Click on the slide!

MBVCA Photo Contest

MBVCA Photo Contest

The Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority recently hosted a Photo Contest through their Facebook Page, encouraging their fans to upload their best Miami Beach destination images! We are thrilled to announce the winners of this contest and thank you all for participating. 1st Place -- Erik Escarda; 2nd Place -- An Ho; 3rd Place -- Arthur Tran. Attached is the Third Place photo submit...

Read more
Click on the slide!

Did You Know?

Did you know that the MBVCA recently extended its funding of the Visual Memoirs Project?

Miami Design Preservation League and Close-Up Productions are currently recording the memoirs of the City of Miami Beach through the stories of people who have been a part its history. Their stories are being recorded using professional ...

Read more
Click on the slide!

Newsletters

Each week, the MBVCA publishes a newsletter for its partners, industry leaders, and colleagues.  Its goal is continuously inform the MBVCA's partners on the various initiatives being created. In addition, the MBVCA's PR Firm Hill & Knowlton has published and released several stories over the past few months.  View the 'Press Rooms' section of our website to view the press releases. 
...

Read more
Click on the slide!

Grant Recipient News

 

The MBVCA awards over $1 million each year through its various grant programs, focusing on its core initiatives of Cultural Tourism; Customer Service; Design and Architecture; Entertainment and Nightlife; Festivals; Film and Fashion; Gay/Lesbian; Group Stimulus; Health and Wellness; Promotional Campaigns; Television Origination; Wine and Food. Click below to view a list of MBVCA grant recipients for the 2012/...

Read more
Click on the slide!

Program of Work

Each year, the MBVCA produces an annual Program of Work for their upcoming fiscal year.  This reports outlines the MBVCA's accomplishments for the prior fiscal year and provides information on their goals for the upcoming fiscal year.
...

Read more
Frontpage Slideshow (version 2.0.0) - Copyright © 2006-2008 by JoomlaWorks

Jeff Lehman, Chair

 

Jeff Lehman is the current Chair of the MBVCA.  He has been working in the Hospitality Industry in Miami Beach for the past 19 years.  He is currently General Manager of the Betsy Hotel, a boutique property in Miami Beach's South Beach.  Prior to this, he assisted with the restoration of Miami Beach's historic gem, the National Hotel, and was the hotel's General Manager until it was sold in 2007.  His extensive experience in the hotel and cruise industries span 35 years and has included positions in Tahiti, Japan, Hawaii, Seattle, San Francisco, Miami and his hometown, Los Angeles.

He has also serves on the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Board Boutique Task Force, and has served on the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Tourism, the Miami Beach Convention Center Advisory Board, and was the Vice Chair of the Collins Avenue Reconstruction Task Force. In 2007, he was given a “Key to the City” of Miami Beach for his commitment to Community Service, and his current hotel (The Betsy) twice won the Community Service Award from the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association’s annual “Inn Key Awards”.  In 2009, Mr. Lehman accompanied Mayor Bower and a local delegation on a goodwill journey to our sister city of Fujisawa, Japan, to further this diplomatic and economic relationship.


More in this category: Steve Adkins, Vice Chair »

Visit the Calendar of Events section to view events currently taking place throughout Greater Miami and the Beaches.

View Calendar of Events

Our video section contains the VCA's Service and Attitude Video, the "My Beach" campaign video, and the VCA's presentation to the City of Miami Beach Mayor and Commission.

View All Videos