Category: Hotel News
Record Scholarships Awarded Bahamian Students By Hotel And Tourism Industry
Thirteen Bahamian students were presented with scholarship awards this week totaling $80,500 thanks to the generous financial support and fundraising activities of the Bahamas Hotel Association, the Bahamas Hotel Employers Association and the Caribbean Hotel Association Education Foundation and their members. The awards were presented to the students during a meeting of the Bahamas Hotel Association.
Caption: Recipients of the Patrick Bain Industry Partners Scholarship receive awards.
Renewable Energy Training Plan For The Bahamas
The winner of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funded contract to install alternative energy technologies in several Bahamian homes has pledged to employ “a fully Bahamian workforce” and train others to work in the sector, unveiling plans to for launching an “accredited renewable energy school” accessible from this nation.
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Baha Mar Construction To Start ‘Before Year End’
BAHA Mar yesterday expressed hope the Bahamian government would provide the necessary approvals “as expeditiously as possible” to allow construction on the $2.6 billion Cable Beach redevelopment to begin later this year, as it continues negotiations with Scotiabank over the latter’s $170-$180 million bridging loan.
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Bahamas Hotels Close To Recovery
THE Bahamian resort industry wants to see business levels comparable to 2008 numbers “sustained for two-three quarters” before declaring it has truly recovered, the Bahamas Hotel Association’s (BHA) president telling Tribune Business that while July and August were unlikely to match June numbers, continued improvement upon 2009 comparatives was expected.
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