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Harrington House closes its doors

Mar 9, 2020 – SUN contributor
February 3, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Beach umbrella

Tourist tax collections 2019

Here’s a look at tourist tax collections in Anna Maria Island’s three cities. Numbers reflect the approximate change from the same month in the previous year. 2019 tourist tax collections compared t…
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June 17, 2019
By Cindy Lane
County to consider record high tourism budget

County to consider record high tourism budget

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Tourism officials voted to recommend a record $13.2 million marketing budget for the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) today for fiscal year 2020-21. The budg…
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May 14, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Unregistered Airbnb being fined $250 per day

Airbnb compliant; will not be fined

ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria has concluded that the Airbnb at 302 North Shore Drive does not have to be registered as a vacation rental because it is owner-occupied and has onsite management…
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March 26, 2019
By Cindy Lane

County collecting tourist tax from most Airbnb owners

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Manatee County Tax Collector told concerned county commissioners last week that vacation rental owners using Airbnb to rent their local properties online are paying their fair…
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February 11, 2019
By Cindy Lane
COVID-19 impact on 2020 visitation slight

Red tide down, tourism promotion up

Updated Feb. 14, 2019 – BRADENTON – Local officials are accelerating tourism promotion efforts to overcome the stigma left by red tide since it appeared in area waters in August 2018. Red tide was…
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February 1, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Manatee County seal

County plans to pursue Airbnb users for taxes

BRADENTON – Manatee County commissioners have unanimously voted to find another way to collect tourist taxes from vacation rental owners using Airbnb to rent their properties, rather than wait for a…
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February 1, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Beach umbrella

Tourist tax collections 2018

The local 5 percent tourist tax is collected from owners of accommodations rented for six months or less who charge the tax to their renters, in most cases, tourists. About 50 percent of the tax p…
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December 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Bradenton Anna Maria Island Longboat Key

New tourism initiatives address red tide challenges

ANNA MARIA – Despite red tide in area waters since early August, tourism grew in Manatee County during the fiscal year October 2017 through September 2018, according to the county’s tourism consultan…
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October 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Bradenton Anna Maria Island Longboat Key

Tourism winter cure campaign set to launch

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Manatee County’s new tourism marketing campaign will run from November through the winter tourist season to counteract the loss of visitors during the red tide bloom that began lo…
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October 2, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Red Tide SBA loans

Economic injury loans available

Greg Dawson, Public Affairs Specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Disaster Assistance Field Operations met with a group of Bradenton Beach business owners last week a…
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