Beach resort gets creative to boost sales amid pandemic slowdown

Tradewinds Island Grand Resort, in St. Pete Beach, has cooked up a special program for homebound workers and students.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 10, 2020
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Courtesy. TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach has launched campaigns designed to appeal to homebound workers and students.
Courtesy. TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach has launched campaigns designed to appeal to homebound workers and students.
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The leadership of TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach isn't sitting around waiting for a coronavirus vaccine to return tourism to its pre-pandemic levels. In a classic “take the bull by the horns” move, the popular resort has created two new “remote retreat” programs designed to lure people out of their homes to a beach getaway. 

Courtesy. Tradewinds Island Resorts Managing Director Bob LaCasse.
Courtesy. Tradewinds Island Resorts Managing Director Bob LaCasse.

 

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