Research report shows. ...more

July 16, 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

Travelers looking for hotel bargains might check out Vancouver, British Columbia, New York, Tampa, Toronto and Orlando, according to a Hotwire.com report on the largest hotel price reductions in May compared with a year ago. ...more

May 27, 2009

Hillsborough County's hotel room supply rose 8.1 percent in March to nearly 22,000 compared with a year ago, but demand was down 9.3 percent to 419,248 rooms sold, a report by Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, Tenn., showed. ...more

May 11, 2009

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

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

Hoping the prospect of sales will woo cash-strapped travelers, the nation's tourist destinations are taking a page from the retail playbook, offering tourists deep discounts and freezing gate prices. ...more

February 8, 2009