Category: BHA News

Over the next several months, hotels and tourism-dependent businesses in The Bahamas will continue to feel the brunt of the impact of the global recession, high US unemployment, and a lack of consumer confidence in the United States, our major source of visitors, according to the Bahamas Hotel Association.  While industry competitive data reveals that The Bahamas is holding up well compared to many areas around the world, hotels and tourism-related business are in a vulnerable state and the next several months are crucial to the operations of a number of businesses.

BHA President Robert Sands advises businesses which are experiencing cash flow difficulties to stay in close contact with banks, utility companies, and vendors to work out payment arrangements if necessary during this difficult period.
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Around 400 government employees may soon see their offices moved from Thompson Boulevard to a hotel tower on Cable Beach.

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The Bahamas Hotel Association’s eleventh annual golf tournament takes place this coming Sunday, October 4th at the Cable Beach Golf Course when over 80 golfers will tee off to support the industry’s student scholarship and education programs.
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Thanks to your generous support, over the past five years the Bahamas Hotel Association has been able to award 31 tourism-related scholarships valued at over $100,000 to Bahamian students.   The Bahamas Hotel Association will be hosting its 11th Annual Golf Tournament on Sunday, October 4th at the Cable Beach Golf Course  We hope that once again you will be able to support this worthwhile activity.
 
BHA has significantly stepped up its program of activities and effectiveness in recent years.  Our ability to positively impact a range of issues and activities important to our industry’s future has been tied directly to the level of support from the business community.

Read more for Registration and Sponsorship information. Also, view the Bahamas Calendar video featuring Frank Comito talking about this year’s tournament.

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From London to New York via Tunisia and the Norfolk resort of Hemsby, marketers are seeking to give destinations a distinctive personality.

Destination branding seems to be undergoing a resurgence. With consumers having less disposable income to spend on visiting places, locations are competing to make themselves stand out with distinctive brands and marketing campaigns.
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Marsh Harbour, Abaco – Abaco will be marketed as its own destination within the Bahamas just as Nassau/Paradise Island has been for decades, the minister of tourism and aviation said, with Marsh Harbour to receive a new airport runway by next month and 14 American Airlines flights per week.

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The Central Bank is confirming that hotels in The Bahamas sustained whopping blows to their bottom line in the last quarter — following an earlier Guardian report pinning that decline at 21 percent.

“Preliminary indicators of tourism sector revenues suggest that hotel receipts, across all major markets, declined significantly during the review quarter,” said the bank’s latest quarterly report ending June 2009. “This reflected the combined adverse effects on average earnings of lower occupancy levels, various discounts and other incentive programs.”

The news comes as hotels and resorts throughout the region register record declines, even in the normally active travel season start. They are declines connected in every way to the global recession now clamping down on consumer spending, even on the most basic necessity items.
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Langham Hotels International is set to plant its first flag in the Caribbean and launch the first Langham Place in North America following the signing of a management agreement with P.S.G. Hotel Ltd.
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Former executives of the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) who reportedly hired a locksmith to change the locks at the headquarters Wednesday were escorted off the property by police, according to the union’s recently ousted president.
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The former president of the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) is breaking his silence on the recent court ruling that nullified the union’s recent elections and ousted Nicole Martin from its top post.
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