Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority seeks New Partners

The Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority is Bringing a Fresh Perspective, Encouraging Cultural Events and Helping to Drive the Economic Engine of Miami Beach
MarketWatch (press release)
". . . . "We strive for partners who bring something unique to the community and will help us build our thriving tourism industry," says Grisette Marcos, Executive Director, MBVCA. "We're looking for new partners but appreciate the partners we currently work with including the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival, the Brazilian Film Festival, Winter Music Conference, Art Basel Miami Beach, the Miami Beach Polo World Cup, and the South Beach Comedy Festival, among others." According to a Miami Beach community survey, a typical Miami Beach resident attends 15 cultural events every year -- more than one a month -- a strong indicator of how hungry Beach residents are for savvy, sophisticated happenings that reflect their interests and lifestyles...."

Model Latina: South Beach Kicks Up Its Heels for 5th Season
HispanicBusiness.com
After tackling New York and Las Vegas in the past two seasons, hit series Model Latina returns this Memorial Day to America's hottest destination for Latino style -- Miami's South Beach. Ten gorgeous Latinas will compete for a chance to win a $25000 ...

HispanicBusiness.com

Bones Found Near Miami Beach Water Treatment Plant
NBC 6 Miami
By Ari Odzer and Brian Hamacher Miami Beach Police are investigating after possible human bones were found near a city water treatment plant. Hear from Lauro Ponce who spotted the skull. The discovery was made Wednesday by construction workers in the ...

Construction workers find bones at site
7Online WSVN-TV
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- Authorities are investigating possible human remains that were found behind a water treatment plant. A construction crew was rearranging pipes and ripping up wires outside a Miami Beach water treatment plant Wednesday, ...

7Online WSVN-TV

Golden Parachute Gives Ousted Beach Manager Soft Landing
CBS Local
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Miami Beach City Manager Jorge Gonzalez, forced to resign Wednesday, will leave office in 60 days with more than a fistful of dollars. Commissioner Ed Tobin estimated that Gonzalez will walk out the door with a lump sum payout ...

CBS Local

Detachment (unrated)
MiamiHerald.com
In Miami-Dade: Tower, Cosford, Miami Beach Cinematheque. By Rene Rodriguez What's eating filmmaker Tony Kaye? In Detachment, his first feature film since 1998's American History X, the director rails at everything: The public school system, bullying, ...

MiamiHerald.com

LeaseFlorida doubles money on SoBe site sale, buys hotel loan
Bizjournals.com
The site at 1225 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach was acquired by the owners of the Tides Hotel, at 1200 Ocean Drive. Miami Lakes-based LeaseFlorida more than doubled its money on the sale of a South Beach site, and then it purchased the distressed note on ...

Astor & Black clothier taking (some of) its talents to South Beach
Columbus Business First
Astor & Black Custom Clothiers is moving its headquarters to Miami but isn't abandoning its Columbus home. “I'm in Columbus often, but I spend the majority of my time (in Miami),” said founder and CEO David Schottenstein, who moved to south Florida in ...

When bigger is better: Buyers building spacious luxury condos
South Florida Business Journal
W South Beach Hotel & Residences' living rooms and master baths have spectacular ocean views and plenty of space for buyers of larger units. Once upon a time, those buying beachfront condominiums in South Florida were content with a small residence ...

BLT Steak Chef Shuffle; Slurping Turtle Strolling to Town
Eater
SOUTH BEACH - BLT Steak's Mario Tolentino is moving on after six months of service on South Beach. The new chef in charge is an import from NYC, Matthew Oetting, and he has quite the resume. Oetting has spent time in some of heavyweight kitchens: Scott ...

Eater

CG Interdicts 600 lbs of Marijuana, Hash
Military.com
Boatcrews from Station Miami Beach, Fla., and Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were launched to interdict the vessel. Once on scene, the Coast Guard boatcrew safely stopped the 15-foot vessel without incident. The boatcrew transferred the two persons, ...

Merv Griffin's Former Estate Is Reduced 34% to $9.5 Million
Wall Street Journal
Sheik Tarek Al Fassi, a member of the Saudi royal family, has sold his 10271-square-foot Miami Beach, Fla., home for $8.5 million to Los Angeles developer Richard Meruelo. Built in 1929, the Mediterranean home has nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms and 170 ...

Webinar: Take Your Hotel Marketing Mobile
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Then, Doug Smith, a successful hotel marketer, will share his knowledge and expertise on what it takes to launch a successful mobile hotel marketing strategy and how he has taken the Z Ocean Hotel South Beach mobile. Webinar Details Date: May 23rd, ...

Aliona Vilani looks like a Baywatch star as she shows off her best beach poses
Daily Mail
The 28-year-old posed up on a Miami beach looking just like one of the cast members of popular 90s TV show Baywatch. The toned star has been in the Sunshine State for just over a week on holiday but seemed to be angling for a new job as she spent the ...

Daily Mail

Tax Collector's Office Receives Worksite Wellness Award
MarketWatch (press release)
The award was presented to the Constitutional Tax Collector's Office on April 20th during the 2012 South Florida Worksite Wellness Forum and Awards at the Miami Beach Resort in Miami Beach. Bill Carew, President of Karelia Health accepted the award on ...

Video - Kelly Bensimon Talks Carbs And Exercise At Book Signing Part 1
Contactmusic.com
The Supermodel Diet' at Books And Books in Miami Beach, Florida. Bensimon has appeared in various magazines such as 'Elle', 'Cosmopolitan' and 'Harper's Bazaar' and was once the face of Clarins. She is currently the editor of 'Hamptons' and 'Gotham' ...

Haiti - Economy : The potential of Haitian women put forward
Haitilibre.com
The Consul General thanked especially the First Lady and the Mayor of Miami Beach, Ms. Matti Herrera Bower, for their unconditional support to this important activity, which has managed to highlight the enormous potential of Haitian women.

Haitilibre.com

Port of Miami Rides the Growth Wave
GlobeSt.com
In greeting the crowd at the Loews South Beach Hotel, SIOR President Geoff Kreusser said while regulatory uncertainty is "rampant" in Washington and on Wall Street, Miami-Dade County is showing strong inland growth in manufacturing and industrial—and ...

GlobeSt.com

One Year Anniversary of The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co ...
By soulofmiami
Restaurant of South Beach June 16th, 2012 from 10:00am to 1:00pm 1119 5th Street the Shops at Fifth & Alton Miami Beach. FREE Parking for 2 Hours in the garage, entrance located on Lenox Ave. Come celebrate the One Year Anniversary ...
Soul Of Miami

EYE ON MIAMI: Dogs Take Over: Where Does It Stop? Guestblog by ...
By Geniusofdespair
The City of Miami Beach has complete trust and confidence in the ability of their dog owners to self police and control their dogs. But, picking up doesn't negate the feces born bacteria. It prevents others from ... The dog owners of South Beach ( highly organized as SOFIK9) are not at all like those Scofflaws over on Brickell, who made the Miami Circle experiment go so disastrously wrong and create all those bad feelings. Our lovely City, went to all the trouble of reversing that strict Miami ...
EYE ON MIAMI

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