A project like the Trump Tower is really important for other reasons, too, because of the name and the brand and what it means for Tampa. When Donald came here last February and announced this with great fanfare and said they'd be breaking ground in a few weeks, they thought it would happen sooner than it did. |
Interest rates are creeping up and some might say that this is more realistic that it's more normal. A market that's not too hot, not too cold and it's in a safe range. |
The combination of combining business trips with leisure so that business people can come and they can bring their families and if room rates are low and affordable then that what's makes Tampa-St. Pete a place to come and the reason it showed up on this survey. |