Category: BHA News

Over twenty Bahamian students will be participating in the first Bahamas Environmental Youth Program, a week-long camp being held in Andros later this month, organized by the Bahamas National Trust…Continue readingBNT and Partners First Annual Student Environmental Camp

How should Caribbean governments seek to support tourism during a global recession?

At a time of diminishing national reserves, this is a question set to haunt the industry, governments and the region as a whole, if, as seems probable, both public revenues and visitor arrivals continue to decline.

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There are growing worries among staff at the Old Bahama Bay hotel in West Grand Bahama that their jobs may be on the line, as Ginn is reportedly set to put the property on the market.
…Continue readingLayoffs Feared at Old Bahama Bay

Enrique De Marchena Kaluche, president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, is urging the Caribbean to “strengthen international advertising and programs” to counter the effects of the tourism reductions seen across most of the region.
…Continue readingCHTA President Urges To Strengthen Tourism

A committee has been formed to comprehensively examine the country’s gaming laws, and its members are expected to have recommendations completed by the end of next month, Tourism Minister Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace told The Nassau Guardian.

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The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) has named Josef Forstmayr President-elect for 2010 – 2012.  Forstmayr is a director on the Jamaica Tourist Board and Managing Director at Round Hill Hotel & Villas in Jamaica. Before entering his two-year term, Josef will go through a one-year initiation as President-elect that will prepare him for his role as CHTA President.
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Twenty percent of Americans polled in a survey commissioned by the Wyndham Rewards loyalty program said they would be unable to take their next vacation without cashing in rewards points, indicating that the current economic climate has increased the importance of travel rewards points in vacation planning.
…Continue readingWyndham Poll Proves Points System Value

Radisson Hotels & Resorts today announced the addition of the Radisson Our Lucaya Resort, Grand Bahama Island, a 740-room landmark resort located in the heart of Grand Bahama Island. The AAA four-diamond oceanfront resort was converted to the Radisson brand, establishing Radisson’s presence in the Bahamas and strengthening the brand’s impressive resort portfolio in the Caribbean. Radisson currently operates two world-class resort properties in Aruba and St Martin.
…Continue readingRadisson Announces Addition of Our Lucaya Resort

Only months after the announcement it would part ways with Starwood and its ‘Sheraton’ and ‘Westin’ brands, Our Lucaya has now picked up the more-budget conscious Radisson name.
…Continue readingRadisson Name A Better Fit For Our Lucaya

As tourism figures increase in Nassau and Paradise Island, they decrease in Grand Bahama, according to Tourism Minister Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, who noted that officials recently spotted the “amazing coincidence.”
…Continue readingTourism Up In Nassau, Down In Grand Bahama