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Post-Irma, Tampa Bay makes a splash with IBEX 2017
September 21, 2017
Marine manufacturers host strongest opening day ever on Tampa Bay waterfront TAMPA, FL (September 21, 2017) – A week after Hurricane Irma passed over Florida, Visit Tampa Bay showed it was open...
Visitors pump $6 billion into Tampa Bay economy in 2016
September 14, 2017
Overnight, international trips drive seventh annual rise in tourism impacts TAMPA (September 14, 2017) – Visitors pumped nearly $6 billion into Tampa Bay’s economy in 2016, helping...
Tampa Bay open for business after Irma
September 13, 2017
Irma is gone. And she left behind very little damage to Tampa Bay. So now's the time enjoy the beautiful weather that followed Irma into town. Take your mind off the past week (and keep...
La vida normal vuelve at Tampa Bay tras Irma
September 12, 2017
De Santiago Corrada, presidente y CEO de Visit Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay fue afortunado y no sentió un golpe directo por Irma. Estamos preparados a ayudar otras áreas que sufrieron...
Undamaged by Irma, Tampa Bay is back in business
September 12, 2017
TAMPA (September 15, 2017) | With minimal damage from Hurricane Irma, Tampa Bay’s convention industry is back in business. All hotels reopened within 48 hours of the storm, as did Tampa...
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. chooses Tampa Bay for 2020 Conclave
August 30, 2017
TAMPA (August 29, 2017) – Visit Tampa Bay is proud to announce that Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. will hold its biennial conclave in Tampa Bay in July 2020. The national conclave will be a first...
Nine months into FY17, tourism revenue beats all of FY2014
July 13, 2017
7 of the past 9 months recorded record bed-tax revenues TAMPA (July 12, 2017) – With three months left in its 2017 budget year, Visit Tampa Bay is reporting $23.75 million in Tourist Development...
Put Tampa Bay at Your Fingertips
June 20, 2017
These apps make visiting Florida’s most diverse destination even easier Packing your smart phone for your trip to Tampa Bay? (Who are we kidding -- of course you are!) Keep Florida's most...
Tampa Bay tourism industry fights hunger in the community
June 16, 2017
“Tourism Gives Back” food-raiser makes 35,000 meals for local families TAMPA (June 16, 2017) – Thousands of Tampa Bay-area families will have food on their tables this...
Taste of Tampa Bay’s Cuban history on the menu for Divine Nine summit
June 5, 2017
Tampa Cuban dishes were on the menu when the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Presidents’ Divine Nine – the leaders of the country’s nine international historically Black...