Tampa Hotels Over Flowing
Travelers visiting Tampa in early March ran into an unexpected problem. Which was not a problem at all in the eyes of the owners of Tampa luxury hotels . Many hotels, particularly those in the Westshore Business District and downtown districts, had to put up “no vacancy” signs and turn away customers. This comes at a critical time for Tampa’s tourism as previous years have had a lull thanks to the economic crash a few years back. After this Spring’s boom in tourism one can only imagine how positive the summer outlook is for tourism in Tampa.
Vehicles clogged damp streets and highways that Friday afternoon as hotel lobbies filled with travelers in search of a room for the weekend. Those in search of rooms were expected to find them farther from the center of town. Hotels as far out as Rocky Point even reported full occupancy and turning away customers.
Many things attributed to the sudden tourism boom Tampa experienced. These events ranged from jazz singer Michael Buble’s concert Saturday night at the St. Pete Times Forum to the 35th annual scientific meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology on March 13th through 18th. Not to mention the fact Spring Break was in high gear or the fact there were Major League Baseball’s spring training games and other athletic events.
Buble’s currently celebrating his American CD release of his album “Crazy Love” with his Crazy Love tour. His performance was virtually sold out with Roughly 100 of the 15,000 seats for his concert left empty on Friday afternoon. A Canadian singer-songwriter and actor, Buble’s has won several awards, including multiple Juno Awards and two Grammy Awards. His songs have a upbeat and romantic feel that’s unique to his style I’m fairly certain those seats were only empty because the doors closed before that last hundred fans could get checked into a hotel.
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