Visitors to Hillsborough County paid more than $2.41 million in hotel bed taxes in June, up nearly 8 percent compared to the same month last year and a new record. With 2 months left in the budget year, click here to read more about how 2018 is breaking all of the records!
The red tide algae bloom that has been lingering along southwest Florida's shoreline may move even further along the coast, causing even more of an impact to businesses on the beachfront. To find out how more on this year's bloom, Click Here!
Members of the Society of American Travel Writers and other travelers who’ve circled the globe dozens of times shared their best tips on how to make the best of a long layover, whether you want to relax, work or go sightseeing. For a link to these suggestions for your next long layover, Click Here.
The Tampa Bay market is lacking upper-scale, luxury hotels — posing great potential for other hoteliers and investors. To read more in Veronica Brezina-Smith's insightful article, Click Here!
The hospitality industry is on an epic run, and while hoteliers can’t help but wonder how long this unusually long-lasting economic recovery will keep going, the outlook appears bright at least for the next year or two. For a few takeaways from the Hillsborough County Hotel & Motel Association’s annual forum on industry trends [...]
The July Edition of the Community with HART Newsletter is available Here!
The Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina opened in 2000 as a showpiece for the city, so how much updating could it really use? To find out the exciting changes they have planned, Click Here!
HART'S NEW ROUTE 275LX LAUNCHES JULY 1 Route 275LX provides regional connectivity between Hillsborough and Pasco counties To read more about this exciting new route Click Here!
Inside these restaurants, it’s evident that the forces making this one of the most expensive cities in America are subtly altering the economics of everything. Commercial rents have gone up. Labor costs have soared. And restaurant workers, many of them priced out by the expense of housing, have been moving away. To Find out more [...]
TAMPA — Norwegian Airlines announced Monday it will start direct flights twice a week between Tampa International Airport and London’s Gatwick Airport effective Oct. 31, giving TIA another highly prized international flight. For more information on these direct flights, Click Here!