Category: BHA News

We are encouraged that several Bahamas hotels have already committed support, despite the difficult times our industry is experiencing. The Bahamas Red Cross is launching its appeal for funds and non-perishables items.  Specifically, hotels are being asked to donate cash or the following items:

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Three Bahamian locations are to get more air services as a Florida airline announces it is expanding its schedule.

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The New Year holiday “exceeded expectations” for many Bahamian hotels as average occupancy rates soared into the 90 per cent range with some days sold out, although the Bahamas Hotel Association’s (BHA) president yesterday cautioned that the sector had to make up considerable ground to return to pre-credit crunch business levels.
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Tourism’s delay in unveiling its new 2010 brand has not hampered it any from launching a new ad campaign offering free companion airfare — a move being billed as the hottest deal of the season.
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Difficult and unavailable flight connections are harming the Family Islands’ economic growth and the businesses that cater to them, Majestic Tours’ managing director for Europe said yesterday.
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A leading Bahamian tour operator yesterday said its 2010 forward bookings were already up 30 to 50 per cent year-over-year for the entire Bahamas, following what its managing director for Europe described as a 20 per cent decline last year.
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As a precaution, a Tsunami Watch was issued earlier today for The Bahamas following a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti and reportedly has now been lifted.  The Bahamas Meteorological Department and NEMA…Continue readingBahamas Monitoring Haiti Earthquake….

The number of Chinese workers being brought in to work on the Baha Mar project is irrelevant, former Chamber head Dionisio D’Aguilar has told The Nassau Guardian, given the much-needed psychological boost it will provide businesses.

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Baha Mar’s two existing Cable Beach resorts are only still open because their owner’s family has used their own money to cover “significant multi-million dollar losses”, particularly over the last two years, something that has made the Izmirlians the “largest private investor in the history of the Bahamas”.
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Starwood yesterday said its Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort at Cable Beach had seen a 10 per cent revenue increase in 2009, and confirmed to Tribune Business its brands were still committed to the delayed $2.6 billion Baha Mar project.
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