Miami’s First Casino

Miami-Dade County welcomes its very first Miami casino. Churchill Downs and Calder Race Course broke ground on Wednesday, June 3rd on a 104,000 square-foot facility.

The gambling facility will feature 1,225 slot machines, three restaurants and valet parking. The  Miami casino will open next year right before the Super Bowl which will be played in the nearby LandShark Stadium. Miami-Dade will now join its neighboring Broward County which already features slot machines at tracks and Seminole Indian Miami casinos.

Art Photo Expo – Photo Gallery in Miami

The Art Photo Expo art gallery in Miami on Lincoln Road is perhaps best known for its retrospective of Naomi Campbell, a collection of photographs by renowned, leading photographers, capturing the model’s elegance and glamour over the years. The retrospective was featured in South Florida’s second annual In Fashion Photo exhibition. The photo gallery in Miami opened in December 2008 after the world-famous Art Basel event in Miami. The art gallery in Miami kept up with the major competition with over 250 contemporary photographs for sale by more than 35 of the world’s leading fashion photographers.

The photo gallery in Miami features works by leading international photographers such as Chen Man, Miles Aldridge, Michael Thompson and Arthur Elgort. Viewers are stirred by the whimsical images that seem like life-size photos right out of a fashion magazine. The art gallery in Miami is located at 910 Lincoln Road. For more information, call 305-672-0055 or email info@artphotoexpo.com.

Miami Beach hotels – Hotels in Miami Beach

March is the peak of tourism in Miami. Tourism officials hoped that this year’s seemingly busy travel peak season would end the continuous decline of Miami’s largest industry. Unfortunately, vacationers that traveled at all are demanding lower rates for Miami Beach hotels. Room rates for hotels in Miami Beach are down by double digits.

A report from Smith Travel Research shows that March as been a miserable month for Miami Beach hotels at a rate decrease of 18 to 22 percent from last year. A new report predicts that this year will be the end of this decline in tourism and that hotels in Miami Beach room rates will grow 7 percent in 2010.

According to the Jones Lang LaSalle report, Miami Beach hotels rates in 2012 will surpass last year’s levels. Some should consider purchasing hotels in Miami Beach as they are probably at their most affordable right now. Make sure to make your purchase before the revenue levels rise again as the price to invest in a hotel will rise, too.

Miami Beach tourism, Miami’s Guide

Miami Beach tourism is still suffering even through the high season. Miami Beach hotel revenues and occupancy numbers are decreasing even more quickly than they did after September 11th. Miami Beach tourism suffered a great deal after September 11th due to people’s reluctance to fly. Miami’s Guide will guide you in the right direction and help you find everything you need for the perfect trip.

Revenue for Miami Beach hotels in February 2009 was low and occupancy rates dropped between 10 to 73%. Miami Beach hotel room prices declined an average of 15% to $180 per night. Aside from the global decline, Miami Beach tourism is also suffering because of the increased hotel room supply. There are 10% more Miami Beach hotel rooms this year than last year. Despite the decrease in numbers, Miami Beach tourism gets along well compared to other US top tourist destinations. Vacationers in Miami Beach take advantage of incredible deals on accommodations and usually prefer to stay in Miami Beach vacation rental properties. Miami Beach hotels averages per room are the highest in the country. Use Miami’s Guide to make educated decisions and save while traveling.

Catalina Hotel in Miami Beach

Finnegan’s River St. Patrick’s Day Party

Finnegan’s on the River is ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Miami with the best themed party in Miami. Guests will be as Irish as they will ever be on Tuesday’s party starting at 4PM at Finnegan’s River. They’ll enjoy beer, live music, a DJ, a bag piper and a green-dyed pool. Enjoy the interior bar, raw sushi bar and a menu with bar classics such as spicy wings and spinach dip with chips.

Special for St. Patrick’s Day, corned beef and cabbage and shepherd’s pie will be added to the menu. For more information, call 305-285-3030.

For other information on Miami events or venues, visit the online Miami Guide. If you will be visiting Miami from somewhere else, take a look at the cheap but high-quality Miami vacation rentals and Miami holiday homes.

Best Miami Night Clubs, Travel Florida

South Beach is recognized for its gorgeous people, beaches and top-notch nightclubs. Every street is lined with bars, hotels, stores, Miami Beach vacation rentals, restaurants and the best Miami night clubs. It is not uncommon to see celebrities at the Best Miami night clubs. As a tourist who wants to party, know that none of the best Miami night clubs start before 11 PM. The best Miami night clubs offer non-stop music, dancing and cocktails.

