Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

Sour Pickles

Sour Pickles

The Bitch

Letters from the Issue of October 21-27, 2002

Porn merchants, freedom fighters, park advocates, and your waitress Tiffany

The Quiet Riot

Porn merchants, freedom fighters, park advocates, and your waitress Tiffany

The Feminine Mistake

Porn merchants, freedom fighters, park advocates, and your waitress Tiffany

Miami Makeover

Tropical paradise or violent hellhole? If you ask the wizards selected to design the city's publicity campaign, the answer is as clear as a bright summer day.

A Gentler Gourmet

Eat out for less during Miami Winter Spice.

Because You're Worth It

Miami Spa Month's been extended through August 31!

Because You’re Worth It

Miami Spa Month provides our surefire summer splurge.

Letters from the Issue of June 12, 2008

"I am one of the grateful grubs who know from personal experience that your review is uncharacteristically cruel. Where is your sparkle?"

Eat on the Cheap

"I am one of the grateful grubs who know from personal experience that your review is uncharacteristically cruel. Where is your sparkle?"

Unracked

"I am one of the grateful grubs who know from personal experience that your review is uncharacteristically cruel. Where is your sparkle?"

The Bitch

Rave Robbers

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Rave Robbers

Livin' in a Video

The massive police presence might just add to the thrill of play-thuggin' on Miami Beach this Memorial Day

Density Turns on the Radio

WLRN grovels; school board makes vote count

Season Opener: A Double-Header

In general Miami Spice heated up late-summer dining

Skate Lord

He opened the indoor skate park to get the cops off your ass

Spiced to Taste

Prix fixe promo starts slow, then heats up

Selling Miami Spice

Reasons why Miami should be the food and wine fest capital

Fancy Those Flamingos

The birds don hats, bikinis, sneakers and stand as art in public spaces

The Crass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams AND Joe Conrad go deeper into Parrot and Monkey Jungle than was, perhaps, wise

Paradise Lost, Again

As Miami Beach prepares for life in wartime, it's on its own

Shake

Sounds Like Free Trade

The Wages of Sin

When Miami's tourist season heats up, the flesh trade flocks to town to satisfy those unbridled urges

Miami: See It Like a Pampered, Sheltered, Spoiled-Rotten Tour Operator from Munich

Highlights from Pow Wow, a multimillion-dollar exercise in insulated extravagance

Shooting Blanks

Highlights from Pow Wow, a multimillion-dollar exercise in insulated extravagance

The Beat Goes Off

There was Cuban music at Midem's inaugural Miami music conference, but not much -- and maybe never again

Cuba's Finest Banned

There was Cuban music at Midem's inaugural Miami music conference, but not much -- and maybe never again

The Autocrat

Some say Miami Beach's Jose Garca-Pedrosa is a strong city manager. Others tend to employ more colorful language.

Fiscal Therapy

Miami Beach hits a record high for resort-tax collections. Now if they can just get the deadbeats to pay up...

How Now, Pow Wow?

Miami rolled out the red carpet for visiting travel honchos. They ate, they drank, they went back home.

Miami Spice Is Getting Annoying

Be careful or you could end up with a meal like this.Miami Spice started as a discount deal that was meant to promote dining out during the traditionally sluggish month of August. Then it was officially lengthened through September, and the following year restaurateurs unofficially jumped the gun an ... More >>

Miami Spice Explains Itself

image via ilovemiamispice.com Yesterday, Lee Klein called Miami Spice annoying. Today, we're giving the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau an opportunity to respond. I asked Rolando Aedo, Senior VP of marketing and tourism what makes Miami Spice special if it happens every season. ... More >>

Miami Spice Is Here August 1 through September 31st - Start Eating

image via ilovemiamispice.com​Miami Spice is here, almost. From August 1st through September 31st over 100 Miami-Dade restaurants will be offering gourmet fare at fixed prices of $22 for lunch and $33 for dinner. Groups of 4 or more should call individual restaurants in advance to let them know th ... More >>

Tourists Really Are Dumb

Tourists complain Miamians are rude. Locals complain tourists are dumb. So it goes. We'll readily admit to being rude at times, but it's time for tourists to admit they're a bit clueless. William Hageman recently rounded up the dumbest questions tourism professionals have ever been asked. Obviously, ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Porn and Fuzzy Stats on Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Website

Screen shot from GMCVB community forum.This picture is tame. There were way more tits, ass, vajayjay, and blowjobs on the GMCVB forum than you'd ever find on Collins Avenue.​Gus Moore, founder and owner of Miami Beach 411, a decade-old website with one of the city's oldest and most active online c ... More >>

Happy 62nd Birthday, Iggy Pop!

