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The next BHA Board and Membership meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 8th at 9:30am at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort.  Members please make every effort to attend.  A special…Continue readingBoard and Membership Meeting

The highly anticipated 2009 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Small Hotels Retreat kicked off in the U.S. Virgin Islands last night with a larger than expected delegation of small hoteliers, optimistic about their prospects in an improved 2010 economy.

“The small hotels of the Caribbean are the salt and spice, and yes – the heart and soul of our region. They are as diversified as our people and we truly believe this is where we stand out,” said Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Commissioner of Tourism for the U.S.V.I. in her keynote address at the retreat’s opening ceremony. “At the end of the day, this is the group that is vested in our community.”
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Some Family Island resorts have suffered a lower than average slow season, down some 75 per cent compared to last year’s 30 per cent occupancy levels, according to the Abaco Beach Resort’s general manager. Some properties have closed altogether for the two-month slow period.
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The Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort has appointed André R. Newbold to the newly-created position of business travel sales manager.
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A major mixed-use resort project is projected to generate an annual economic impact ranging from $54 million to $90 million for the Bahamian economy, its principals told Tribune Business yesterday, adding that the 291 lot sales they have closed have brought “hundreds of visitors to Long Island”.

In a series of e-mailed answers to Tribune Business’s questions, Ian Moorcroft, one of the principals behind the Port St George project, earmarked for a site next to Long Island’s existing Stella Maris subdivision, said being debt free had been “critical” to its ability to weather the global recession and credit crunch.
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There “is no question” that September, traditionally the softest month of the tourism season, was “weaker than expected” for the resort industry, the Bahamas Hotel Association’s president said yesterday, who has written to banks and utility companies urging them to work with resort properties experiencing increasing cash flow difficulties.
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The redesigned Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) will have been one of the most complicated terminals in the Caribbean to build when completed, the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) president and chief executive said yesterday, but will still be cost competitive at only 5-10 per cent above competing hubs.
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Over the next several months, hotels and tourism-dependent businesses in The Bahamas will continue to feel the brunt of the impact of the global recession, high US unemployment, and a lack of consumer confidence in the United States, our major source of visitors, according to the Bahamas Hotel Association.  While industry competitive data reveals that The Bahamas is holding up well compared to many areas around the world, hotels and tourism-related business are in a vulnerable state and the next several months are crucial to the operations of a number of businesses.

BHA President Robert Sands advises businesses which are experiencing cash flow difficulties to stay in close contact with banks, utility companies, and vendors to work out payment arrangements if necessary during this difficult period.
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Around 400 government employees may soon see their offices moved from Thompson Boulevard to a hotel tower on Cable Beach.

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The Bahamas Hotel Association’s eleventh annual golf tournament takes place this coming Sunday, October 4th at the Cable Beach Golf Course when over 80 golfers will tee off to support the industry’s student scholarship and education programs.
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