Category: BHA News

Hearing “Islands in the Stream” should inspire you to do more than change your radio station. Before Dolly Parton and the Bee Gees made it the centerpiece of their pop confection, the name more readily sprang to mind as the title of Ernest Hemingway’s famous novel, parts of which he wrote while on Bimini, in the Bahamas, so inspired was he by the islands’ fishing and diving.
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The long-running legal row over the collapsed $2.6 billion joint venture between Baha Mar and Harrah’s Entertainment is not over despite a New York judge ruling against the Bahamian company.
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Baha Mar’s claim for fraud against gaming giant Harrah’s over their collapsed $2.6 billion Cable Beach joint venture has been dismissed by a New York judge because there is no evidence that the latter “knowingly intended to deceive” it over its intentions towards the project.
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A New York judge has delivered a seeming knock-out blow to Baha Mar’s legal action against Harrah’s Entertainment over their collapsed $2.6 billion Cable Beach joint venture, dismissing the developer’s breach of contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims, and branding as “meritless” a key part of its case against the gaming giant.

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The suggestion of adding $10 onto ticket prices to The Bahamas and to the Caribbean is being protested by a frequent flyer to the islands, who argues the move could cripple this nation’s tourism industry further.
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Baha Mar has resolved the last remaining commercial issues with its prospective financing partner for the $2.6 billion Cable Beach redevelopment, Tribune Business was informed last night, the developer now moving towards finalising the legal documents and presenting the finished plans to the Government.

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Atlantis’ room bookings are up near 25 per cent year-over-year for January, the resort’s senior executive said yesterday, despite group bookings showing no sign of a short-term turnaround.

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Talks are underway about a key restructure of the air fleet of Bahamasair, which could unlock new routes and expanded services.

The Nassau Guardian understands that dialogue is currently taking place between staff, management and the board of the national airline of The Bahamas, and the government on what should happen next with Bahamasair’s fleet.
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The hotel industry is “about 18 months away” from a position where it can start to exceed 2008 comparative numbers, the Bahamas Hotel Association’s (BHA) president said yesterday, as he warned that sector employment was likely to be “one of the casualties” of the recession.
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New Providence hotels enjoyed an almost-20 per cent increase in room revenues year-over-year for December 2009, driven by an increase of more than three-and-a-half percentage points in occupancy rates and a $32.65 rise in average daily room rates (ADR).

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