Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association

Members Invited to Renew or Enroll in Low Cost-High Impact Program

Equipping your front-line, supervisory, and management team members with even the most basic foreign language terminology can go a long way towards developing and growing your international business.

Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration and representatives for the nation’s major private sector organizations met recently to agree to establish an ongoing public-private sector effort to undertake positive and constructive activities to address both the Government’s and the private sector’s needs related to work permits.

*         PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR LOWER EDUCATION LEVELS AND YOUTH

*         UNDERSCORES MAJOR SKILLS GAP BETWEEN R DEMAND AND SUPPLY

The Inter-American Development Bank has released an executive summary presenting the key results of the first comprehensive survey of employers and employment.  The Wage and Productivity Survey 2012 was conducted by the Department of Statistics of The Bahamas with the financial and technical support of the Inter-American Development Bank's Labor Markets Unit.  It is part of the Labour Market Study that the Inter- American Development Bank is conducting for The Bahamas

In response to recommendations by BHTA, the Chamber of Commerce, and others in recent years to consolidate and improve the various Government support services offered to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), the Government has drafted the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act.  The Government and BHTA are inviting interested members to review the draft and present any thoughts or recommendations to us by Friday, April 12th.