TourismInternational air travel is down. Can rapid COVID-19 tests resurrect it in the Caribbean?Updated October 8, 2020 at 10:49 AM
TourismRoyal Caribbean cancels cruises until December, likely to start with ‘test cruises’Updated October 7, 2020 at 6:36 AM
TourismManatee County missing international visitors during COVID-19. And they are missing usOctober 7, 2020 at 5:00 AM
Tourism‘A bump in the road’: Cruise CEOs confident cruises will resume in U.S. in 2020Updated October 6, 2020 at 5:08 PM
TourismCruising is on the ballot in Key West this year. Will voters reject big ships?Updated October 6, 2020 at 10:19 AM
TourismNorwegian Cruise Line cancels cruises until December after CDC no-sail order extendedUpdated October 6, 2020 at 8:01 AM
TourismCarnival picks PortMiami for November cruise restart after CDC no-sail order shortenedUpdated October 5, 2020 at 3:54 PM
EntertainmentFocus on Manatee | Celebrating the arts and humanities in the Bradenton areaOctober 5, 2020 at 5:00 AM
TourismCDC wanted to ban cruises until February 2021. Then the White House intervened.Updated October 1, 2020 at 10:49 AM
TourismReturn of snowbirds to Bradenton may be later this year because of COVID-19 pandemicUpdated October 1, 2020 at 7:44 AM
Tourism28,000 Disney workers will be laid off as its theme parks struggle amid coronavirusUpdated September 29, 2020 at 7:28 PM
LocalManatee commits $5 million to new Mote aquarium. Tourists are the ones paying for itSeptember 29, 2020 at 4:06 PM
Politics & GovernmentNo more rum or tobacco, nor hotel stays. Trump imposes new sanctions on CubaUpdated September 23, 2020 at 5:22 PM
TourismCarnival to ditch 18 ships in total as U.S. cruises remain banned amid COVID-19 pandemicUpdated September 15, 2020 at 4:53 PM
TourismSRQ airport passenger traffic struggling to get back to half what it was in 2019September 11, 2020 at 11:35 AM
TourismFlorida’s tourism-marketing agency wants Floridians to become in-state travelersUpdated September 3, 2020 at 10:36 AM
FloridaA Hilton resort in Fort Lauderdale uses bright lights. It may have killed sea turtlesUpdated August 30, 2020 at 2:51 PM
TourismDeSantis says air travel is safe from COVID-19, but expert warns of danger in airportsUpdated August 28, 2020 at 9:13 PM
TourismAllegiant adding flights from SRQ to this big city. You can fly it for as low as $39Updated August 27, 2020 at 8:59 AM