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The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA); alongside industry partners, Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board (NPIPB), The Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board (BOIPB); The Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board (GBITB) and The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism (BMOT) met recently at the British Colonial Hilton Nassau, to discuss the state of the industry throughout the archipelago and to share individual and collective marketing strategies being deployed to ensure global markets understand the majority of islands in The Bahamas are open for business.

…Continue readingSenior Tourism Execs Gather

Baha Mar is to a host major regional tourism event in January in conjunction with the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).

The 38th Caribbean Travel Marketplace (CTM) will involve hotel and destination representatives as well as other tourism providers, wholesalers and tour operators, online travel agencies and media representatives over two days.

…Continue readingBaha Mar To Host Regional Tourism Event

Tourism stakeholders have agreed to align their efforts to maintain the country’s value for money proposition in order to steer The Bahamas’ tourism sector back to its robust, pre-Dorian numbers.

A press statement from the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) explained that those stakeholders also accepted to speak with one voice in their tourism messaging and marketing.

…Continue readingTourism stakeholders meet to discuss way forward

…Continue readingBHTA Golf Tournament: November 17, 2019

Carlton Russell will be a panellist on The Financial Voice, discussing “Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future For All” Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 Watch this video to get the details:

The Bahamas must “tactfully and strategically” promote it is open for business ahead of the all-important winter tourism season’s November start, a top hotelier says.

Robert Sands, Baha Mar’s senior vice-president of government and external affairs, backed the strategy set by Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, and his ministry in a bid to “arrest the double digit booking fall” caused by Hurricane Dorian’s fall-out.

Mr Sands told Tribune Business: “The strategy is certainly the right one; the best way to make reservations and support touristic properties in the islands that have not have been affected by Dorian. Principally the message is that The Bahamas is an archipelagic country with many islands from north to south, and 14 other main islands are still available.

…Continue readingTact And Strategy Needed Over Tourism Promotion

Getting people back to fled Grand Bahama and the Abacos after Hurricane Dorian back to work is a monumental challenge.

But cheers to the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) and the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) which, in tandem with public and private sector tourism partners in the region and South Florida, launched “Tourism Jobs for Bahamians” to secure temporary employment for workers displaced by Hurricane Dorian.

The storm blew more than 2,500 hospitality professionals out of work on Grand Bahama and the Abacos, eliminating jobs that were supporting more than 10,000 family members in these islands, according to the CHTA.

…Continue readingThe push for post-Dorian employment opportunities

Nassau Paradise Island was unaffected by the recent storm. Our thoughts and support are with our neighbors that were severely impacted, The Abacos and Grand Bahama Island. Nassau Paradise Island…Continue readingOpen For Business

Message From The President of BHTA:

Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) members including those in the hotel sector, have reported that the pace of forward bookings has softened, in some cases significantly, when compared to bookings for the same period last year.

“A number of factors, including the severity of the impact of Dorian on Grand Bahama and Abaco, the subsequent widespread coverage and the lack of understanding of Bahama Islands geography, has resulted in a marked impact on business, which is unfortunate but not unanticipated. This is certainly the case for Nassau, Paradise Island,” states Carlton Russell, President of the BHTA.

…Continue readingImpact of Hurricane Dorian on Tourism Sector Business