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Miami Hotels Cut Spa Prices To $109 As World Cup Crowds Fade

Miami Hotels Cut Spa Prices to $109 as World Cup Crowds Fade

More than 30 spas across Miami-Dade County cut their treatment menus to fixed prices of $109, $159 and $199 through August 31, 2026, as hotels try to fill rooms in the weeks after the World Cup left town. The program, called Miami Spa Months, arrives after match-day hotel occupancy across the market averaged just 24% during the tournament despite an estimated 500,000 visitors passing through the city in June and July. Key Takeaways More than 30 Miami-Dade spas offer fixed prices of $109, $159 and $199 through August 31, 2026 under the Miami Spa Months program. Match-day hotel occupancy during Miami’s seven World Cup matches averaged only 24%, and 45% of local hotels projected a shortfall against forecast. An estimated

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Coral Gables Unveils “Giralda in Bloom” Floral Canopy Over Giralda Plaza as Public Art Series Enters Second Act

The City of Coral Gables unveiled “Giralda in Bloom” on August 14, suspending hundreds of floral-patterned umbrellas above Giralda Plaza in downtown Coral Gables as the second installation in the 2026 Giralda Sky Series, a rotating public art program that has turned the pedestrian block into one of Miami-Dade County’s recurring outdoor gallery destinations. Key Takeaways “Giralda in Bloom: A Floral Canopy” was unveiled on August 14 and will remain on display above Giralda Plaza through October 2026, casting colorful floral reflections and patterns across the pedestrian corridor. The installation was created by Impact Plan, the Portuguese firm behind the internationally recognized Umbrella Sky Project and the original 2018 Coral Gables installation that drew widespread attention to the plaza. “Giralda

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Coconut Grove Holds Its Bohemian Identity as Miami’s Oldest Neighborhood Enters a New Cultural Chapter

Coconut Grove, Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood, continues to anchor its identity in the bohemian spirit, Bahamian heritage and waterfront natural landscape that have defined the area since Bahamian immigrants and Northern settlers first established the community along Biscayne Bay in the 1870s. The 62nd annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival drew an estimated 100,000 visitors over Presidents Day weekend in February 2026, while ongoing heritage preservation efforts in the recently renamed Little Bahamas district are documenting and protecting the neighborhood’s Black Bahamian roots amid rapid development pressure across Miami. Key Takeaways Coconut Grove was established in the 1870s by Bahamian immigrants and Northern American settlers, making it Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood. The 62nd annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival took