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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2020
Laws of attractions: Tourism exec offers advice for uncertain times

Visit Tampa Bay, a destination marketing agency, says responsible reopening is key to boosting travelers' confidence in the area's amenities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2017
Region posts record bed tax revenue

Hillsborough County now eligible for 'high impact' tourism designation

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2019
Entrepreneur plots moves to monetize 135-year-old trade magazine

New Editor & Publisher owner Mike Blinder aims to go where the publishing industry will be — before it gets there.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
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Former general manager and Ray Kroc Award recipient, McDonald’s

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 20, 2019
By tapping into potential of puzzling product, area company gains new clients, pursues more

Aaron Watkins is selling promotional BB puzzles through Carab Enterprises.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 29, 2017
Roll With It

Being popular is nice. But Ruth Wardein, the entrepreneur behind a fast-growing and beloved bakery, is learning that popularity comes with a new set of challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2014
Luxury cinemas to debut at Sarasota mall

Cobb Theaters will open a seven-screen CineBistro complex in 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jennifer M. Fowler | Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney |
  • January 2, 2024
Budgeting Employee Pay for 2024

Businesses should keep in mind recent and upcoming minimum wage increases.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Developers behind Fort Myers riverfront project want more time, density

New Jersey-based AIRN Management have asked the city for an extension and to make what it calls “minor revisions” to the original plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2018
Super security: Firm wants to change the login game

Super Auth, a Tampa, Florida-based tech startup, has created a password-less authentication system that uses a person’s fingerprint or facial features, inputted via his or her smartphone, to transmit login credentials to apps and websites.

  • Technology
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Stay Fresh, Reinvent

Taking a cue from pop-diva Madonna, star jewelry designer Erika Pena constantly reinvents her merchandise. Erika and her sister, Bielka, have big ambitions for their young firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2019
Construction company to relocate headquarters, tripling operations space

EHC started development of its new 6-acre Fort Myers campus.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 18, 2010
Market Blizzard

Supersize has given way to mini-me as the recession grinds on. But smaller portions could mean bigger profits for Dairy Queen franchisees if tests on the Gulf Coast prove successful.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Middle Market

A pair of Northeast transplants is trying to put fun and familyinto retail banking on the Gulf Coast. So much for bankers' hours.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2015
County smashes visitors record

Fiscal year 2015 was a big tourism year for Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2009
Scary Success

Spending more than $8 million was just thebeginning of a golf and country club renovation plan. The renovation has since given way to a renaissance.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 17, 2022
Software firm finds successful new direction

Geographic Solutions, with 450 employees, has enough work to support 100 more staffers. The rub? Finding those people.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 18, 2022
New York firm buys HVAC company's facility for $8.1 million

Seagate Development has sold the Conditioned Air warehouse in Fort Myers; company's lease runs through 2030

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Web-based business provide Florida a big boost

Buying and selling stuff and services over the internet is obviously a behemoth industry — but just how big is it in Florida? Pretty big.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
Tax the Builders (again)

Lee and Collier elected officials mull new taxes on builders even as the economy slows. Their mission is to fix the latest social crisis: lack of affordable housing.

  • Entrepreneurs
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