By Rob Johnson on June 15, 2016
Adventures Unlimited, bed taxes, bed-tax revenue, District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole, District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson, economic impact, Florida Sports Foundation, Jack Sanborn, Julie Morgan, Liz Horton, Milton, northwest florida, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, SRC, TDC, Tough Mudder Inc., Tough Mudder participants, tourism, tourism dollars, Tourist Development Countil, tourists, University of West Florida's Haas Center for Business Research, Vernon Compton, Wyndham Vacation Rentals
Headlines, Tough Mudder
Disappointing bed-tax revenue in April, when Tough Mudder Inc.’s two-day event near Milton was expected to give the Santa Rosa County numbers a bump, is prompting tourism industry leaders to reconsider the financial incentives promised to the New York company. County commissioners voted last November to pay Tough Mudder $110,000, including $80,000 from bed taxes, […]
By Rob Johnson on May 25, 2016
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Headlines
Tinkering with the nuts and bolts of their sales tax appeal to voters scheduled for the Aug. 30 ballot, county commissioners are trying to make it fly as they keep getting flak from the idea’s critics. Only 10 days before the deadline to submit the proposal to the county elections office, commissioners finally decided on […]
By Rob Johnson on December 24, 2015
Adventures Unlimited, advertising, approval, bed tax money, commission, condominiums, controversial contracts, costs, discount rooms, economic impact, escambia county, expenses, fees, final contract, financial demands, financial support, Hoteliers, Hotels, Jack Sanborn, Kate Fitzpatrick, Liz Horton, Lodging demands, Milton, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Negotiable, North Santa Rosa, Okaloosa County, overnight stays, revenue, Rob Williamson, room managers, Santa Rosa County, santa rosa county tourism development council, South Santa Rosa, Tax dollars, taxpayers, TDC, Tough Mudder, tourism, tourism industry leaders, tourists, Wyndham Vacation Rentals
Events, Santa Rosa County, Tough Mudder
Tough Mudder Inc. blinked. Under questioning from a prospective lodging “partner” about the company’s recent financial demands in return for promoting Santa Rosa County overnight stays at its event scheduled here next April, a company executive now says its fees are negotiable. A month after sending out controversial contracts to area hotels and condominium managers […]
