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Ritz-Carlton South Beach Reopens After Extensive Renovations

By Yessy Urbina

After a multiyear renovation, the Ritz-Carlton South Beach is ready to commence the 2020s with a new era of breathtaking extravagance. Today, January 27, marks the reopening of the lavish oceanside resort, and guests will soon be able to peek at its redesign, which merges modern sensibilities with a distinctly Miami aesthetic.

The Ten Best Hostels in Miami

By India Amos

Move over, ritzy resorts. The hostel scene is alive and thriving in Miami. Famous for shared dorm rooms and alarmingly low prices, an abundance of budget-friendly accommodations offer visitors to the Magic City cheap options. From a tranquil home base in Little River to a pulsating pregame headquarters in South Beach, there’s a hostel to accommodate each of Miami’s most potent aesthetics. Presented in alphabetical order, these are ten of the 305’s most memorable hostels.

Miami Heat Fans Can Now Sleep Over at American Airlines Arena

By Ciara LaVelle

So you think you’re the biggest Miami Heat fan in South Florida. You have season tickets. You have the whole team’s jerseys, the hat, and the Dwyane Wade Fathead on your bedroom wall. Your license plate reads, “HEAT4EVA.” But would you shell out $1,500 to spend a night at American Airlines Arena?

David’s Been Here Host David Hoffmann Explored Miami and Then the World

By Maria de Los Angeles

You can take the boy out of Miami, but you can’t take Miami out of the boy. David Hoffmann has spent most of the past decade visiting 1,000 cities in 68 countries. Even when he’s back home, he turns a simple trip around the corner into an adventure. For Hoffmann, the element of discovery is everywhere, and though he’s been traveling, he hasn’t forgotten his roots.

Despite Increasing Fines, Airbnb Launches New Tour Program in Miami

By Lena Katz

Hotels might have precedent and city ordinance on their side, but peer-to-peer rental app Airbnb continues to make surprise wins with innovation. Just months after New Times reported that Airbnb and similar short-term rental services operating in Miami Beach had been hit with $1.6 million in fines since March, Airbnb announced that Miami…

The Ten Best Hotels in Miami

By Lena Katz

Miami is blessed with a vast number of eminently hangout-able hotels. From the swanky jet-setter crash pads to the art deco icons that define South Beach to the sexy hideaways to the new crop of hipster hostels, the city is never short on swagged-out rooms and an anonymous bed to…

Adult Summer Camp Coming to Florida in September

By Clarissa Buch Zilberman

If you went to sleepaway camp as a kid, you probably reminisce over those long summer nights spent in the woods filled with late-night snacks, scary stories, and a few moments of debauchery.  Now, you can relive the glory days — or experience them for the first time because not all…

U.S. Approves Ferry Service From Florida to Cuba

By Nicole Martinez

In another progressive step towards the thaw of the U.S. – Cuba embargo, the United States has announced it will once again allow ferry service between Florida and Cuba. At least four companies have been approved to begin operations, some of which will commence as early as this summer. Those…