Category: BHA News

Three more nations will soon no longer need visas to enter The Bahamas as the government seeks to encourage international trade and travel in 2010.
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Atlantis is staking its claim to become the location of one of the largest poker tournaments in the world, hosting the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) this year and for the next two years to come.
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The national airline of The Bahamas is planning more expansion in 2010 with new routes and extra services to the Southern United States and the Caribbean.
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Nassau-based Steiner Leisure Limited has announced that it has completed the $100 million acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Bliss World Holdings, Inc.

The company announced back in November that it had entered into an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to purchase Bliss, a spa and skin care company with free-standing and hotel spa locations, offering services and products under the “Bliss” and “Remede” brands.
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The Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) is conceding the region was unsuccessful in averting a proposed UK Air Tax hike that may slash traffic from that destination — yet is still…Continue readingProposed UK Air Tax Concerns BHA

NEW YORK CITY-Claiming that the two companies conspired to inflate values with the idea of eventually taking over the properties, investors in four high-end resorts in the US and the Bahamas have filed a class-action suit against Credit Suisse and Cushman & Wakefield, according to published reports. The complaint, filed Sunday in federal court in Boise, ID, seeks up to $24 billion in damages, including $16 billion in punitive damages.
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The Bahamas Hotel Association wishes everyone a happy, safe and productive New Year!

Bahamian healthcare facilities are likely to enter into joint ventures and partnerships with overseas providers in a bid to develop a medical tourism sector, the minister of tourism has indicated, with the industry targeting profitable niche markets seen as having long-term sustainability.
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The speakers for the 19th Bahamas Business Outlook, scheduled for January 14 at the Wyndham Nassau Resort, Cable Beach, have been announced.
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As most of the world attempts to gaze into the future and predict what 2010 holds in store, business leaders in The Bahamas are offering up their own forecasts for…Continue readingMixed Projections For 2010