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Up until recently, the Courtyard by Marriott Iowa City-University Heights located at 901 Melrose Ave was planned to be newly open to guests on Thursday, May 27. One final delay from Marriott now places the opening on Thursday, June 3, almost exactly two years after University Heights first hotel broke ground.
“The city council awarded the certificate of occupancy on Thursday, May 20 . everything had to be reviewed before the city could issue this, said University Heights mayor Louise From. “It’s just so exciting, the day is coming and I can’t wait until everyone can come see it.”
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The staff at one of the tourist information centers in the Pocono Mountains region in Pennsylvania have not been this busy for a long time now. The phone seems to be ringing off the hook, with vacationers looking for recommendations regarding attractions, restaurants and lodging opportunities. “We haven’t had such a busy May here for quite a while,” told us Matt from the center. “We knew people would be ecstatic after this rough COVID-19 year, but we didn’t know it would be this crazy.”
The tourism and hospitality sector has had an indisputably bumpy ride in the past year. With international travel being limited, and with restrictions and lockdowns affecting domestic tourism, it was unclear for many in the business how they would survive this rough period. Nowadays, though, it seems for those hotel companies that were strong enough to make it through the pandemic, there’s
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The Marco Cruise Club recently took a trip southward to Marathon Key for three nights of spring fun and fishing.
Eight boats made the journey from Marco Island to Marathon, berthing at Faro Blanco Yacht Club & Resort for three nights.
The group, which consisted of 38 MCC members and their family members, included a poolside welcome reception at the Marriott Courtyard, mixing cocktails with a bit of fun in the form of game such as musical chairs, MCC member Rosemary Harty was fastest in the game: “I hadn’t played musical chairs since I was a kid,” she said with a laugh.