Monday's Daily Pulse

› Hotel occupancy rose faster in parts of South Florida where rooms are fewer [The Real Deal]
Hotel occupancy rates in July increased in Palm Beach County, rose slightly in Broward County and flattened in Miami-Dade County.

› First brewery brings industrial-chic to Winter Haven [Lakeland Ledger]
A home-brewer for nearly a decade, Joe Dunham is ready to go commercial. His Grove Roots Brewing Co. debuts with a Sept. 17 grand opening, introducing the greater Winter Haven community to its first microbrewery.

› Delray tech consultant stresses teaching customers, not doing it for them [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Falon Velez has been video gaming since she was 6 years old. As a young adult, she worked for Apple's Genius Bar. Now 33, she operates her own Delray Beach company, TeachGeek, which shows consumers how to use technology and make their homes "smart."

› Scams and waste loom as charity millions donated after Pulse shooting [Orlando Sentinel]
The more than 430 fundraisers posted on the GoFundMe website after the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando have exposed weaknesses inherent in these popular do-it-yourself charity campaigns: waste, questionable intentions and little oversight.

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