Tourism office adapts to nearly 30% budget drop

The pandemic, with all its disruption, has caused a variety of groups and businesses to work together more than ever before. Hotels, for one, have jointly lobbied for economic relief. Manufactures have created hiring and training classes, and even competing chambers of commerce and pro-business organizations are partnering on pandemic survival programs.  

'You need to be able to turn it off, turn it on and change the message fast.” Erin Duggan, Visit Sarasota County