Despite pandemic slowdowns, hoteliers buy historic St. Pete inn and have no plans to slow down

New Hotel Collection bought a historic hotel at the height of the pandemic. Now it looks to turn it into a destination for locals and tourists alike.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:00 p.m. April 29, 2021
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Tommy Del Zoppo, is chief investment officer of Pinellas-based New Hotel Collection, the company he founded in 2017 with travel industry veterans Alex Hodges and Ron New. They currently own four hotels in Florida and Tennessee
Tommy Del Zoppo, is chief investment officer of Pinellas-based New Hotel Collection, the company he founded in 2017 with travel industry veterans Alex Hodges and Ron New. They currently own four hotels in Florida and Tennessee
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Tommy Del Zoppo sits on the long porch of the Cordova Inn in downtown St. Petersburg drinking a Pellegrino water and watching the street.

The weekend crowds are gone on this quiet, lazy, rainy Monday afternoon.

 

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