Global Miami Magazine

May 21, 2024 | globalmiamimagazine.com | Yousra Benkirane

Adjacent to Miami International Airport, the city of Doral has attained global significance as Greater Miami’s logistics hub. As a cultural center, however, Doral is just beginning to emerge. A key indicator of that renaissance is the emergence of The Doral Contemporary Art Museum (DORCAM). In the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, a group of artists decided to transform Doral’s public parks into open-air galleries, since traditional galleries and museums were closed to the public.

May 21, 2024 | globalmiamimagazine.com | JP Faber

In retrospect, the decision by New York-based to choose Miami as the location for its second-largest office in the U.S. seemed perfectly in tune with the times. Over the last few years, Miami has become the new home for numerous corporations and corporate divisions relocating from New York, Chicago, and California. The reasons – diversified talent pipeline, a business-friendly environment, safer city streets,and an attractive climate – were all dramatically accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 20, 2024 | globalmiamimagazine.com | Yousra Benkirane

“Trade, like water, flows through the path of least resistance. 2023 marked a year of resistance, challenges, and transformations in global trade patterns,” says Alice Ancona, COO of the World Trade Center Miami. Indeed, worldwide trade saw a 5 percent decrease due to economic slowdowns, high-interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and supply chain disruptions.  The Miami Customs District, however, did not experience a similar downtrend.

May 16, 2024 | globalmiamimagazine.com | Kylie Wang

Seven years ago, Nusret Gökçe, a relatively unknown Turkish butcher and restaurateur, skyrocketed to fame overnight when a video of him ostentatiously sprinkling salt on a long cut of beef went viral. He was christened “Salt Bae” by the public and quickly capitalized on the Internet moment, opening 32 restaurants worldwide in subsequent years.

May 15, 2024 | globalmiamimagazine.com | Katelin Stecz

In 1968, Dr. Michael Gordon unveiled Harvey®, a 700-pound mannequin that would revolutionize medical education. For one of the first times in history, medical students could study the sounds associated with heart diseases in a reproducible classroom setting at the University of Miami’s “Simulation Center.” When students listened to a certain part of Harvey’s chest, they would hear the sound associated with a particular heart disease. By today’s standards, the first Harvey seems archaic.