Travel & Recreation

Brightline’s announcement Friday that it would rebrand as Virgin Trains USA was followed Monday by an SEC registration for an initial public stock offering. Blanks for the price and size of the offering weren’t filled in on the SEC S1 registration, but shares will trade on NASDAQ under the symbol VTUS. The book runners for

The vision of a four-hour high-speed rail trip from Tampa to Miami is becoming closer to reality. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn gave strong support for the expansion of Brightline’s service to Tampa during a tour of the rail service’s sprawling MiamiCentral station complex. He was accompanied by an array of business leaders from the Tampa

Photo by Rod Millington My downtown St. Petersburg neighbor Roger Dow is a globetrotter. I love running into him unexpectedly, at an outdoor café on Beach Drive, and listening to him describe his worldwide travels. In fact, he’s my travel hero.  As the CEO and president of the U.S. Travel Association, his Washington, D.C.-based organization

Santiago Corrada is the president and chief executive officer of Visit Tampa Bay, the economic development organization responsible for tourism development in Hillsborough County. The nonprofit works with 800 partners to tell the world the story of Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay’s tourism industry generated more than $600 million in hotel revenue in calendar year 2017.

LIGHTS. CAMERAS. CANNES. The 69th annual Cannes Film Festival (Festival De Cannes) takes place every May on the French Riviera. Crowded and crazy with fans and super stars, this French vacation destination satisfies the movie cravings for sure. Fans gather from around the world annually, motivated by one common love: film. Fly to Nice and