#SCEconomy: A Perfect Storm Brewing?
PALMETTO PROBLEMS … We’ve been doing our best these days to simply call things as we see them … and not go overboard with the...
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Myrtle Beach Mayor’s Race: Ready To Rumble?
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CHALLENGER SET TO ANNOUNCE Two months ago we reported on the possibility that Myrtle Beach, S.C. businesswoman Brenda Bethune (a.k.a. Brenda Spadoni) would run for mayor...
SC Tourism Snapshot
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SOLID APRIL DATA … South Carolina’s tourism industry grew by double digits during the month of April – according to the government agency that serves as...
Strong Memorial Day Travel Projections
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SOLID SUMMER START? Summer doesn’t start for another three-and-a-half weeks, but the summer tourism season officially kicked off this Memorial Day weekend. Will it be...
Myrtle Beach Police Chief Steps Down
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AMIDST “BLACK BIKE WEEK …” The chief of police of the city of Myrtle Beach, S.C. abruptly announced his retirement just days before one of...
2016 Tourism Tax Data: Modest Uptick
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GOOD, NOT GREAT NEWS FOR GRAND STRAND … Earlier this year we submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the S.C. Department of...
SC Coastal Tax Data: Mixed Bag
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REVENUE UP MODESTLY … PICTURE INCOMPLETE There’s a battle raging in Myrtle Beach, S.C. between taxpayer-subsidized tourism leaders and government watchdogs over just how many...
Myrtle Beach Mayor Headed Back To China
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SERIOUS QUESTIONS SURROUND LATEST TAXPAYER-FUNDED VISIT … With concerns escalating over the status of Chinese investments along the South Carolina coast, Myrtle Beach, S.C. mayor John Rhodes is...
Report: Myrtle Beach Down 2 Million Tourists
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NOT-SO-GRAND STRAND? Myrtle Beach, S.C. will see a dramatic drop-off in tourism in 2016, according to a coastal watchdog website. MyrtleBeachSC.com is reporting that the...
Is The Myrtle Beach “China Connection” Collapsing?
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GOLF COURSE CLOSURE PROMPTS CONCERNS … We wrote a few months ago on some troubling developments regarding the flood of Chinese investment along South Carolina’s...