Hotels and Motels

Naked Candy Thrower Brings His Design Aesthetic To South Beach

The House That Curtiss Built

A unique mansion built by an aviation legend sits in disrepair. Miami Springs officials sit scratching their heads. The wrecking ball sits nearby.

You Know What The World Needs More Of? Luxury Hotels!

via PR NewswireWe know Paris Hilton doesn't have anything to do with the management of the hotel company that bears her family name, but sometimes you have to wonder. In the midst of the latest, greatest depression and economic free fall you might expect any new hotel plans to include cots, a soup k ... More >>

The Luxe Life

As the Great Hotel War of 2006 looms, South Beach's Delano tries a new tack: Magic

BEST NIGHTCLUB DISGUISED AS A HOTEL

The Ritz-Carlton's DiLido Beach Club

A Cabbie's Crusade

Javier Peña is a maverick cabbie on a mission to turn the notorious Miami taxi industry into a respectable profession. So far he's been threatened, shot at, fined, and fired. In other words, he's making progress.

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Fancy Vending Machine Board Shorts Include Hidden Scavenger Hunt

​Does that headline make any sense to you? We're feeling a touch of the surreal today, so we went with that over "Standard Hotels Teams with Quicksilver," which is indeed what this is all about. André Balazs' Standard boutique hotel chain teamed up with Quicksilver, titan of the ma ... More >>

Morgans Hotel Group Food and Beverage Revenue Drops Over 25% - South Beach Is Hurting Too

via wikimedia commonsMarket Crash​It used to be that people rented a hotel room, ate dinner, got drunk and screwed. Now that people have gone back to doing that at home, it's the hotels that are getting screwed.Morgans Hotel Group Co. owns or has an ownership interest in properties around the worl ... More >>

Panty Problem: Howard Stern Sidekick Sues Miami Beach Holiday Inn

via Elegant Elliot Offen.Elegant Elliot Howard Stern sidekick and self-described "topnotch, prime-time, center-stage celebrity" Elegant Elliot Offen runs 14 miles a day in ladies' lingerie. In New York, he swears, people on the street cheer and salivate over his bodacious curves. "You won't see a se ... More >>

Elegant Elliot Offen had the bustier, Holiday Inn gave him the boot

via Elegant Elliot Offen.Elegant Elliot Howard Stern sidekick and self-described "topnotch, prime-time, center-stage celebrity" Elegant Elliot Offen runs 14 miles a day in ladies' lingerie. In New York, he swears, people on the street cheer and salivate over his bodacious curves. "You won't see a se ... More >>

Jersey Shore Threatens to Tear Apart South Beach at its Seams

For years the trashy elements of South Beach have coincided in a relatively peaceful, if not complimentary, harmony with its more high brow and sophisticated forces. Leave it to the power of Jersey Shore to upend all of that.While MTV has yet to confirm reports that the trash-tastic show will film i ... More >>

Condo Buyers at the W South Beach Allege Deception

via W HotelsThe W's *gasp* sole pool​W Hotels, a chain so chic it needs but a single letter to identify it, finally came to South Beach last fall, but now owners who bought condos in the complex allege they were deceived and want their deposits back.Potential owners were told there would be larger ... More >>

The Biltmore Owes $2.4 Million in Back Rent to Coral Gables

via Milan.Boer's Flickr/cc2.0The palm lined entrance to the Biltmore​Are there any iconic Miami hotels that aren't having some sort of financial trouble at the moment? How about the historic Biltmore in Coral Gables? That's probably doing good, right? Oh, wait, the management companys owes the cit ... More >>