The musical legend born James Osterberg is Miami's most famous rock and roll resident. And though he guards where, exactly, it is that he resides, lately it seems it's been easier than ever to see him out on the town. And boy, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau should consider hiring ... More >>

Miami Tourism Chief on Oil Spill: Don't Worry, Be Happy

Bill Talbert​Even if experts warn that oil could already be off the coast of Miami and a University of Central Florida study estimates that the Gulf disaster could end up costing Florida $11 billion in lost tourism spending and 200,000 jobs, Bill Talbert, president of the Greater Miami Convention ... More >>

Best of Miami Spice 2010

Bill Talbert​Even if experts warn that oil could already be off the coast of Miami and a University of Central Florida study estimates that the Gulf disaster could end up costing Florida $11 billion in lost tourism spending and 200,000 jobs, Bill Talbert, president of the Greater Miami Convention ... More >>

Travel Deal: Fly to NYC and Freeze Your Ass Off for Only $79

​Tourism officials in both New York City and Miami announced today a joint promotion to encourage travel between the two cities. In conjunction with American Airlines, flights during certain dates this winter will cost only $79 each way. That's a decent, if not exactly unbelievable deal, but we ca ... More >>

Rock the Bus Tour Offers up Free Booze and a Free Ride Every Thursday in November

​We're not big fans of having to drive to venues. Quite frankly, looking and paying for parking downtown, the Design District, or anywhere in Miami, really, is a big pain in the ass. So when we heard about the Rock the Bus Tour happening every Thursday during Miami Live Music month, we became gidd ... More >>

Walk This Gay

​We're not big fans of having to drive to venues. Quite frankly, looking and paying for parking downtown, the Design District, or anywhere in Miami, really, is a big pain in the ass. So when we heard about the Rock the Bus Tour happening every Thursday during Miami Live Music month, we became gidd ... More >>

More People Visited Miami in 2010 Than Ever Before

Duane Hanson's Tourists II​12.6 million paid an overnight visit to Miami-Dade in 2010, and according to the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau that is an all time record.Yep, despite a still downtrodden economy, the local tourism industry is apparently thriving.

Tom Azar and Steve Haas Take On City Hall

Photo by Riki AltmanTom Azar (left) and Steve Haas are ready to get cookin'.Short Order had a rare opportunity to sit down with a restaurateur and his chef to talk about a concept that hasn't yet opened its doors: the much-anticipated City Hall. When we visited the brasserie, which will be located o ... More >>

Many Think Miami Is Nice Place for Free Wedding

Who knows how serious these brides are going to get.​About 9,000 people from across the country entered the "Marry Me in Miami" contest for a wedding at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables worth $150,000, according to organizers at the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.Five couples wer ... More >>

Miami Spice Kickoff Event To Benefit Share Our Strength, Others

Asia de Cuba is one of the participating restaurants at the Miami Spice 2011 kickoff celebration​We had to recheck our calendar to actually realize that Miami Spice starts in only two weeks. Where did 2011 fly off to,anyway? Anyway, this is our favorite time of the year --  we can actu ... More >>

The Inside Scoop on Miami Spice From Steven Haas

Azul's Miami Spice lunch menu is a great value, according to Steven Haas​Miami Spice starts Monday, August 1 and runs through September 30. All over South Florida, people are buying larger clothes in anticipation of this two-month-long promotion where over one hundred of Miami's best restaur ... More >>

City Hall offers popular food for the masses

See a photo slide show of City Hall.