WIMBERLEY — The Knights of Columbus, 4th Degree, are one step closer to completing the “Raise the Flag at Eagle Rock” project. At its Nov. 7 meeting, Wimberley City Council unanimously approved a recommendation from Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Committee chair Helena Hauk to disburse HOT funds and appr...

Airbnb will begin collecting and remitting the Hotel Occupancy Tax (7 percent) on behalf of its Kyle host community on Dec. 1, the company announced today. The tax agreement joins Kyle with several other Texas cities and the state in fully benefiting from people visiting via home sharing and short-t...

The City of Dripping Springs is now accepting applications for local Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) grant funds. HOT funds, which are collected from the hotel and other lodging facilities, may only be used to promote tourism and the convention or the hotel industry under state law. Each year, the city co...

A proposed hotel in Buda was unanimously struck down by city leaders at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The proposed hotel, Sleep Inn & Suites, would have been located on Main Street along the east side of the Interstate 35 overlay and would have been built in place of a Castrol Premium Lube Express...

On Oct.16, the Dripping Springs City Council approved Hotel Occupancy Tax funds for local organizations that promote and attract visitors to the city. The Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau, the Brent Thurman Foundation, Friends of the Pound House Foundation, The Hill Country Alliance, and  Saxet Gun ...

In an effort to attract new customers to historic downtown, Buda is offering a 50 percent co-marketing reimbursement grant for some Buda businesses to pay for advertising. Maggie Gillespie, Buda Main Street coordinator, said the grant would cover half of the cost of a downtown business’s ad in magaz...

An estimated $18 million could be the price tag if Buda were to bring a convention center to town, according to Ann Miller, Buda Economic Development Corporation executive director. Miller presented Buda City Council members the results of a feasibility study done by CBRE on the ways a convention ce...

More than $13,000 in Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds was approved for the 2018 Fajita Fiesta, as well as the 2018 Buda Lions Club Country Fair and Wiener Dog Races.  Approval of the funds came after Lysa Gonzalez, Buda director of tourism, presented recommendations from the HOT grant committee for f...

A recently signed bill allowing municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax (HOT) funds for sports facility improvements could have an impact in Buda in the future. SB 1136, authored by Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen), was signed into law effective immediately on May 29 due to a soccer field that needed new...

Buda is working with Texas representatives to allow funds from the hotel occupancy tax (HOT) to be used toward improving sports-related facilities and venues. The over-arching goals of House Bill 2354, filed Feb. 23 are to incentivize tourism and increase the number of people spending time in Buda h...