Category: BHA News

The Bahamas Hotel Association and the Bahamas Hotel Association Human Resource Professionals Organization host “Impending Implementation of the National Prescription Drug Plan and the Planned Increase in National Insurance Contributions to Support the Permanent Phase of the Unemployment Benefit Program

With the impending changes in contribution levels to the National Insurance in support of the prescription drug plan, as well as the unemployment insurance program, a briefing will be provided by…

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Members of the travel industry are going full steam ahead with investments in the future – recently making a $45,000 donation to educating youth on opportunities in the industry.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Travel experts assert the best way for The Bahamas and the Caribbean to combat challenges like the recent U.K. air tax hike is for regional countries to band together with initiatives promoting inter-country travel.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Out of 19 million tourists that visited the Caribbean last year, The Bahamas was able to win roughly 7 percent of that group, with four other countries beating this nation in attracting the most visitors to their shores.
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The Bahamas Hotel Association’s Board of Directors & Membership Meeting Thursday, June 3, 2010 9:00am British Colonial Hilton

The Bahamas Hotel Associations is partnering with Revans University, with the support of International Management Centre Association Socrates (IMCA) to launch the Professional Master of Management (M.Mgmt) in Hospitality & Tourism.  This is being done in an effort to assist with the continuous development of seasoned hotel owners and operators as well as senior/experienced management executives in our Hospitality & Tourism Industry.
 
This program has been successfully launched by the Jamaica Hotel & Tourism Association and the St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association.  It has also now been launched by the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association.  Jamaica is actually in its eighth successful year of running this program and have some 80+ graduates of the programs…

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The Bahamas is close to forming a mutually beneficial partnership with American Airlines to provide airlift to many Family Islands, the Minister of Tourism and Aviation revealed to Tribune Business yesterday.
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BAHA Mar and Scotiabank were last night said to be “close” to a resolution over the latter’s $170 million syndicated loan that financed the developer’s acquisition of the existing Cable Beach properties, sources close to the situation telling Tribune Business that “tremendous progress” had been made.
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Under this year’s theme – “Business Unusual: Creativity and Innovation” – The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and The US Embassy is proud to present the 6th Annual Business Development Seminar Wednesday, May 5th 2010 at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel beginning at 8:30am.

Headlining this year’s event is former NBA superstar Earvin “Magic” Johnson, music mogul Steve Stoute and economist Mike Bryant of the Federal Reserve.

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Over the past five years over 32 hotel industry scholarships valued at over $100,000 have been awarded to Bahamian students, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the hotel sector and BHA’s work with an industry regional scholarship programs.  The Bahamas Hotel Association and its partner organizations, the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union, and the Bahamas Hotel Employers Association, are seeking applicants for scholarships available to students and employees wishing to further their education in tourism-related studies.
 
BHA is presently soliciting applicants for the Industry Partners Pat Bain Scholarships. The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, April 30th. 

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