Proposed Carmel film and music festival could lose city backing
The Carmel City Council might force organizers of a proposed film and music festival to find funding elsewhere if they insist on holding it in May 2021.
The Carmel City Council might force organizers of a proposed film and music festival to find funding elsewhere if they insist on holding it in May 2021.
St. Louis-based Sugarfire Smoke House has closed its downtown Indianapolis restaurant following ongoing issues with the building’s landlord.
American Airlines said it will aggressively add back flights in July, while United Airlines also announced plans to add back flights, while taking a more cautious approach.
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With no new business in April and downtown hotel occupancy stuck below 8% since late March, the agency overseeing the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium has seen revenue crater.
For Indianapolis to return to economic normalcy, we must work harder than ever to mend our differences, address long-neglected problems and coalesce around an inclusive, strategic plan for renewed growth.
The one-two punch of the pandemic and protest-related violence raises questions about whether downtown can recover. Experts and community leaders say yes—but only with concerted effort and strong leadership.
The coronavirus pandemic has made many consumers cautious of air travel, cruise ships and hotels, and they now see RVs as a safer mode of travel and better vacation alternative.
The Indianapolis City-County Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday night to consider the proposal.
Hotels see cleaning standards as a way to soothe jittery guests—and possibly win back business from rivals like home-sharing companies like Airbnb.
More than 129,000 people had signed up to attend the International Manufacturing Technology Show, making it the largest convention scheduled for the city this year.
Indiana received more than $30 million in the latest round of federal funding, on top of $23.8 million it was allocated in January.
Mel Rojas Jr. was born here and played for the Indians at Victory Field. Now he’s thriving in the KBO League, the only one on the planet playing baseball.
Carmel outdoor shopping center Clay Terrace has two sizable restaurant spaces to fill after the closures of Mitchell’s Fish Market and Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano.
With business and air travel barely breathing, hotel companies are betting on the leisure traveler as a short-term strategy for survival.
From Walt Disney World in Florida to Holiday World in Indiana, amusement parks are taking all kinds of steps to reassure the public and government leaders that they’re safe to visit amid the coronavirus crisis.
Whether you’re wishing you were at a wilderness cabin, the beach or an exotic passport destination, designers and retailers are offering clever ways to bring the world into your quarantined home space.
States and municipalities throughout the country are expected to miss out on about $16.8 billion in taxes this year because of the pandemic’s impact on the hospitality industry, a new study says.
The company, whose largest business is medical devices, generated $2.4 billion in revenue last year and employs 13,531 people worldwide, including 7,699 in Indiana.
Economists are struggling to understand how bad the fallout might get and how long it might take to recover.