Posts Tagged ‘BP’

Oil strategies for tourism industry eyed

The new Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau director urged tourism operators last week to keep beating the drum with the message that the beaches are clean and Anna Maria Island is open for business. With $79,000 in lost revenue and 422 lost room nights reported to the bureau by the local tourism industry since [...] Read more

Tourism board to request BP funds

In an effort to boost tourism, Manatee County will request $600,000 from BP to market the area as oil-free. “The only oil down here is suntan oil,” said Larry White, who is retiring from the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau this week. He announced the request last week after Pinellas County requested $2 million, [...] Read more

Whitney Beach Plaza under contract

Whitney Beach Plaza is under contract. In breaking news, the four-acre Whitney Beach Plaza on Longboat’s northern end is under contract by an Atlanta-based developer, according to Engels Volkers Realtor Tina Rudek. Rudek, the listing agent, said the buyer’s due diligence period closes at the end of July, and that the developer’s identity must remain [...] Read more

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