Bahamas Hotel Tourism Association
The Unified Voice of Bahamian Tourism
Travelers Reminded of Heavy Passenger Traffic at LPIA Over Next Two Weeks
Passengers travelling through Nassau International Airport (LPIA) are reminded to arrive 3 hours before scheduled flight time for the USA.
Recent experience has shown that travel to and through LPIA this winter has been very robust. …
Sandals Royal Bahamian has enrolled 50 of its staff into a soon-to-be-launched Spanish language course organized by the Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA), the property’s general manager told Guardian Business.
Patrick Drake said the all-inclusive resort made the formal commitment on Thursday.
The resort is one of several New Providence based hotels which have opted to enroll staff in the language learning courses in order to better serve an influx of Spanish-speaking tourists arriving to the country on Panama-based Copa Airlines.
The Bahamas Hotel Association and the Bahamas Out Islands Promotion Board are working with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company to provide feedback on a number of challenges hotels and businesses are facing, particularly in the Family Islands, in using the services of BTC to support their business activities and transactions. BTC indicates to us that they are working to address these and will provide an update to members at our April 5th meeting.
Bahamas Hotel AssociationBoard of Directors and Membership Meeting Thursday, April 5, 20129:30am – 12:00pm (noon)At Graycliff Humidor Continental breakfast along with coffee, herbal tea and juices will be served.
The Inter-American Development Bank extends this invitation to BHA Members who may be interested in learning more about the bank’s technical assistance program.
U.S. Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting Requirements
The U.S. Embassy would like to remind travelers that, while it is legal to transport any amount of currency and/or other monetary instruments into or out of the United States, a traveler who is departing on a pre-cleared flight to the United States from Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau or Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport, and who is transporting, attempts to transport, or causes to be transported, currency and/or other monetary instruments in an aggregate amount exceeding U.S. $10,000 (or an equivalent amount in foreign currency) at one time, must report such amounts to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and file a Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments (FinCEN 105) with CBP prior to departure.
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