Aug
22
2018
A recent study named Panama City Beach the best place in the U.S for people to invest in vacation rentals.
The website Rented.com just published a report on the best U.S markets for people to invest in vacation rentals. Panama...
Jul
11
2018
If 200 law enforcement responders and emergency personnel were to converge on the site of a school shooting tomorrow, a major coordinated response effort would be needed.
To foster that coordination, the Bay County government and sheriff’s office are teaming...
Jul
10
2018
Tourism officials on Tuesday approved a $2.4 million special events budget for Fiscal Year 2019 at a combined Tourist Development Council and Convention and Visitors Bureau meeting.
The total $2,455,000 special events budget came in $45,000 higher than 2018 because...
Jun
26
2018
Tourism officials were pleased with figures from this year’s SandJam — pleased enough to approve sponsoring it for three more years.
The decision was announced at a combined Tourism Development Council and Convention and Visitors Bureau meeting Tuesday.
With only three...
Jan
13
2018
The Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam has rocked the headlines of several publications in recent years, and it scored a new honor in December when Billboard Magazine named it one of the top 10 country music festivals in America.
The honor...
Jan
09
2018
A preliminary visitor profile report — presented at a combined Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) and Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau meeting on Tuesday — showed Panama City Beach is still a popular destination for visitors.
The...
Dec
14
2017
For the past few years, a multi-million dollar sports park has been in the works to break ground in Panama City Beach. At Thursday morning's Tourist Development Council meeting council members took a big step forward with the sports...
Nov
15
2017
A proposed new sports park could have a profound positive impact on the local economy on a year-round basis, new studies show.
The project also could be larger than previously thought, with the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau...
Nov
14
2017
First there was Gulf Coast Jam, then there was Spring Jam — and next year, Beach officials will introduce SandJam, a spring music festival on the sandy beach.
Tourism officials on Tuesday approved the new festival, which will replace SpringJam,...
Nov
02
2017
Tourism in September not only topped the previous year but marked the 13th straight month of growth in Panama City Beach.
Tourism officials recently announced a 13.9 percent increase in tourist development tax collections for September. Similarly, August collections were...