Hospitality Insurance Agency to Attend 2012 Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas

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Hospitality Insurance Agency to Attend 2012 Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas

TAMPA, FL – January 5, 2012 – The Hospitality Insurance Agency, with offices in Tampa Bay and Las Vegas, are pleased to announce that they will be attending the 2012 Nightclub & Bar show in Las Vegas, NV. The show will take place from March 12-14 and will be at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Nightclub and Bar Show is one of the largest restaurant and hospitality industry trade shows in the United States. Visit the Hospitality Insurance Agency at booth number 138 to meet with one of our experienced insurance professionals to discuss all of your hospitality insurance needs.

We are pleased to offer attendees the opportunity to meet Robert “Pike” Barber, Founder and President of Hospitality Insurance Agency. Come meet Pike and learn how he can personally assist you in designing the perfect insurance package for your business’ needs. Discover why Hospitality Insurance Agency is the one place that not only understands your industry, but more importantly, understands why and how it needs to be protected.

Hospitality Insurance Agency is a leading hospitality and entertainment insurance broker providing insurance coverage and services for the hospitality industry including nightclubs, bars, gentleman’s clubs, hotels & motels and restaurants.

For more information about Hospitality Insurance, visit our website at http://www.hospitalityia.com or call us directly at 800-940-9387.

About Hospitality Insurance Agency
The Hospitality Insurance Agency has been serving the public since 1948. That’s three generations of providing the utmost in professional insurance advice and service to every sector of the hospitality industry. We base our relationships upon trust, honesty and mutual respect. It is an adherence to those values along with vast knowledge, stability and expertise that has guaranteed client satisfaction for a combined total of over 100 years.

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Hospitality Insurance Agency Receives 2011 Best of Oldsmar Award

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Hospitality Insurance Agency Receives 2011 Best of Oldsmar Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

NEW YORK, NY, December 14, 2011 — Hospitality Insurance Agency has been selected for the 2011 Best of Oldsmar Award in the Business Insurance category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association

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Florida’s Minimum Wage set to rise on Jan 1st

By PETER BERNARD | News Channel 8
Published: October 18, 2011
Updated: October 18, 2011 – 5:32 AM
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ST. PETERSBURG –

Florida’s minimum wage is set to rise as the ball drops in Times Square.

Starting January 1, employers in Florida must pay workers $7.67 an hour, up from $7.31. Tipped employees, such as restaurant servers, will see their wage go from $4.29 an hour, to $4.67. The new rates will mean an extra $14.40 per week for someone who works 40 hours.

Courtney Christie, who works part time at “Three Birds Tavern” on 4th Street North in St. Petersburg, said the new wage rate won’t change her paycheck by much.

“It’s not that big of a difference. So I mean it probably won’t change a lot,” she said. “But more is better than less.”

Christie said her tips far surpass the money she makes in wages.

Restaurant co-owner Robin King said the wage boost is appropriate for her servers and bar employees. But she warns that when it comes time to set menu prices, the minimum wage boost will be taken into consideration.

“We feel like it’s our responsibility to keep our pencils sharpened to keep the prices as tight as we possibly can and approachable for the customers.” King said. “But we also ask the customers to keep in mind that everything’s going up for us, too.”

Casino’s Coming to Florida??

Douglas C. Lyons Sun Sentinel Senior Editorial Writer

October 22, 2011

Somewhere deep, deep, deep in the bowels of our state capitol, someone should be making space for the commemorative busts of two state lawmakers, one of them Broward County’s very own Ellyn Bogdanoff. The Fort Lauderdale Republican is poised to become a significant “job creator.”

If you believe the hype coming out of the GOP, government doesn’t create jobs, but Bogdanoff and fellow Republican state Rep. Erik Fressen, R-Miami, didn’t get the memo. The two are putting the finishing touches on an omnibus gambling bill that, in the words of one veteran capitol staffer, ” … is the biggest money bill the Legislature’s seen in perhaps 20 years.”

The promise of heavy duty lobbying — more importantly the campaign contributions that come with it — hangs over the capitol like pollen in the springtime. Odds are the bill stalls in the Florida House its first time out, but the beauty is that passage will take time — at least two, possibly three years before lawmakers make destination casinos in Florida a reality. Talk about a stimulus package.

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The bill is expected to allow three new Las Vegas-styled casinos to open in Broward and Miami- Dade counties. It also creates a new government bureaucracy to regulate them. It’s the second major gambling bill, joining one filed by state Sens. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach and Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, that allows five Las Vegas-styled casino hotels spaced across the state.
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The stakes are huge. Genting East Coast USA Inc., a subsidiary of the Malaysia-based casino group, anounced plans to build a $3.5 billion resort in Miami, and the Las Vegas Sands Corp. is also eyeing Miami for a new resort. Both firms believe casino gambling will boost employment in South Florida and cement the region’s stature as a bona fide tourist destination.

Still, the salivating right now is taking place in the halls of the state capitol.

To pass legislation like the one our two South Florida Republicans are carrying, you need lobbyists, lots of lobbyists. There also will be work for attorneys to make sure any amendments, changes and tweaks pass legal muster, and how could I forget the public relations and media specialists who will be hired to either spread the good news of gambling or condemn it as another sign of the Apocalypse.

You can bet the Genting, the Sands, and any other big casino operators will have their legions of paid advocates. So will The Diplomat in Hollywood and the Fontainebleau on Miami Beach. Broward and Miami-Dade counties will be respresented, as will the parimutuels, like Gulfstream Park and the Palm Beach Kennel Club and those parimutuels who have felt shut out of Florida’s recent gaming opportunities.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, owners of The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, are already paying the state millions as part of an ongoing gambling compact that could go away if the casinos move in. The Miccosukee are also keeping an eye on their interests.

The Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association are just two of the heavy hitters in Tallahassee that will weigh in, and you can bet on an army of suits representing the interests of the Walt Disney Co. and the convention and tourist industry types in the Orlando area who won’t tolerate any losses in their convention and regional conference business to South Florida.

We’re talking big bucks here.

Bogdanoff can take pride in pushing a measure that in the long run will generate thousands of new jobs for Floridians, and bring some much-needed order to the hodge-podge of oversight that passes for state government regulation of gaming. Florida could use an ample dose of both jobs and oversight.

In the meantime, a part of the state capitol job market will let the good times roll. “Follow the money,” I’ve been told. “You can’t miss it.”

Douglas C. Lyons can be reached at dlyons@sunsentinel.com, or 954-356-4638. Follow him on twitter@douginflorida.

Copyright © 2011, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Welcome to our NEW blog!

Hospitality Insurance Agency is proud to launch our new blog, the VIP Club!  You’ll still be able to access all of the content from our old blog, but we’ll soon be bringing you additional content about the hospitality industry and insurance issues that may be affecting you.  Just like your VIP customers receive special attention, we’ll be giving you special attention here in our very own VIP Club. We hope that you’ll find our new blog to be a valuable resource and just another reason why Hospitality Insurance Agency is your best resource for bar insurance, nightclub insurance, gentleman’s club insurance, hotel/motel insurance, and restaurant insurance.  If there’s anything we can do to help you, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Girls Gone Wild Contest in Downtown Plattsburgh!?

THERAPY NIGHTCLUB in Plattsburgh is hosting its first Girls Gone Wild!! Video Crews and young adults will come to the nightclub on Friday April 15, for the contest. Club owner, Jimmy Taber is getting some resistance from the community. However, this is supposed to be strictly for model searching. There will not be any wild or risque actions. The community is saying that it is not a good idea, however, are satisfied with the business that it will bring to downtown. The club opened in July 2010 with 30 employees, it now has 4 regular employees. So there is definitely a cause for some type of event, it is expected to draw 200-300 people. What are your thoughts on this?

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$800,000 Dollar Lawsuit From Nightclub Death!!

One night at Fat Daddys by the Woods a man stepped in the middle of a fight to break it up. When the bouncers got there he was involved with the situation. With that in mind, he was asked to leave the nightclub. He refused to leave and threatened bouncers. The bouncers took him outside and sat on him while the bouncers “taught him a lesson.” David A. Potter, 27, was killed from not being able to breath. The bouncers sat on him long enough to kill him. The death was ruled accidental and there were no reasons to press charges against the business or the employees. The brother of Potter filed a civil lawsuit for $795,000 dollars, 7 years ago. Today, he won the case for $800,000 dollars. The money will be used for the 2 sons of David A. Potter.

What do you think about this!? A guy tries to break up a fight at a nightclub and the bouncers take him outside and kill him!!! The coroner rules the death accidental!?!? He was being sat on, how is that accidental?? Well at least 7 years later they won the case. Now the kids will at least have some college money from the business who killed their father.  What are your thoughts!?

 

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Shooting At Richmond Nightclub Leaves Victim Dead!?

A victim was shot at a nightclub the other night and died of injuries! Police said there was a arguement that started inside the nightcub and was later brought out into the parking lot where the one party was shot. Police found him on the side of the road around 12:51. He was transferred to VCU Medical Center, but it was too late. Police are still looking for the suspect. They said he is a 19-25 year old black male with light complexion and around 6’0. This is the 8th homicide in Richmond so far this year.

 

What are your thought on this!? 8 murders so far this year in Richmond. Thats just about one per week!! Something needs to be done. They need to close the clubs earlier, have more security, or come up with something that will stop. In Tampa, there are cops everywhere in the club sections. It is not good sometimes, but it stops people from getting killed. What are your thoughts.

 

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Rain Nightclub Gets License Suspended!?

At Rain nightclub, there has been warnings of exceeding the number of people allowed in the club as high as 300 people over the limit. Eventually, the Licensing Committee suspended the clubs license last night. There were 3 different warnings given to the nightclub in November, January, and February.  The club can still operate and sell alcoholic beverages, however, it cannot have any DJ’s or events. The Licensing Committee said that they enjoy the nightclub being there as it brings in good money to the community and lets the citizens there go out and have a good time. However, when they start putting the people in danger, something has to be done.

What do you think about this? This is how it should be taken care of, the club has had more people in the building 3 times. So they revoke their licensing, and but don’t fight to shut them down!! What are your thoughts?

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South Carolina Shuts Down Nightclub Due to TOO Much Disturbance!?

In South Carolina, Administrative Law Court Judge Shirley C. Robinson denied a petition for renewal of a beer and wine permit for R&J Lounge. As of now, the nightclub is denied the right to sell alcohol. The protest came from 2 of the counties sheriffs. There has been an ongoing situation with the club, reporting over a 100 citings within the past 6 years, including 2 shootings. The nightclub did not increase security. However, the nightclubs defense is that their customers are searched twice and asked for identification. The club also employs 10 security guards, and the owner is saying that the protest is for political reasons only. The city is trying to show the other nightclubs that they are capable of shutting them down if they cannot control their customers.

What do you think about this? There have been many situations with nightclubs and their security. People are getting denied entry or kicked out, and the customer is coming back and shooting up the club. There needs to be a full investigation with the protest and the political stand, however, the nightclub still is responsible for controlling their club. In California, they actually have to be certified in order to be a security guard at an establishment. What are your thoughts?

 

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