After a flop in the month of April, for the Marlins and Heath Bell, the month of May began on a happier note.

Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco said that he feels lots of people have mentioned that the coming month of May willbring a new ray of hope for the team. The month of May saw a turn around with the score line reading 2-1, defeating the Giants at AT&T Park.

Nolasco gave a dandy, Edward Mujica saved big time with an 8th innings rescue whereas Bell delivered a perfect 9th to safeguard the win.

The spring music scene in Miami begins from 21st March. The Annual Beach Party Festival, followed by the 3 day Ultra Music Festival will sweep you away off your feet. It features the world's foremost electronic and alternative music experience.

Vacationers heading to Miami and the surrounding areas for spring vacations are booking vacation rental condos and homes in Miami. This growing trend in hotel-free accommodations provides reasonable holidaying in rental cottages, apartments and bungalows for families and groups of friends.

A Spanish travel company has moved its headquarters to Miami looking to get more turnover. More than half of the employees are local, and the company is looking to hire more in the coming months.

Viajes El Corte Inglés relocated to Miami because of “the Spanish touch” and the large number of multinational companies that call South Florida home, Basabe said.

The Avoya Travel has said that 2010 was the best ever year in terms of Miami travels. The paramount year was based on every measure of success including growing the number of new and repeat clients, improving the already extraordinary vacation planning experience for its customers, and overall sales performance in 2010, surpassing 2009, which was previously the company's best year ever.

Avoya Travel's (www.AvoyaTravel.com) achievements can be attributed to several advancements made in 2010, including:

On November 16, the electronic-focused Ultra Music Festival, which takes over Miami's South Beach every year, announced an expanded event for 2011, with three days of music rather than two and an expected larger international lineup. The events runs from March 25-27, 2011

Early bird tickets, announced November 16, reportedly sold out in five hours.

Nearly 300 cyclists came out to participate in the Dolphin Cycling Challenge. This ride wasn't about winning medals or prizes -- it was about cancer awareness.

This was a community initiative between the Miami Dolphins Foundation and the University of Miami. All proceeds will go to the UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dolphins alumnus Jim ``Mad Dog'' Mandich is being treated by UM. He was honored at the ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday by the Dolphins, who named their cycling team, "Team Mad Dog."

There are numerous book fairs held throughout the year all of the world but few are as important and long running as the Miami Book Fair International that has been held for the last 27 years in November.

Despite tickets priced at more than $1,000, a crowd surpassing 10,000 is expected to turn out for televangelist Joel Osteen in Miami, officials said.

Osteen -- pastor of the country's biggest cathedral, the 43,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston -- will speak at AmericanAirlines Arena Friday.

A multimillionaire, Osteen has written 19 books and preaches what is called the prosperity gospel. His book, "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential," was a New York Times bestseller.

TMC and Crossfire Media announced that the 4G Wireless Evolution (4GWE) Conference will return to Miami on February 2-4, just weeks after F1 as been to Miami (get your Formula One Tickets).

The groups said the conference will once again be collocated with TMC's communications conference, ITEXPO, in the Miami Beach Convention Center. 4GWE is a conference focusing on the evolution to a 4G infrastructure and the mobile broadband applications that it will enable.