The Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce promotes the economic well-being of Miami Beach's citizens, to improve the quality of life for the entire community, and to communicate the view of the business community on major issues of public policy. Through eras of boom and bust, the Chamber continued to play a crucial role in the development of "America 's Riviera". While Miami Beach has changed considerably since the organization's first meeting in 1921, the Chamber has always been there to help meet the needs of its home town.

The mission of the Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel Association is to unify the hospitality industry countywide and to provide, through education and proactive leadership, an enhanced visitor experience that complements other efforts currently designed to make Greater Miami a prime world wide destination.

The Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority (VCA) proactively recruits, develops, and financially supports and partners with events, festivals, programs and activities that are innovative, high quality and representative of our City. This garners positive or noteworthy media awareness, which enhances and augments the reputation of Miami Beach and the experience for tourists, year-round, or which significantly impacts our local hospitality and culinary businesses.

The Black Hospitality Initiative of Greater Miami (BHI) formally the Visitor Industry Human Resource Development Council (VIC) is a non-profit 501© 3 organization established in 1991 by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) to advance economic participation and open doors of opportunity for African Americans and Blacks of African descent in the Greater Miami Visitor Industry. To fulfill its mission the Black Hospitality Initiative of Greater Miami focus areas are: Advocacy, Talent Development and Career Coaching. GMCVB and industry partners provide strong industry, corporate and community support to BHI. Industry partnerships established the BHI Minority Scholarship Endowment at Florida International University. BHI graduates have emerged as industry leaders in hotels, cruise lines, restaurants, and entrepreneurs and as educators in Miami and across the country. To support our scholarship programs and operations each year GMCVB helps sponsor the Hospitality Open Golf Tournament (H.O.T. Challenge) and Silent Auction annually to benefit the BHI scholarship program.

The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau is a Business Champion for the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (AOHT). The Academy is a national private/public initiative to impact the quality of the visitor industry’s future workforce. With internationally recognized high school career academies at John A. Ferguson, Miami Springs, Miami Beach, Miami Norland, Miami Homestead, and Robert Morgan Educational Center, Academy students gain school-to-work experience in the local visitor industry. The GMCVB, along with other valued industry partners, supports the Academy through student internships, mentoring, job shadowing, in-service training, Board service and in-kind contributions.

Encouraging international travelers to “Discover America,” the Travel Industry Association (TIA) has built a website, DiscoverAmerica.com, to promote the U.S. as a premier destination. “As the organization that represents the interests of the entire U.S. travel industry, we’re uniquely positioned to create world class websites that will provide relevant and meaningful information for travelers from key markets throughout the world,” said Roger Dow, President and Chief Executive Officer at TIA. Dow noted the importance of reaching overseas travelers in particular because that portion of international inbound travel to the U.S. has declined by 17 percent since 9/11, and the U.S. share of the world travel market has declined by 36 percent since 1992.