What's Happening in the UTB

The new Visit Florida President and CEO is taking his job seriously with numerous changes in transparency. They have also just issued this excellent report on how tourism impacts various segments of our economy from air travel and local transportation spending through facilities, restaurants, recreation and retail. Take a look. Interesting stuff you can use.

School venues, office buildings, and large shopping centers are endowed with panic bars on the main access doors. They are an incredibly important addition to building security that will serve their purpose in case of an emergency. These bars are made of metal and they are fitted horizontally across the inside of a door. When…

PSTA is introducing a new county-wide transit improvement service called DirectConnect.  DirectConnect allows riders to get Uber, United Taxi or Wheelchair Transport rides to and from designated bus stops for as little as one dollar each way.  The program is designed to make riding PSTA easier by offering affordable rides to and from certain stops…

Starting a successful business is definitely one of the most stressful and daunting tasks you might plan on taking. Unless you own the secret recipe to success, chances are you will struggle a pretty long way before you will get to taste the desired results. But one of the things that you simply cannot ignore,…