February 20, 2018
GMBHA Weekly News & Updates
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Industry News
HYATT CENTRIC BRICKELL MIAMI ANNOUNCES SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Hyatt Centric Brickell Miami announces the appointments of two executives who will help lead the operations and sales divisions for the new Hyatt Centric Brickell Miami hotel, slated to open in March 2018. Ricardo Mendes has been named General Manager and Alex Alvarez has been brought on as Director of Sales and Marketing for the second Hyatt Centric-branded hotel in Miami, which will join Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami.
 
Situated in the Panorama Tower, Florida’s tallest building, the soon-to-open hotel is owned by Concord Aztec Brickell, LLC, a joint venture comprised of Aztec Group and Concord Hospitality , which will manage the hotel.
Virgin Voyages unveils Plantation HQ, pledges 300 jobs
The marketing pop, sizzle and innovation of British entrepreneur Richard Branson has landed in Broward County in the form of Virgin Voyages, an “adults-only” cruise line that unveiled its new headquarters Wednesday in Plantation with a pledge to create 300 jobs. Branson seeks to woo vacationers who have never set foot aboard a cruise ship, offering three new vessels bearing the Virgin Voyages name. Virgin Voyages has committed to investing $15.9 million in Plantation.


Hotel Check-In
GMBHA Miami Beach Meeting at Loews Miami Beach Hotel with
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber and City Manager Jimmy Morales
Alex Tonarelli, GMBHA Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, Loews Miami Beach Hotel,
City Manager Jimmy Morales; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, GMBHA; Mayor Dan Gelber;
Robert Hill, Vice Chair and General Manager, InterContinental Miami
City of Miami Beach Mayor and Commissioners proclaim
February 14, 2018 Wendy Kallergis Day
Transportation News
MIA welcomes Chinese aviation students through new partnership
Airport and Wayman Aviation host first tour for students from Shanghai

(MIAMI, February 12, 2018) – On February 7, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) hosted a tour of Miami International Airport for 37 aviation students from Shanghai’s Chiway Education Group, as part of the airport’s new partnership with Wayman American Flight Training . Based at Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport since 1987, Wayman Aviation provides flight training to students from South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean, and is owned by Chiway Holding Group , a large Chinese education group that owns and operates schools in China and Singapore.
 
MDAD representatives provided the Chiway students - ages 13 to 15 years old – with a hands-on tour of the MIA passenger experience from check-in to boarding, as well as the airport’s expansive cargo area and private jet operations. MDAD will continue to host MIA tours for Chiway students during the week-long camps organized by Wayman Aviation.
 
“We are proud to partner with Wayman Aviation on these educational tours for young aviation enthusiasts from China,” said MDAD Chief of Staff Joseph Napoli. “As the gateway of the Americas for both passengers and cargo, and the home for more airlines than any other U.S. airport, MIA offers many unique lessons for future aviators not found anywhere else in the world. We are also excited to begin welcoming students from a region of the world where we soon expect to establish our first-ever nonstop passenger route.”

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