Hotel and motel tax collections in Hillsborough County continued to decline in June, falling 21.4 percent compared with year-ago figures to about $1.2 million. ...more

August 7, 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

One day after saying he wouldn't travel in tight quarters because of the swine flu scare, Vice President Joe Biden rode a train Friday from Washington to Delaware. ...more

May 1, 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

About 100 travel industry officials including representatives from Tampa International Airport, JetBlue Airways, visitors bureaus in Mexico and economic development officials from Hillsborough County gathered in Tampa Thursday evening to discuss strategies to promote JetBlue's Cancun destination from Tampa. ...more

February 13, 2009

Carnival Corporation has reported that advance bookings for 2009 cruises are running behind those from this year, with ticket prices for new bookings also at lower levels. ...more

December 19, 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

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