Category: Hotel News

In ten days the Bahamas National Trust will be holding its second annual environmental youth camp for teens in Andros.  They still need help, particularly in securing the food and…Continue readingHelp Youth Learn To Protect The Environment

BHA invites your support for the annual Taste of the Caribbean Cook-Off, A qualifier to identify the chefs and bartenders who will compete in the regional competition in Puerto Rico…Continue readingSupport “Iron Chefs” Of The Bahamas

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – One-hundred of the nation’s educators will spend a week in industry this summer learning about the range of careers and businesses in the tourism industry and how to better prepare young people for its many opportunities, as part of the Bahamas Hotel Association’s 7th Annual Summer Educator Internship Program, beginning June 28th, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) and COB’s, Culinary Hospitality  Management Institute (CHMI).
 
Public and private school teachers, principals, counselors, and subject specialist will align with local business partners to get a hands-on “snapshot” of the tourism industry and better understand how critical their roles are in preparing the future workforce to make a meaningful difference in our nation’s largest industry.
 
…Continue readingTourism Sector Excited To Host 100 Education Interns This Summer

Active season predicted and members are urged to review plans and policies, included here. As we have in previous years, BHA will coordinate private sector readiness and response efforts with…Continue readingHurricane Season Opens

Here is your first sneak peak of the Atlantis makeover and what guests can expect as the resort spends millions upgrading its suites to bring in more high rollers.
…Continue readingAtlantis Unveils Revamp Details

With the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island experiencing an upswing in bookings, the company’s President and Managing Director George Markantonis said that unlike last year, the managers at the company will not be required to take a mandatory two-week unpaid vacation in 2010.
…Continue readingAtlantis Managers Spared Mandatory Down Time

After two tumultuous years amid the backdrop of a global economic meltdown, things are looking up for the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, said Atlantis Managing Director George Markantonis over the weekend.

…Continue readingAtlantis Bookings Up

ATLANTIS’S casino business is falling “15 per cent year-over-year every year” due to increased competition from many US states, its managing director underscoring the need for the Bahamas to reform its casino gaming laws, while group business for many Bahamian hotels is unlikely to return until “late 2011”.
…Continue readingAtlantis Casino Business Falling 15% Yearly

A FORMER Chamber president yesterday questioned whether the Government could “make the hard decisions” necessary to achieve its key objective of bringing the debt-to-GDP ratio down to 40 per cent in the medium term, and warned it was “in danger of killing the goose that laid the golden egg” through the sharp tax increases on the hotel and auto industry.
…Continue readingNew Tax Increases Could Impact Tourism

THE BAHAMIAN hotel industry is facing a potential five-fold whammy, with the Government adding to increases in National Insurance Board (NIB) contribution rates, electricity costs and Out Island Promotion Board fees by increasing hotel room/guest taxes from 6 per cent to 10 per cent, along with an $5 increase in departure taxes.
…Continue readingBahamas Hotels Face Five-Fold Budget Hit