Category: BHA News

The region’s largest and most significant marketing forum, Caribbean Travel Marketplace, will return to The Bahamas for the second consecutive year when the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) will be staging the event from January 31 to February 2, 2017 at Atlantis, Paradise Island.

In addition to CHTA, Caribbean Travel Marketplace 2017 will be organized with the support of The Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism, the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board (NPIPB), the Paradise Island Tourism Development Association (PITDA) and the Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA).

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The Bahamas’ 10-man team to the June Taste of the Caribbean competition has a target on its back going into the region’s premier culinary competition as defending champions; but they are deep in the trenches training to mount that successful title defense.

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The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s 2015 annual general meeting welcomed over 100 members, industry stakeholders and partners, who gathered to hear BHTA President Stuart Bowe and executive committee representatives review the year’s efforts, events and activities and speak of the goals for 2016.

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Albany, Baker’s Bay, Eleuthera One and other private sector players are among those entities that have already indicated an intention to take advantage of the new partnership between the Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute (CHMI) at The College of The Bahamas (COB) and Kendall College and Laureate International Universities.
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View the gallery of photos from the BHTA Tru Tru Bahamian Festival.

The Tru Tru Bahamian Festival will take place on the 7th of November 2015 at the historic 1789 Buena Vista Estate home to John Watling’s Distillery, located in Downtown Nassau, less than a mile walking distance from the cruise ship port.

Free transportation to and from the hotels will be provided to hotel guests at participating hotels.

The Tru-Tru Festival will be a celebration of Bahamian Culture, Heritage, Traditions, Artistic and Culinary Flair and indigenous Flora and Fauna.

Throughout the day, the Festival will showcase our wondrous family islands and that which makes each island individually unique; our Bahamian traditions, handicrafts, food and drink; our beautiful natural environment and our celebrations of song and dance.

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The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) presented the “Caribbean Hotelier of the Year” award to Adam Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Sandals Resorts International, during the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), which took place Oct. 2 – 4, 2015 at El Conquistador Resort, A Waldorf Astoria Resort in Puerto Rico.

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Bahamas Hotel And Tourism Association Partners With CHTA Education Foundation To Award Scholarships To Eight Bahamas Students

Recipients Pursuing Higher Education, Professional Development in Hospitality & Tourism

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