Hospitality & Tourism

In announcing plans to develop a new hotel — in the midst of a pandemic that has ravaged the...

The Wisconsin Center District has eliminated more staff and trimmed back the hours of others still on the payroll to partly make up for the big losses the district is seeing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mass cancellation of events.

The plans announced Wednesday by the Milwaukee Bucks for a 230-room luxury boutique hotel to be built just north of Fiserv Forum is the first of two hotels the Bucks hope to attract to the team's Deer District development area around the arena.

Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines announced Tuesday that it will add seasonal nonstop service between Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and Miami.

Summerfest 2021 will be held over three consecutive weekends, the festival’s operator announced Thursday. 

The virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention wrapped Thursday night with a scene quite different from what downtown Milwaukee had looked like most of the week.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers opened the third night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention Wednesday as the only state elected official to appear during the two-hour primetime program.

The second night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention brought Milwaukee slightly more air time than the first.

The new Renaissance Milwaukee West hotel and adjacent restaurant Eldr+Rime opened to the public Thursday on North Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa. 

Downtown Milwaukee hotels felt the continued effects of COVID-19 in July, during what is normally the busiest month of the year for the market.