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The JW Marriott Marquis Miami is the first JW Marriott Marquis hotel to premiere in the JW Marriott property portfolio, with the next one under construction in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, UAE. The hotel is situated in Miami's new Metropolitan Miami development
Metropolitan Miami (development)
Metropolitan Miami is a mixed-use development expected to consist of four skyscrapers and a lifestyle center in the Central Business District of Downtown Miami, Florida...

. It has 313 guestrooms with 56 suites, along with a broad array of amenities, including New York restaurateur, Daniel Boulud's French - American bistro, db Bisto Moderne. Other hotel amenities include a Rik Rak Salon and Spa, a Jim McLean Golf School and Pro Shop, a virtual bowling alley, 3D Media Room, stainless steel sky pool, an NBA-approved basketball court / tennis court, and a fully equipped fitness center with views of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River.

The hotel serves as a luxury business hotel, a bayview resort hotel and also a conference / meeting destination. Offering a good business setting, the hotel has over 80000 square feet (7,432.2 m²) of meeting space. Additionally, the JW Marriott Marquis is the first hotel in Florida to have an AT&T Cisco Telepresence Room - which allows people to have meetings with people in three different locations around the world.

The JW Marriott Marquis is part of the Met II development within Metropolitan Miami. Adjacent to the hotel is a 47-story office tower managed by Wells Fargo Financial and named the Wells Fargo Center. The two towers were completed in October 2010. They are the 4 and 5th tallest towers in Miami. The JW Marriott Marquis Miami is owned and operated by Met 2 Hotels LLC, and the Wells Fargo Center is owned and operated by MDM Management Group, LLC.

The Metropolitan Miami project has gained attention due to NBA star Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal , nicknamed "Shaq" , is a former American professional basketball player. Standing tall and weighing , he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA...

's involvement in the project. He formed the O'Neal Group, a building-development company. The Metropolitan Miami project is the group's first.

The JW Marriott Marquis Miami is the first JW Marriott Marquis hotel to premier in the JW Marriott property portfolio, with the next one under construction in Dubai, UAE.

See also

  • Metropolitan Miami (development)
    Metropolitan Miami (development)
    Metropolitan Miami is a mixed-use development expected to consist of four skyscrapers and a lifestyle center in the Central Business District of Downtown Miami, Florida...

  • Met 1
    Met 1
    Met 1 is part of Metropolitan Miami, a complex of four skyscrapers in the central business district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Met 1 was finished in 2007....

  • Wells Fargo Center (Miami)
    Wells Fargo Center (Miami)
    The Met 2 Financial Center, is part of the Metropolitan Miami complex of four skyscrapers in the central business district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It was completed in early 2010....

  • Met 3
    Met 3
    Met 3 is part of Metropolitan Miami, a complex of four skyscrapers in the central business district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. Met 3, the tallest of the four towers, was originally under construction and planned for completion in 2011. However, the project was put on hold...

  • List of tallest buildings in Miami

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