The biggest party animals are sure to be satisfied by the best Miami night clubs. Following are some of the best Miami night clubs to visit while you travel Florida:

1. Vagabond
2. Tantra
3. LIV
4. Gansevoort South
5. Automatic Slims
6. Glass at the Forge
7. Delano
8. Hotel Victor
9. Sky Bar
10. Mokai
11. Nikki Beach
12. Mynt
13. Mansion
14. Raleigh Hotel

Stay in Miami Beach vacation rentals nearby to conveniently enjoy the Best Miami night clubs.

New changes for Miami and Floridian Motorists, guide of Miami

The state of Florida has decided to implement new changes for Miami and Floridian Motorists. There will now higher fines on motorists that do not obey the rules and violate the law. These new changes for Miami and Floridian Motorists include that all violation fees are expected to increase drastically. Just to name a few:

• Running a red light: $208
• Speeding 25 miles over the limit: $258
• Late fee: $16
• A number of other violations such as driving with an expired tag: Increased by $10

Locals and tourists in Miami should be very careful to not break any laws when driving, as any mistakes will be expensive with these new changes for Miami and Floridian Motorists. For tourists, the easiest way to avoid the risk is to search in a guide of Miami for a Miami hotel or Miami Beach vacation rental in the center of all the action so you do not need to drive. If not, you can easily rent a car or even hire a limousine service. Just check a guide of Miami for details.

Miami Motorcycle Rentals – Rent a mortocycle in Miami, Florida.

South Beach Ranks Second in Travel Channel’s World’s Sexiest Beaches

Recently, the Travel Channel, the only television network devoted exclusively to travel entertainment, featured a piece on the World’s 21 Sexiest Beaches. The results were made after traveling the world and experiencing the beaches first-hand.

In that list, South Beach made it in as the number 2 sexiest beach, just before Waikiki in Hawaii. South Beach ranked so highly thanks to its continuous energy, exciting nightlife and unique lifestyle. Search South Beach vacation rentals or South Beach hotels within your budget and experience for yourself what makes this beach so special.

South Beach View

Use a Miami guide to point you in the direction of the best Miami attractions once you are there.

Guide of Miami Beach, accessible beaches on a wheelchair

Miami Beach is one of the top travel destinations. Now, visitors with disabilities can use special disabled parking permits to park their vehicles. Look up more information on our Guide of Miami Beach. Most Miami hotels and restaurants provide readily accessible ramps for wheelchairs. For decades, the City of Miami Beach has focused a considerable amount of energy on making sure that Miami Beach has accessible beaches on a wheelchair and by all.

These accessible beaches on a wheelchair efforts have proven to be very successful. Accessing the beach by wheel chair is not easy but the City of Miami Beach took care of that by building ramps specially designed to make the beach easily open and available to all.

View of South Beach

Hereunder is some information from a Guide of Miami Beach:

Crandon Beach – Cabana Rentals
4000 Crandon Blvd.
Key Biscayne, FL
Voice/TDD
786/336-6982

Haulover Beach
18000 Collins Ave.
N. Miami Beach, FL
Voice/TDD
786/336-6990

10th St. and 72nd St. Beaches
Miami Beach

For more information about ADA services in Miami and Miami Beach please call Miami-Dade County at 305-375-3566 or Miami Beach at 305-673-7080

South Florida I-95 Traffic Signals

Today is another new beginning for Miami-Dade’s northbound I-95. Drivers will be introduced to a new traffic system on some of the busiest sections of I-95. Drivers will no longer be able to dive freely into expressway traffic. Now, they must wait for a green light at the entrance ramp to merge in during rush hours. These traffic signals will await motorists at eight different northbound I-95 ramps between NW 62nd Street and the Golden Glades interchange.

This new addition to the driving system is meant to ultimately manage congestion and ease any merging madness on this very busy Florida expressway. This, much like the implementation of the new northbound toll lanes, will require some adjustment. Drivers should pay extra attention when entering I-95 as the new traffic signals create a huge potential for rear-end collisions.

Drivers that are not used to red lights on an interstate ramp may not stop and end up rear-ending drivers ahead of them that obey that traffic signal. Florida Highway Patrols hope that, like the new I-95 toll lanes, people will come to understand the purpose of the traffic signals and adjust after some initial chaos and confusion. A trooper will be set up at every traffic signaled ramp to enforce the new regulation. Violators may face penalties including a $160 ticket and three points on their license. Ramp backups will be monitored by sensors under the ramps and expressway lanes as well as surveillance cameras. When ramps get too backed-up the sensors will signal to speed up entries. If you are traveling to Miami and you plan to rent a car, these traffic signals may not be foreign to you.

There are several like these that already exist in other parts of the country. If you want to avoid them, maybe you should look into Miami Beach vacation rentals and Florida vacation rentals which are within walking distance to many of Miami’s attractions.

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