WestShore Plaza owner may change WestShore Plaza could have a new owner soon. Current owner Glimcher Realty Trust is close to a deal to sell a 60 percent stake in WestShore and one other mall to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $195 million, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources. ...more

November 4, 2009

A bitter family feud has erupted in Florida over the estate of the slain son of the founder of the lavish Fontainebleau Hotel. ...more

October 8, 2009

The Moose are coming to Tampa, with the promise of 3,000 visitors expected to account for the sale of 17,500 hotel room nights in June 2012. ...more

August 7, 2009

An 18-year-old Lutz man was arrested on rape charges over the weekend after he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl who was taking a shower in his hotel room in Treasure Island. ...more

July 27, 2009

Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. ...more

July 5, 2009

The annual summer convention of the Church of God in Christ will draw 12,000 people to Tampa from Monday through July 3, resulting in the sale of 12,000 hotel room nights to out-of-town visitors, Tampa Bay & Co. reported. ...more

June 24, 2009

Hillsborough County's hotel room supply rose 8.1 percent in March to nearly 22,000 compared with a year ago, but demand was down 9.3 percent to 419,248 rooms sold, a report by Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, Tenn., showed. ...more

May 11, 2009

Tampa has been invited to submit bids to host World Cup soccer tournament matches in 2018 or in 2022. Tampa also has been invited to submit bids for WrestleMania between 2011 and 2014. ...more

April 24, 2009

Tampa has been invited to submit bids to host World Cup Soccer tournament matches in 2018 or in 2022. Tampa also has been invited to submit bids for WrestleMania between 2011 and 2014. ...more

April 23, 2009

U.S. Marshals, who had tracked a homicide suspect from the Florida Panhandle to Tampa, opened fire on the man outside a hotel this morning, after he drew a handgun on officers, authorities said. ...more

April 21, 2009