News & Updates

BAHA Mar expects occupancy during the traditionally slow late-summer and early-autumn period to run 10 to 15 percent ahead of last year, extending a strong 2026 performance. Senior Vice-President Robert…Continue readingBaha Mar Expects High Slow-Season Occupancy

Despite a string of repeated power outages this summer, Baha Mar Senior Vice President Robert Sands said yesterday that the resort has not been impacted by the unreliable power supply,…Continue readingSands: Baha Mar Not Affected By BPL Outages

BAHA Mar Senior Vice-President Robert Sands has defended the practice of major businesses switching to backup generators when the electricity grid is strained, describing it as “good corporate citizenry” as…Continue readingBaha Mar Defends Generator Use During Power Crisis

Tameka Forbes has been elected as President of the Bahamas Hotel and Restaurant Employers’ Association.

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) advises the public that consequential to its investigation of major outages experienced across Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited’s (BPL) electricity supply systems…Continue readingURCA Agrees to BPL Customer Rebate Initiative Following Settlement of Regulatory Enforcement Matters

The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Industry (BHTA) held its 21st Annual Educators’ Internship Program recently, where once again a cadre of teachers spent three days “walking in the footsteps” of…Continue readingBHTA President Heralds Teachers As Pivotal To Tourism

Senior executives from the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) have met with Glenys Hanna Martin, newly-appointed minister of tourism, and her leadership team to discuss critical issues facing the…Continue readingBHTA Meets With Minister To Talk Key Tourism Issues

The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) is pressing for a greater private sector role in shaping tourism policy, telling the country’s new tourism minister that industry stakeholders should be…Continue readingBHTA Wants Greater Private Sector Role In Shaping Tourism Policy

Executive Director of the Bahamas Out Islands Promotion Board (BOIPB) Kerry Fountain said at the Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association’s board of directors and membership meeting last week Thursday, that…Continue readingFountain: BOIPB To Provide Promotional Travel Offers