A beautiful new view of the JW Marriott Water Street Tampa’s pool deck. Tampa’s new 4-Star hotel with 500 guest rooms, innovative meeting space, as well as shared gathering spaces, exciting restaurants, and rooftop lounge areas, brought together with a world-class design. “The design of the hotel strengthens the connection between the building and its location, allowing the guest experience to admire and blend into the spirit of the city.”— John Nichols, NBWW

Miami Worldcenter has plans to build an entertainment hub, food hall and a rooftop restaurant in downtown Miami, according to newly released marketing material. The entertainment hub will include 90,000 square feet of “world class entertainment,” along with the food hall, next to the CitizenM Hotel that is preparing to begin construction. Also next to the food hall will be a rooftop restaurant. A Marriott Marquis Hotel & Convention Center with 1,800 luxury rooms and 600,000 square feet of convention…

From Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, these hotels have recruited top designers and firms, such as Roman and Williams, Jacques Garcia, and Martyn Lawrence Bullard, to create spaces that are as memorable as the cuisine By Elizabeth Stamp Matador Room (Miami) Celebrated chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten puts a new spin on the midcentury supper club at the Matador Room at the Miami Beach Edition. Guests can dine on the lush terrace or in the sunken oval dining room, which is illuminated…

Jeffrey Soffer closed on a $1.175 billion refinancing of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, marking the latest restructuring of debt for the beachfront resort. By Katherine Kallergis Jeffrey Soffer closed on a $1.175 billion refinancing of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, marking the latest restructuring of debt for the beachfront resort. … The Soffer family-led Turnberry Associates paid $325 million for the Fontainebleau Miami Beach in 2005 and paid another $15 million for a nearby lot where an expansion is planned. Turnberry…

Each year, the Stella Awards recognize hotels and suppliers that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals. Here are 2019’s winners and finalists. NBWW is proud to have been the architects for the following winners and finalists… Congratulations to the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Eden Roc Miami Beach, and Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach! The results of the 2019 Stella Awards are here! Congratulations to the 278 winners and finalists of the meetings industry’s highest honor. The organizations…