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Blogs
May 8, 2012
13.4 Million Overnight Visitors Came to Miami Last Year and Spent $20.7 Billion
2011 was a banner year for tourism in Miami-Dade as records were set not only for the number of tourists who stayed overnight in the county, but also for how much money they left behind. According to numbers released today by the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau 13.4 million tourists sta ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
Fox News Pundit Dick Morris Auctions Off Studio Tour to Benefit Florida GOP Group
Yeah, yeah, we all know the Fox News Channel is hardly an accurate or impartial news source and is practically an official wing of the Republican Party (or is the GOP a wing of Fox News? Who knows anymore), but rarely is one of their employees so blatant about it as Dick Morris. The former Clinto ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2012
Food Tours of Miami: Stories and Bites With a Local
Food Tours of MiamiEnjoying a toast at Food Tours of MiamiStephen Rosenthal is a social worker by trade, but his true passion is food, drink, and stories. So, about a year ago, he started Food Tours of Miami, which conducts walking tours for foodies.The food tour business seems to be thriving in ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2011
Cheetah the Chimp Died in Florida, But There's Little Evidence He Was Actually in Tarzan Movies
To hear the story repeated from fine bastions of journalism like the New York Times, NPR, and CNN, you'd be lead to believe that the chimpanzee who played Cheetah, Tarzan's ape companion in the famed 1930s movie series, recently died in an animal sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida. Don't believe e ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
The South Florida Tea Party Goes to Space (But, Alas, Not Literally)
TEA in Space's logo.Have you ever listened to Tim McGraw... in zero gravity? The Tea Party -- those jolly maniacs who use this communist, liberal, Rosie O'Donnell-edited rag to line their iguana solariums -- has already conquered 'Merica. Evidence: You recognize the name Todd Palin. Next st ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
Talking Tequila With the Industry's Head Honcho Francisco Gonzalez
We might equate tequila with lime chasers, tropical cocktails, and a hazy night or two. But to Francisco Gonzalez, president of the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry, it means a taste of Mexico, even when he's far away from home.Home for Gonzalez is Los Altos, the highlands of Jalisco, a stat ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Murder of Two British Men in Sarasota Isn't the Best Tourism Ad for Florida
James Cooper and James Kouzaris were found dead in a public housing project near Sarasota.Residents of "Knifecrime Island" might become increasingly wary of traveling to the "Gunshine State." The brutal murder of two British tourists in Sarasota has shocked the United Kingdom, and now the country ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2011
More People Visited Miami in 2010 Than Ever Before
Duane Hanson's Tourists II12.6 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.
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December 23, 2010
Walk This Gay
Duane Hanson's Tourists II12.6 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.
Calendar
December 2, 2010
Graffiti by Bike
Duane Hanson's Tourists II12.6 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.
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November 18, 2010
Streetwalking
Duane Hanson's Tourists II12.6 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.
Blogs
November 9, 2010
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 >>
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October 28, 2010
Go Green or Go Home
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 >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
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 >>
Culture
July 29, 2010
Bas Fisher Invitational's "Weird Miami" remaps the city
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 >>
Blogs
June 9, 2010
Miami Tourism Chief on Oil Spill: Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bill TalbertEven 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 >>
Blogs
March 26, 2010
Cuba Readies for American Tourists With 200,000 New Hotel Rooms and Ten Golf Courses
"The gringos can't help but spend their money. They are the easiest tourists to sell to. They never ask for discounts," Daniel Garcia, a used book seller who hawks his inventory to tourists on the streets of Old Havana, tells Bloomberg news. He's not the only person in Cuba hoping that a potentia ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2009
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 >>
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December 3, 2009
Hear, Look, Think, Feel
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 >>
News
June 4, 2009
Bay of Pigs Vet Seeks Miami City Commission Seat
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 >>
Blogs
April 30, 2009
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 >>
Culture
December 4, 2008
Art Capsules
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 >>
Blogs
November 19, 2008
Miami Beach Hopes To Lure Gay-Curious Indian Tourists
We've learned so much more since we posted the trailer for Dostana, the first Bollywood feature to be shot entirely in Miami: It's faux-homosexual content makes it something of a revolution for Indian culture (it is their Brokeback Mountain, kinda), it's on track to being a blockbuster, and appare ... More >>
Calendar
August 28, 2008
Behind These Gates
Peek inside Miami Beach’s most infamous mansion.
Calendar
July 10, 2008
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Pass the mojitos. It’s Hemingway Days in Key West!
Blogs
September 27, 2007
Sorry, but Whole Foods is Awesome
Pass the mojitos. It’s Hemingway Days in Key West!
Blogs
September 27, 2007
Sorry, but Whole Foods is Awesome
Pass the mojitos. It’s Hemingway Days in Key West!
News
July 26, 2007
Swamp Man
Glenn Wilsey reinvented himself around the lure of the alligator
Calendar
June 28, 2007
Po-Po Party
You still have the right to remain silent
Calendar
June 21, 2007
Splish Splash
A celebration of our historical aquatic life
Calendar
June 14, 2007
Cruisin’ on a Friday Afternoon
Check out the sweet structures on the Beach
Calendar
June 7, 2007
School’s Out, Art’s In
Check out the sweet structures on the Beach
Calendar
April 19, 2007
Architectural Whimsy
Learn everything about MiMo
Calendar
October 19, 2006
Sand in Your Saxophone
Learn everything about MiMo
Calendar
March 30, 2006
Orchid Adoption Day
Learn everything about MiMo
Calendar
March 23, 2006
Cultural Explorations
Rediscover our fabulous town
Recreation
May 12, 2005
BEST PLACE TO BIRDWATCH
Anhinga Trail
Restaurants
May 12, 2005
BEST FOOD COURT
Bayside Marketplace
City Life
May 13, 2004
BEST BUMPER STICKER
Bayside Marketplace
Calendar
October 17, 2002
Elian: The Bus Tour
Every Saturday this month you can tour Hispanic (okay, Cuban) Miami by bus
Dining
October 10, 2002
Nouveau Nassau Cuisine
It's over in the happening Bahamas that the New World is getting cooking
News
March 14, 2002
The Crass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams AND Joe Conrad go deeper into Parrot and Monkey Jungle than was, perhaps, wise
Calendar
January 3, 2002
Two-Tiered Travels
Right mates, see Miami from a London bus!
Dining
December 20, 2001
Dining from A to Zagat
The man behind the famous food guide eats up Miami
News
April 5, 2001
The Wages of Sin
When Miami's tourist season heats up, the flesh trade flocks to town to satisfy those unbridled urges
News
July 16, 1998
The Hype Also Rises
When Miami's tourist season heats up, the flesh trade flocks to town to satisfy those unbridled urges
News
June 1, 1994
How Now, Pow Wow?
Miami rolled out the red carpet for visiting travel honchos. They ate, they drank, they went back home.
News
May 11, 1994
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.
News
September 26, 1990
The Quiet Riot
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.
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