The Surfcomber, A Kimpton Hotel
Officially reopening as a Kimpton Hotel on December 1st. Previously was a Doubletree.
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Hotel Coverage: The Surfcomber, A Kimpton Hotel
A Mini Guide To Miami Hotels' $5 Happy Hours
Now that we know rooftop and terrace season is alive and pippin', we'd be remiss if we didn't address one thing--these booze-fueled outdoor antics can get pricey. It seems the higher the floor the bar's located, the more expensive the drink! That's why we decided to head south to...
June 12, 2013
The Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Hotel Deals
BLACK FRIDAY HOTEL DEALS! Everyone insists they won't bother with Black Friday deals until they hear about that $359 hotel that's selling rooms for $99. Yeah, we've got that! So, let's cut the pretense and focus on the fab finds we've got here and how you can get 'em....
November 21, 2012
Hotel Deals Still Good for "Miami Spice"
Red, The Steakhouse participates in Miami Spice, and is a post-game favorite of Miami Heat players It’s Miami Spice time and local restaurants have been showing off their culinary chops. If you have plans to be in the area from now until September 30th, and you’ll be restaurant hopping...
September 20, 2012
Inside a Room at The Kimpton Surfcomber (No Sheep Here!)
Now that we've got you working on a name for the Surfcomber's lone black sheep, we thought you may want to take a look at one of the hotel's rooms--so you know what to expect if you win the name-the-sheep contest on Facebook and all. The hotel was made over...
May 10, 2012
The Surfcomber Wants You To Name Its Sheep. Yes, Sheep
____ the Sheep, pulling all the weight at the concierge desk again.We knew something was in the works with those sheep (the cows, too). Each time we'd been by the The Surfcomber in South Beach, the animal statues were in new positions--around the pool, peeking out from behind a door...
May 08, 2012
Surfcomber Miami's Cows and Sheep Are Getting Social
Everyone, it seems, is on Spring Break. Even the cows and sheep at The Surfcomber in South Beach. These intriguing sculptures who dot the public spaces of Kimpton's newest outpost in Miami popped up this weekend on Instagram photos of Winter Music Conference events at the hotel. In fact, it...
March 19, 2012
7 More Leap Year Deals That Will Jet You Off To Paradise
In case you didn't know, Leap Year is a big deal to lots of hotels. For some reason, that one little extra day thrown into the calendar sends them all into fits of benevolent joy, and results in all kinds of cool deals and packages. We mentioned a few last...
February 17, 2012
Sampling The Street Food-Inspired Fare at The Surfcomber's Lantao Kitchen
The reason we were scoping out the lobby designs at The Surfcomber the other day? We were heading to the hotel's new Lantao Kitchen for lunch. We were intrigued by the sound of street-food-inspired South East Asian cuisine and a casual setting where sharing plates was welcome. Miami Beach is...
February 01, 2012
A Look at The Kimpton Surfcomber's Beefed Up Decor and Pool Scene
Guess The Hotel Revealed! How did you go with our last Guess The Hotel game? Did you identify the home of those cow statues by the pool as The Surfcomber? If not, you're dead wrong! We took a peek at the new Kimpton-on-the-beach the other day, and found a spacious...
January 31, 2012
Have You Ever Done This? Drawn a Heart in the Sand at The Surfcomber Hotel
We all know that hotels aren't as forthcoming as they should be with photos of their rooms and public spaces on their websites but we still have a chuckle over the other kind of photos hotels put on their website--the totally staged shots of people doing totally random things....
November 09, 2011
The Surfcomber to Officially Open as a Kimpton Hotel on December 1
While the opening status of some hotels in Miami Beach like the Edition and the Cipriani have us scratching our heads, there is one confirmed hotel "opening" coming soon--The Surfcomber Hotel on December 1. Ok, so the hotel has been open for a long time, but come December 1st,...
October 31, 2011
The Shortlist of Shiny New Hotels Coming to Miami
The forecast for 2012 in Miami? Hot as hell with a deluge of new and newly renovated hotels. In fact, there's been so much Miami Hotel Mambo-ing going on of late that we're getting dizzy. To help us all keep things straight, we created this Shortlist of Shiny New Hotels...
September 28, 2011
Doubletree Surfcomber Will Turn Into a Kimpton on April 15
With the renos at Shelborne and the construction at The SLS Hotel at South Beach, the Delano stretch of Collins Ave is humming with activity lately. Now comes news that the Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel will lose the 'tree and turn into a Kimpton come April 15. The Miami Herald has...
April 06, 2011
The Catalina Hotel Sides with Coors Light for the Super Bowl
The game itself may take place up in Davie, but South Beach is becoming quite the Super Bowl battleground. Hours after learning that The Surfcomber Hotel was re-naming itself The Bud Light Hotel, we discovered that The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club was fighting back on behalf of Coors...
February 05, 2010
Doubletree Surfcomber is Now Known as The Bud Light Hotel South Beach
Need proof that Miami hotels really love the Super Bowl Consider this: The Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel in Miami Beach is now going by the name, The Bud Light Hotel South Beach and it's even got its own website! As predicted, every inch of the hotel will be decked out...
February 04, 2010
Where To Stay for Art Basel Miami Beach
Thanksgiving may be just around the corner, but so is one of the most pivotal dates on the Miami social calendar: Art Basel. So if you’re an art geek or just like crashing artist parties, it’s time to start thinking about where you’ll stay in Miami for this year’s...
November 09, 2009
Art Basel News: Who Knew The Surfcomber Doubletree Hotel Was a Modelizer?
While we expect the design/art/boutique hotels of Miami Beach to host several art exhibitions when Art Basel comes to town next week, who would have thought that the Doubletree Hotel on Collins Ave. would also get in on the game? We just learned from a news report that: The models...
November 27, 2007
Hotel MTV Parties Washed Out
Wow. After all that a little rain is all it takes to derail Hotel MTV? Well, ok, it was tropical storm, but still. Organizers of this weekend's MTV Video Music Awards in Miami, Fla., have been forced to cancel pre-show activities at the trendy Doubletree Surfcomber Thursday due...
August 26, 2005
Hotel MTV Coming To SoBE
Crack open your chilled Kabbalah water the VMA's are comin' back to SoBe, and this time it's personal. Last year's VMA award week was a complete hotel clusterf*** involving Kabbalah water, humidifiers, and Maybachs. This year MTV is upping the anti by creating "Hotel MTV" out of the Doubletree...
August 04, 2005
M3 Hotel Scene Update
Blogger Ari K is detailing his Miami Music Multimedia Summit experience over at Nu Groove. A couple of SoBe hotels are in the mix. Last night the Surfcomber Hotel and The Hotel both made an appearance: We saw Greenskeapers live at the sunset sessions in the Surfcomber Hotel and...
March 25, 2005
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