DOUBLING UP: Tod’s is twice as nice in Miami, its sole U.S. city with two stores. The Italian brand wanted to follow up its longtime Bal Harbour, Fla., boutique with something special for its new location in the Miami Design District. The neighborhood provided an obvious art platform, expressed through mobile wall panels that connect to form a 60-f...

One of New York’s best-loved restaurants, Sant Ambroeus (340 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach), which has three locations in the city and a fourth in Southampton, has finally expanded outside the state, opening an outpost at the new Royal Poinciana Plaza in Palm Beach. After a little over a month, a table at Sant Ambroeus is already one of the tough...

The new partnership between the IACC and the Miami Heat is bringing you a unique event on the night of March 21. Join us for a VIP Party in the spectacular XFINITY EAST PLAZA, followed by the match: Miami Heat vs. Phoenix Suns. Do not miss also the opportunity to get a POST GAME THROW PASS and a special edition MIAMI HEAT-IACC T-SHIRT, included in...

Antonio Mellino opened a low key version of his Quattro Passi restaurant all the way back in 1983 – and over the years, it came to not only secure two Michelin stars, but to also be considered by many to be the top dining destination n the entire Amalfi Coast of Italy. Celebrities – including Beyonce, Jay-Z and assorted British royals – have fl...

If the Brickell City Centre hopes to be the center of the neighborhood, then the upcoming three-story Italian food hall hopes to be its epicenter. La Centrale (pronounced Chen-TRAH-leh) is the newly revealed name of the multilevel vertical mall that will house a host of Italian-inspired restaurants, cafes, a bar, a wine shop and a cooking school ov...

Giancarlo “Wendy” Cacciatori can take a hint. When a restaurant group hired him as a consultant to come to Miami, eat for two weeks and then advise them what sort of Italian restaurant they should open, he didn’t vacillate: regional Italian. Bologna, to be specific. They didn’t listen. But they should have. So Cacciatori, who was born in Bologna, d...

A Milan-based fashion school with locations in Florence, Paris, London and Shanghai will soon open its first school in the United States in Miami’s Design District, The Real Deal has learned. Istituto Marangoni signed a $13.5 million, 10-year lease for the Design District’s tallest building at 3701 Northeast Second Avenue. Developer Alex Karakhania...

On the 19th and the 20th of May 2017 a special event entirely dedicated to the interior design professionals will be held in the Miami Design District. “The Best of Italian Design” is a 2 day-event and it will take place on May 19-20. It is addressed to a target of 300+ architects and interior designers, members of the American Institute of Archite...

Oltre 3.000 imbarcazioni e 2000 espositori provenienti da tutto il mondo, attrazioni e attività all’insegna della navigazione, incontri con esperti, distributori e produttori della nautica, affari speciali ed incentivi: tutto questo dall’11 al 15 febbraio al Miami Boat Show, il salone nautico più importante degli Stati Uniti dove nutrita è la prese...

The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce is more than glad to share with all its members the most relevant initiatives for the newly began 2017. The agenda for this year will be full of Events and Activities, aimed to highlight the great efforts the IACC has especially made in the following main sectors: Food & Wine, Interior Design, Hospitality, Tour...