Category: Hotel News
Nassau Air Arrivals Strike 28-Year Peak
Air arrivals to New Providence achieved their highest quarterly growth for 28 years during the final three months of 2018, expanding by 20.6 percent to complete a strong year for Bahamian tourism.
The Central Bank’s latest quarterly economic review, covering the final quarter of 2018, revealed: “Total visitors to New Providence strengthened by 15.9 percent during the review quarter, a turnaround from a 2.1 percent reduction in the preceding year, as the key air component firmed by 20.6 percent – the largest percentage increase since 1990, while sea passengers advanced by 14.3 percent.
National Culinary Squad Named
Chef Jamal Small will lead Team Bahamas into competition at this year’s Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Taste of the Caribbean event, considered to be the culinary Olympics of the Caribbean, with five members from last year’s squad doing battle with him.
The team captain will be joined by senior chef Kevyn Pratt, pastry chef Celeste Smith, junior chef Hazen Rolle, beef category chef Astier Dean, seafood category chef Tevin Kemp, chef Caribbean 305 Leonardis Moss and mixologist Derrick Blackmon for the June 21-25 competition in Miami, Florida. Devin Johnson will travel as the team manager with Mario Adderley as the team administrator.
Small, Pratt, Smith, Rolle and Blackmon were all members of the 2018 squad. Small is going in as the defending Caribbean chef of the year; Rolle is going in as the defending junior chef of the year.
Culinary Team Finalised To Take On Region’S Best
It held an intense Culinary and Mixology Competition at the University of The Bahamas to select the final members who will represent this nation at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami from June 21-25.
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Bahamas to Host CHTA’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace in 2020
Frank Comito, the CEO and director general for the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, has announced that the CHTA will hold its annual Caribbean Travel Marketplace in the Bahamas next year. New resort destination Baha Mar will host the event at its Performing Arts and Convention Center from January 21-23, 2020.
Tourism Stakeholders Discuss Issues At BHTA Meeting
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Hotels: ‘We’Ve Never Seen This In Ten Years’
The Nassau/Paradise Island hotel industry has “rebounded with gains not seen for ten years”, it was revealed yesterday, as room revenues closed 2018 up 34 percent year-over-year.
Robert Sands, pictured, Baha Mar’s senior vice-president of government and external affairs, told Tribune Business that last year’s momentum had been maintained through “a very strong 2019 first quarter” with most tourism industry participants confident these trends will hold for the full year barring any hurricanes or unanticipated economic shocks.
Tru Tru Bahamian Festival 2019 – Gallery
Photos from the Tru Tru Bahamian Festival
