The Fontainebleau Hotel passed the final hurdle for its proposed new ballroom structure designed by NBWW to make it more competitive with other South Florida meeting facilities. Susan Askew Earlier this month, the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board approved plans for the five-story stand-alone structure on what is now a surface parking lot between 43rd and 44th Streets and Collins Avenue and Indian Creek Drive. Across the street from the main hotel, it will be connected by a pedestrian bridge…

A rooftop bar and the city’s best spa are among the highlights of the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, the first true five-star hotel to open in Tampa, Florida ahead of Super Bowl LV – designed by NBWW By Terry Ward I usually find it kind of disorienting to stay at a hotel in the same city where I live. No matter how indulgent the thread count, it can be hard to feel truly transported when the place I receive…

The hotel originally designed by NBWW, closed in March to renovate its 408 guest rooms. By Matthew Arrojas The 408-room W South Beach hotel is set to emerge from an eight-month renovation on Nov. 18. The hotel at 2201 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach closed in March for a $30 million renovation that refreshed all of the hotel’s guest rooms and created the new Away Spa. The hotel had 354 rooms before the renovation. The W South Beach originally opened…

Miami Worldcenter  appears to have broken ground on a multi-level retail building described as a “jewelry box” by its architect, NBWW. The new retail building is known as Miami Worldcenter Block F-East and is being built next to the under-construction CitizenM Hotel. It will have 78,264 square feet of retail, with a total building size of 135,208 square feet. City records show that a construction permit has already been approved and pulled by contractors. It will include two floors of…

The majority of hotels that have been experiencing a 20-30 occupancy rate, are rushing to rehire staff and additional workers solely due to the Super Bowl. By Veronica Brezina-Smith Weeks from now, Super Bowl LV will be hosted in Tampa Bay, and hoteliers are ramping up operations to handle the incoming surge of guests. ..The newly opened JW Marriott Tampa Water Street was part of the bid and is the headquarter hotel for the majority of the NFL’s operational team….