Tuesday's Daily Pulse

› Miami’s ‘master of selfies’ mounts a pro-Trump congressional bid [Miami Herald]
Mayra Joli, a Brickell-based immigration attorney and five-time beauty queen who dabbles as a pundit on Spanish-language television, is running without a party affiliation for retiring Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s Miami-based seat.

› Tourists flock to South Florida hotels in October, brush off lingering effects of Hurricane Irma [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
South Florida’s hotels were fuller in October and enjoyed higher room rates than a year ago, a reversal of fortune that could help offset the erosion of tourist traffic caused by Hurricane Irma-related cancellations and refunds.

› Rayonier Advanced Materials completes $870 million acquisition [Florida Times-Union]
Rayonier Advanced Materials has completed its acquisition of a Canadian company, effectively doubling its size. The company had announced its plan in May to acquire Tembec for $807 million.

› Before their budget got whacked, Visit Florida execs ran up hefty travel bills [Times/Herald]
Gov. Rick Scott’s tourism chiefs at Visit Florida spent a lot of public money taking trips to exotic places to promote the state as a top worldwide destination.

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