DAYTONA BEACH — Lounging at a table on a recent afternoon outside the Mardi Gras Fun Center on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk, Danny and Dana Kirkland and their family were making plans for their ...

The 101-room hotel is the second in Daytona Beach to be bought by South Florida-based Surf Style Retail Management, Inc.

New improvements are coming to Daytona Beach's oceanfront, including pier repairs, new beach staircases and ramps, and a Boardwalk extension.

Daytona Beach city commissioners bought a half-acre oceanfront lot south of the Main Street Pier. They hope a new hotel is built there.