As summer approaches, Florida hotels are expecting an increase in travel and tourism.
More guests are booking rooms in Hillsborough County hotels following months of low occupancy caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Florida’s tourism industry was
hit hard by the pandemic. But as Memorial Day approaches and the number of coronavirus cases falls in Florida and around the country, hotel occupancy rates are bouncing back.
Occupancy rates measure the percentage of available rooms that are occupied in a given period.
For April 2021, Hillsborough County’s rate was 72.2%. That is slightly higher than Florida as a whole (71.5) and much greater than the average for the U.S. (57.5).
Retired police officer speaks out over emergency housing destruction
13 May, 2021 06:10 PM
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Retired Rotorua policeman Phil Spackman is speaking out about living near emergency housing providers. Photo / Andrew Warner
Retired Rotorua policeman Phil Spackman is speaking out about living near emergency housing providers. Photo / Andrew Warner
Being attacked by an unregistered dog running out of an emergency housing motel was the last straw for retired Rotorua policeman Phil Spackman, who says Rotorua has been trashed . Spackman, a former senior sergeant who spent 35 years in the police and retired in 2000, said he was angry and disappointed about where Rotorua was heading and was concerned where it would end.
New Poll Shows Florida Voters Overwhelmingly Support the Seminole Gaming Compact
Respondents “Believe Improving Florida’s Economy is State’s Top Priority”
May 11, 2021 16:54 ET | Source: Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, FL, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) A new poll commissioned by the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA), in cooperation with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, shows that likely Florida voters overwhelmingly support the new Gaming Compact by more than 3:1, with
62 percent in favor and only 17 percent opposed, as it nears approval by the Florida Legislature in a Special Session beginning Monday, May 17.
Recently signed by Governor Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr., the new Gaming Compact is guaranteed to bring $2.5 billion in revenue sharing dollars to the State of Fl
New Poll Shows Florida Voters Overwhelmingly Support the Seminole Gaming Compact
05/11/2021 | 04:55pm EDT
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Tallahassee, FL, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) A new poll commissioned by the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA), in cooperation with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, shows that likely Florida voters overwhelmingly support the new Gaming Compact by more than 3:1, with
62 percent in favor and only 17 percent opposed, as it nears approval by the Florida Legislature in a Special Session beginning Monday, May 17.
Recently signed by Governor Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr., the new Gaming Compact is guaranteed to bring $2.5 billion in revenue sharing dollars to the State of Florida in its first five years and billions more in future years.
Lawyer says Rotorua s emergency housing breaches council s district plan
29 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Rotorua barrister Kevin Badcock. Photo / Kelly Makiha
Putting people in emergency housing for longer than 28 days in some Rotorua motels is breaching the city s district plan, a Rotorua barrister says. Rotorua MP Todd McClay said the lawyer s legal opinion showed the Government was trying to sweep Rotorua s homeless problem under the rug.
Rotorua Lakes Council admitted it was aware of the problem - pointing out it was not just an issue for Rotorua - but said it would not change the district plan. The council said it was working with Government agencies and ministers on a solution.