Pinellas County is home to nearly 24,000 known short-term vacation rentals, and elected officials have found it increasingly difficult to regulate a now sophisticated and nuanced...
Recently released financial numbers for World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) Royal Rumble confirmed what many local stakeholders expected – the event body-slammed an influx of cash into...
Pinellas County tourism stakeholders – and there are many, as the industry is the area’s largest economic driver – have plenty to celebrate this holiday season....
Pinellas County hotels generated $1.1 billion in revenue throughout the past fiscal year – a $30 million increase over 2022 – providing a record-setting $98 million...
Details surrounding the new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark continue emerging as elected officials – restricted from jointly discussing governmental matters by Florida’s “Sunshine Laws” – hear...
Pinellas County officials plan to offer about $300 million in local tourism taxes to a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in St. Petersburg. That would equate...
Pinellas County tourism officials recently held an impromptu, off-agenda discussion regarding the ongoing quest to build a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in downtown St. Petersburg....
While St. Petersburg’s MLK Dream Big Weekend does not fill local hotels like the four-day Reggae Rise Up music festival, it will now receive the same...
Pinellas County, Tampa Bay Rays and St. Petersburg city officials all realize they will likely split the estimated $1 billion cost of a new ballpark; the...
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