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Emphasizing the tourism sector’s “strong opposition” to a July 1 value-added tax (VAT) implementation date, Frank Comito, executive vice president of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), said that no major hotels have yet felt prepared to begin investing in the technology and other upgrades they would need to implement the tax.
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Concerns about value-added tax (VAT) expressed by Barbados Central Bank Governor Delisle Worrell underscore the importance of approaching VAT or any tax reform “with great caution and the value of broad public and private sector stakeholder collaboration and buy-in up-front,” according to the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association.
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Cruise arrivals to The Bahamas have grown by 76 percent between 2000 and 2012, according to data recently released, with overall revenue generated from cruise arrivals ballooning by over 850 percent to just under $400 million per annum over the same period.
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Over 150 students that attended the 5th Annual Workforce Readiness Boot Camp were told that they must prepare themselves to embrace opportunities that will be offered to them.
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Tourism-based businesses must place much greater focus on tools which can allow them to measure customer satisfaction as a means of “training and motivation,” according to the President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association Stuart Bowe.
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Thank you to BHTA members who supported our recent fundraising activities.  Thanks to you there are presently 12 Bahamian students receiving scholarships valued at $67,000!

Now we need to set our sights on assisting another group of promising Bahamians with pursuing a career in tourism.

Applications are now being accepted for scholarships thru the Industry Partners Patrick S. Bain Scholarship Fund (to COB), the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation, and the Caribbean Tourism Organization Scholarship Foundation.  …Continue readingScholarship Applications Now Being Accepted