Oct
11
2017
Beach tourism officials on Tuesday approved the Tourist Development Council’s 2018 Marketing Plan, which includes a strategy for disbursing information during a crisis or disaster, and sent it on to the Bay County Commission for final approval.
The plan was...
Aug
31
2017
Reservations at many hotels are up this Labor Day weekend over last year’s holiday, capping a solid summer season in which bed tax collections continued to rise each month.
Bay Tourist Development Council (TDC) Chairman Philip “Griff” Griffitts, whose family...
Mar
13
2017
"We want people to feel like they belong here," said Mary Winslow, the group account director for Luckie advertising.
A new online campaign to advertise the Beach year round was endorsed Monday by the Bay Tourist Development Council (TDC).
The council...
Feb
27
2017
The beaches were sparsely populated Monday and spring breakers were not out in any significant numbers.
Brian Nelms only had a handful of customers Monday at the California Cycles scooter rental business in the Shoppes At Edgewater.
Although March doesn't begin...
Feb
15
2017
For the first time this year, the TDC held an education session before the networking event, informing business owners of the current state of the industry and giving an update on the new sports park.
Sports is big business in...
Jan
11
2017
Planning is in its final stages, and the Bay County Commission recently approved a master bond resolution that will allow the county to get a better rate on the bonds that will finance most of the park, estimated to...
Jan
07
2017
Laketown Wharf Resort is constructing 28,000 square feet of convention center space below its parking garage for the concerts, the first of which already have been booked and are scheduled to perform this Spring Break.
A Beach resort feeling the...
Dec
22
2016
The Tourist Development Council's investment in sports and athletic events is paying dividends, as Panama City Beach recently was named a 2017 Top Sports Vacation Spot by Sports Events Media Group.
The city edged out about two dozen other destinations...
Dec
13
2016
Guten abend! That's good evening in German and it's a phrase the Tourist Development Council hopes to hear more of in the future.
At Tuesday's TDC meeting, staff members presented the impact the impact international tourism has on Panama City...
Sep
22
2016
A new boat show, a second annual Emerald Coast Cruizin' car show, and the wine and gourmet show "UNwineD" are on the docket at Aaron Bessant Park in March 2017.
Three “city-sponsored” events — but no others — will be...