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A $1,000 ticket to Sunday’s AFC Championship game at M&T Bank Stadium might not be the most expensive part of football fans’ weekends in Baltimore. Hotel prices across the city are up again as fans from far and wide — plus TV crews and maybe a few Taylor Swift fans — travel to Baltimore to see the Ravens host the Kansas City Chiefs for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Properties close to the stadium, like the Hampton Inn Baltimore-Downtown-Convention Center and the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court, are fully booked from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28.

Greater Baltimore travelers looking for warmer locations will have a new international option this spring. Bermuda’s boutique airline, BermudAir, will have three weekly, nonstop flights to and from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport starting March 18, the airline announced Wednesday. The Anne Arundel County airport is the fourth destination in the United States offering nonstop flights for the airline, which launched last year.

Montgomery County companies had a strong year of investment in 2023, with more than $2.2 billion generated through more than 100 deals, the Montgomery County Economic Development Corp. said Wednesday. Companies in a wide range of industries, from life sciences and technology to manufacturing and real estate, brought in substantial investments, showcasing a positive economic direction going into 2024.

Good news for business travelers: Frontier Airlines is adding new routes to Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago and Detroit at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Frontier said Tuesday it will kick off the service on April 10 with a new daily flight to Charlotte Douglas International Airport and four-day-a-week service to Chicago Midway. The BWI to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport flight will be offered three times a week in April and then four times a week starting May 25.

The holidays are in the rearview, the new year is getting older by the day and there are still weeks to go before the first hint of spring. That big batch of soup you made at the start of the week is starting to get boring. What’s a foodie to do? It’s easy to succumb to the winter doldrums. Restaurants typically see a drop in business this time of year as more diners stay home, inspired by resolutions to cook more of their own meals or to save some money.

Halfway through the 18-month downtown construction project, city officials remain opposed to grant support for struggling businesses. Construction began in April for the $16 million renovation project, designed to replace below-ground utilities and reinstall Baltimore Street through the pedestrian mall. The construction has created hardship for businesses, particularly in regard to access. Some businesses have taken to publishing pleas for help on social media asking for support with some seeing increased business or canceling of invoices from businesses as a result.

The Annapolis City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday night eliminating some restrictions on where food trucks can park and operate in the city. The ordinance, O-29-23, maintains restrictions on parking in the city’s Historic District but allows food trucks to park in any other private, non-residential property if they have written permission from the property owner. The trucks also can be parked on public property if the owners have a permit from the city, county or other public property owner.

A lot has happened in the two years since Tim Regan went home to persuade his wife to let him buy the shuttered Target store at Mondawmin Mall in West Baltimore for a million dollars. The redeveloped 127,000-square-foot building now houses TouchPoint Baltimore, the nonprofit that Regan — CEO of the construction company Whiting-Turner — founded with Exelon CEO Calvin Butler following the death of Freddie Gray from injuries suffered while in police custody and subsequent protests.