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Scott PowersJune 23, 2017

Orlando is readying a pitch to attract the 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game but organizers could need $350,000 in backing from public funds and if they get that they’ll have to do it Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs‘ way. At Friday’s Tourist Development Council meeting, which Jacobs chairs, she lashed out at organizers for […]

Scott PowersDecember 2, 2016

The horrific Pulse nightclub massacre, the specter of Zika virus, and the uncertainty of politics and national policies aren’t slowing down tourists coming to Orlando. At least not enough to hurt. The Orange County Tourist Development Council received sparkling reports Tuesday showing record receipts from tourist taxes in the past fiscal year and forecasts that […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2016

A bill the Jacksonville City Council will consider Tuesday makes real changes to the Tourist Development Plan for the first time since Hans Tanzler was mayor. The Tourist Development Council had its say on the measure Thursday. However, Council President Lori Boyer did most of the talking. Boyer noted there was “some consternation” among TDC board members about the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

On Wednesday, the Finance Committee of the Jacksonville City Council became the third and final committee to approve revisions to the Tourist Development Council schematic. The bill was approved 5-1, with Aaron Bowman in dissent. A sticking point in committees in previous days was a provision in the bill that the current and most recent council […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2016

Jacksonville has changed a lot since the late 1970s. But the city’s tourist development plan remains as it was when originally implemented almost 40 years ago. With that in mind, Council President Lori Boyer brought forth a bill Monday morning to the Neighborhoods, Community Investments, and Services Committee with some revisions to charter language regarding the […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs may be looking for a way out of the corner she’s painted into involving the multi-faceted controversy over the county’s robust tourist tax. The mayor is calling a joint meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Tourist Development Council with the prospect she’ll be seeking a path […]

Scott PowersApril 15, 2016

Mayor Teresa Jacobs‘ rift with key leaders of Orange County’s tourism industry over the future of the county tourism tax is spilling into her biggest speech of the year, her upcoming State Of The County Address. Jacobs reportedly has stripped Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association Chairman Richard Maladecki of his master-of-ceremony role, even though the hotel […]

Tag: Tourist Development Council
Las Vegas Strip transforms into a Grand Prix.

Orlando may make pitch for 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game

Orange County and Orlando get rosy tourist numbers, forecasts

Duval TDC discusses revisions to Tourist Development Plan

Duval County TDC tweaks clear final Jacksonville City Council committee

Jacksonville council panel OKs revision of tourist development plan

Teresa Jacobs looking to reopen tourism tax discussions at special meeting

Teresa Jacobs’ spat with tourism industry spilling into state of county speech planning