Author: editor

Baha Mar Senior Vice President Robert “Sandy” Sands said last month could be the single best performing month in Baha Mar’s history.…Continue readingBaha Mar’s first quarter ‘extremely strong’, says Sands

It was standing room only at The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) “Eleuthera Tourism Stakeholders Session” where 25 senior executives, and hotel owners met to discuss “challenges, opportunities and goals for 2024”.…Continue readingEleuthera Tourism Stakeholders “Meet, Greet and Engage” at The Cove, Eleuthera

he Bahamas’ prospects for continued tourism growth depend on bringing 2,000 hotel rooms, or 15 percent of its total pre-COVID inventory, back on line swiftly with the industry at “maximum capacity”.…Continue readingBahamas wants 2,000 more hotel rooms for ‘good footing’

Robert “Sandy” Sands’ response to the US Travel Alert and Travel Advisory designation for The Bahamas.…Continue readingImportant Message Regarding US Travel Alert & Travel Advisory

Important Message from The President of The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) – Robert “Sandy” Sands re the US Travel Alert and Travel Advisory designation for The Bahamas.…Continue readingImportant Message from The President of The BHTA

Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association President Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands yesterday suggested that by converting just five percent of cruise visitors into stopover guests, The Bahamas could inject millions into the local economy, leveraging the current cruise visitor arrivals boom for sustained tourism growth.…Continue readingBHTA president: Convert more cruise passengers into stop-over visitors for sustained tourism growth

President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Robert “Sandy” Sands said yesterday the industry must capture and capitalize on the significantly higher number of cruise visitors to The Bahamas.…Continue readingCruise Conversion: Changing Stop By, to Stop Over