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Travel–Tourism

  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 3, 2022
Fort Myers resort lays off 195, total hospitality layoffs in SWFL now top 1,000

Damage from Hurricane Ian has forced the 72-year-old Pink Shell to shut down and cut employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Amanda Postma
  • October 29, 2022
Coffee roastery upgrades from a truck to a brick and mortar

After closing on a location earlier this year, Banyan Coffee Co. finally has its own place. New challenges are percolating.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 28, 2022
Tampa hospitality firm shakes up leadership team

Mainsail Lodging & Development promotes Tom Haines and Charlie Albanos and welcomes back Becky Hayes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 18, 2022
Boston hospitality company shuttering Tampa hotel and laying off all employees

The company will close the Westshore district hotel near Tampa International Airport on Dec. 19, six days before Christmas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 13, 2022
September anything but slow for Tampa Bay airport

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport smashed yet another passenger traffic record in September.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 5, 2022
Tampa hospitality firm shuffles hotel management leadership

Mainsail Lodging & Development hires Jason Perkins and transfers Adam Duffey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 26, 2022
Bot topic: Business accelerator event to focus on robots in restaurants

High turnover rates are nothing new for restaurants and hotels, but pandemic-driven labor shortages have prompted an increased interest in a robotic future for the hospitality industry.

  • Technology
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 18, 2022
Economic downturn no cause for concern for pet industry executive

Royal Pets Market & Resort founder and CEO Denise Wolin is more worried about the effects of another wave of COVID infections.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 18, 2022
Bakery forced to adjust pricing recipe as inflation woes mount

The rising cost of essential ingredients cut into The Cake Girl's profit margins.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 18, 2022
Recession fears aren't slowing down RV industry's surge, area dealers say

The industry barrels past most talk about downturns and recessions.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2022
Hospitality firm promotes veteran staffer to newly created executive role

Jess Hayden will serve as Tampa-based McKibbon Hospitality’s vice president of operational excellence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2022
Airport passenger traffic records continue to fall

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport served 6% more travelers in July compared to the same month last year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 4, 2022
Road less traveled: Tourism campaign charts an unconventional course

Faced with a steep challenge from their client, a destination marketing organization, FKQ Advertising + Marketing took a much different approach to selling vacationers on the appeal of Tampa Bay.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2022
Hillsborough County’s bed-tax revenue again shatters record

Hillsborough County, for the 13th consecutive month, has generated a record-breaking amount of revenue from tourist development taxes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz
  • July 29, 2022
Ex-trader brings Wall Street cred to development role

Tommy Del Zoppo has assumed leadership of a hospitality firm during a critical time, with an ambitious expansion of the Cordova Inn set to begin in earnest this autumn.

  • Development
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