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Bahamian tourism will face headwinds over the next few months as hotels enter their regular slow season says President of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Robert “Sandy” Sands……Continue readingSands: Tourism To Face Headwinds

November 17, 2024 – Mark your calendar and get ready to tee off at The Ocean Club Golf Course.…Continue readingSave The Date: Annual Golf Tournament

Robert Sands says the drop-off in group visitor business compared to an unusually strong 2023 third quarter was likely playing “a pivotal role” in this year’s softening ……Continue reading2024 Growth Not On Par With Last Year

WATCH: Video links regarding the new code of conduct for the taxicab industry.…Continue readingNew Code of Conduct for Taxicab Industry

Robert Sands, Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president, said all major resorts saw an “extremely strong” close to the first three months of 2024 with Easter bookings meeting or exceeding goals.…Continue readingResorts ‘meet or exceed’ Easter tourism targets

In terms of the high-value stopover visitor segment, The Bahamas has had 313,000 visitors thus far, representing a three percent increase compared to 2019, and a seven percent increase when compared to last year. …Continue readingAmost two million visitors in first two months of 2024

Baha Mar Senior Vice President Robert “Sandy” Sands said last month could be the single best performing month in Baha Mar’s history.…Continue readingBaha Mar’s first quarter ‘extremely strong’, says Sands

It was standing room only at The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) “Eleuthera Tourism Stakeholders Session” where 25 senior executives, and hotel owners met to discuss “challenges, opportunities and goals for 2024”.…Continue readingEleuthera Tourism Stakeholders “Meet, Greet and Engage” at The Cove, Eleuthera

he Bahamas’ prospects for continued tourism growth depend on bringing 2,000 hotel rooms, or 15 percent of its total pre-COVID inventory, back on line swiftly with the industry at “maximum capacity”.…Continue readingBahamas wants 2,000 more hotel rooms for ‘good footing’