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Organizers for the 2012 Republican National Convention, which officially kicked off Sunday evening, as well as hoteliers in host city Tampa are scrambling to adjust after Tropical Storm Isaac forced much of Monday s agenda to be cancelled, reported various media outlets.
A revised convention schedule shows a brief Monday session that Romney s chief convention planner said would last no more than five minutes. Mitch Zak, media director of California s delegation, said a lot of events were being reorganized because florence italy hotel best view of the storm, reports The Washington Post .
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Hoteliers in the city were expecting a healthy bump in performance because of the event. Through July, Tampa hoteliers on average were reporting a 5.1% occupancy increase to 67.8%, a 4.9% increase in average daily rate to $102.71, and a 10.2% increase in revenue per available room to $69.63, according to STR , parent company of HotelNewsNow.com.
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