The Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa is scheduled to open in mid-January, and reservations are being accepted for stays that will begin on Feb. 1, a Hyatt spokeswoman said. ...more

November 20, 2009

Demand for Hillsborough County hotel rooms rose for the second consecutive month, with a 6.3 percent gain in September, compared with a year ago, to 298,436 rooms rented, says Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, Tenn. ...more

November 12, 2009

More travelers plan to fly during December's holidays this year than last, with about the same number flying over Thanksgiving, a TripAdvisor survey of 1,300 people found. ...more

November 7, 2009

Motorists traveling on interstates 275 and 175 through St. Petersburg tonight, Thursday and early Friday morning will encounter lane closures, the Florida Department of Transportation said. ...more

October 28, 2009

Southwest Airlines is offering a sale through Thursday, with one-way fares as low as $25 between Tampa and Fort Lauderdale; $50 between Tampa and Birmingham, Ala.; $75 between Tampa and Philadelphia; and $100 between Tampa and Boston. ...more

October 28, 2009

Today's TECO Streetcar Fest offers 5-cent rides on the downtown streetcar line, along with free lunch certificates for children at Centro Ybor, tours of the Ybor Station streetcar barn and other activities. ...more

October 10, 2009

The federal government has awarded a $5.3 million grant for dredging 70 miles of channels in Tampa Harbor and $472,000 to widen a portion of the main Tampa channel to create a passing lane for ships through the Port of Tampa, U.S. Rep Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, said Friday. ...more

October 3, 2009

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority has installed a record 104 shelters at bus stops this year throughout the county and has plans to add another 50 in the coming months. ...more

September 22, 2009

I didn't care much for the Senator's politics, but in all fairness, my eulogy of him would sound something like this: ...more

September 6, 2009

The number of overnight visitors to Pinellas County in June dropped 8.3 percent, compared with the year-ago figure, to 510,300, the county's tourism consultant reported. ...more

September 2, 2009