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History says railroads are the track to a developed Florida. Henry Flagler, a partner at Standard Oil Co., was delighted by Florida’s warm weather and scenery when he first visited St. Augustine on his honeymoon in 1881. He was disappointed by the lack of transportation infrastructure around the then-rural state, but saw great potential. By

November marks the end of the wet season for the Florida Everglades, which means that the months to come present great opportunity for visiting the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.  In 1906, the state of Florida initiated a campaign to drain the Everglades to burgeon real estate and tourism markets. Known as the “Everglades

Cuba is a hot topic these days. With the potential end to the 53-year-old Cuba embargo in sight, South Floridians and Cuban-Americans are looking to the future with questions about how this lift will affect trade and, especially, tourism between the two countries. (See SFBWmag.com for our panel discussion about doing business in Cuba.) Currently,

Hot days and warm breezes come to mind when thinking about a typical summer in South Florida. Those steamy, humid months are also an ideal time to get off dry land and enjoy one of the region’s favorite pastimes: recreational saltwater fishing.  With swordfish, wahoo, blackfin tuna, tarpon, kingfish, mahi-mahi and amberjack all in high

Summer in the tropics means rain and the start of hurricane season. While most forecasts are predicting a delightfully sleepy 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, thanks in part to El Niño, it would take just one major hurricane to cause catastrophic damage. An independent study by disaster modeling experts Karen Clark & Co. found that one

South Florida has become a mecca for shopping and high fashion, breaking sales forecasts and records throughout the region’s retail spaces. Millions of square feet of retail are either under construction or in the planning stages with new malls being developed while long-standing malls throughout South Florida are expanding. The mixed use Brickell City Centre,

Since the 1980s, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) has been steadily expanding and rebuilding to accommodate passenger traffic. It’s now ranked as the nation’s 21st busiest airport with 23.35 million passengers, according to the Airports Council International.  A second main runway recently opened and the airport is in the midst of a capital improvement program

Florida has transformed from being known as a mysterious swampland to a thriving world economy. The history of our nation and state has been marked by wars and periods of unrest.  Considered one of the longest and most expensive wars in U.S. history, the Seminole Wars affected the South Florida economy drastically. Most people in

It’s the peak of snowbird season, which means more cars on the roads and shoppers in the aisles; it’s harder to make a dinner reservation or tee-time; and everywhere you look there are simply more people around.  Despite all that, the influx of visitors and seasonal-residents in South Florida keeps the economy flourishing – with

Time and time again, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has proven that it can bounce back, staying relevant in an evolving world and supporting its members. Since the tribe acquired the Hard Rock brand in 2006 for $965 million, it has managed to overcome an attempted repeal of its 25-year pact allowing table games, which