The first 2023 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, May 27, 2023, and ends on Friday, June 9, 2023. A second Disaster Preparedness Holiday begins on Saturday, August 26, 2023, and ends on Friday, September 8, 2023. During these sales tax holiday periods, tax is not due on the retail sale of eligible items related to disaster preparedness.

 Corporate Executive Chef and Partner Gregg McCarthy is excited to welcome Arturo Paz to The Grand Marlin Pensacola Beach as Executive Chef. This dynamic duo is looking forward to further developing and building upon their new culinary partnership.

Tourism is vital to the wellbeing of Escambia County’s economy. Florida’s tourism market is under attack and Visit Pensacola needs your help to protect this important economic engine. Recently, the Florida House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee introduced and passed a far-reaching Committee Bill (HB7053) that has been labeled as the most significant attack on Florida’s tourism industry ever proposed. If passed, this bill will negatively impact tourism and tourism-related entities by stripping away both the state and local community’s ability to effectively promote its tourist destinations. We need your help to prevent this bill from becoming a law.