Category: BHA News

Never before has the adage “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” had more relevance than today. Our industry has faced one of its most challenging years and our very survivability and ultimate return to profitability rests with how well we manage today’s crisis while concurrently planning for our future.
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Baha Mar’s potential agreement with two Chinese state-owned entities for the financing and construction of its $2.6 billion Cable Beach project is “90 per cent likely to go” ahead, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with both sides trying to now tie down “a few commercial issues”.
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The Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) has honoured J. Barrie Farrington as a lifetime director of the 57 year-old organisation.
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A $100 million Bahamian real estate project is aiming to break ground on its 20-unit second phase within the “next 45 to 60 days” once the required level of pre-sales has been achieved, telling Tribune Business that interest from foreign buyers appears to have been rekindled.
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Ginn has won a “very critical” legal battle over a challenge to its ownership of 179 acres vital to its $4.9 billion Bahamian resort project, the Court of Appeal finding that a rival claim to the property was “without merit”.
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A decision by the UK courts to block a strike called for by British Airways cabin crew over the Christmas season bodes well for the Bahamian economy, the Bahamas Hotel Association’s president said yesterday.
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Grand Isle Resort & Spa has appointed Bahamian Shervin Penn as resort manager of its $100 million, luxurious 78 condo villa resort located at Emerald Bay, Great Exuma.

James Clabaugh, president of EGI Ltd, developers of the luxury property, said: “We are pleased to announce the promotion of Assistant Manager Shervin Penn to the post of resort manager.

“We know that a new era is dawning for Exuma and we believe that Shervin’s appreciation of how important a superior visitor experience is will help Grand Isle retain its standing among repeat discerning guests and the many new visitors that Sandals will be bringing to Exuma.”
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The Bahamas Hotel Association’s president yesterday said room bookings will be softer year-over-year this festive season, as revenue per available room hovers around a negative 18.9 per cent.
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A judge has found the Board of Trustees for one of the British Colonial Hilton’s owners “failed in their duty” to supervise investments in that property and their other Bahamian holding, the South Ocean resort, with members of its investments committee also guilty of breaching regulatory guidelines.
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A small Florida airline is beginning weekly service to the Bahamas this month, with chartered flights to these islands making up 80 per cent of its itinerary, its director of operations said yesterday.
…Continue readingBahamas Is Top Destination For Treasure Coast Airlines