Visit Pensacola CEP Darren Schaefer is excited for the Sun Belt Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to begin this week. “Starting Wednesday, we will have 12 men’s teams and 12 women’s…
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Real News podcast: More college sports coming to Pensacola
Visit Pensacola and tourism has a record-shattering year in FY 2021. CEO Darren Schaefer shared at yesterday’s annual meeting that Escambia County set records in average daily rates (ADR), occupancy, and tourism development…
Childers still upset about audit of how she handles bed tax
Escambia County Clerk of Court Pam Childers is upset that Tourist Development Council chair David Bear has asked for the Florida Auditor General to conduct an independent audit of the TDC expenditures….
COVID-19: Business updates
The Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has established the Economic Reset Working Group to provide the business community with current and relevant information and resources to assist them in their recovery efforts….
Visit Pensacola hires new CEO
As we reported yesterday: Press Release: Visit Pensacola announced today that Darien Schaefer will be its next President/CEO. Schaefer and the organization reached an agreement and the Board of Directors held a…
TDC: Coronavirus hurting tourism
This morning the Florida Department of Health hosted its first weekly conference call with its private sector and tourism partners (Emergency Support Function #18) to disseminate the most up-to-date information regarding COVID-19….
Breaking News: Visit Pensacola CEO candidate turns down job
Pamela Johnson has declined the Visit Pensacola CEO job due to personal/family reasons. Johnson had been recommended for the position after a nationwide search. She has worked at the Lee County Convention…
Visit Pensacola on coronavirus
We received a press release from Visit Pensacola at 4:32 p.m. Thursday, March 5. The email repeated the general information about the virus–which points to why our newspaper felt it so important…
Tourism grants announced
Visit Pensacola is pleased to announce its 2020 grant recipients for events taking place between May 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2020. Twice a year, Visit Pensacola allocates funds from its annual…
Visit Pensacola committee picks CEO
Press release: The Visit Pensacola search committee has recommended Pamela Johnson as the next president/ CEO of the organization to the Visit Pensacola Board of Directors. Following the recommendation, the board of…
Tourism grant deadline approaches
The Visit Pensacola Event Grant submission deadline for events occurring May 1 – Sept. 30, 2020 is 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11. No applications will be accepted after this time. The grant committee will meet…
Visit Pensacola Prez packs bags for St. Pete/Clearwater
Steve Hayes, President of Visit Pensacola announced today he has accepted the position of President & CEO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater in Pinellas County. “I am very proud of our team at…