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Hotels ‘can’t ask for more’ over post-COVID rebound
Bahamian resorts are seeing the high-occupancy Christmas period expand by 50 percent, a top hotelier has revealed, adding of the post-COVID rebound: “We couldn’t have asked for more.”
Mega hotels must collaborate to hit 'even keel' state
The Government and major hotels need to collaborate on a “brand Bahamas” strategy to prevent ‘cannibalisation’ and ensure the industry remains on “an even keel”, a former tourism minister urged yesterday.Obie Wilchcombe told Tribune Business that the
Airlift hiatus sparks Bimini hotel lay-offs
THE Bimini Big Game Club has lost nearly 50 reservations, equalling “a few hundred” room nights, due to United Express/Silver Airways’ decision to suspend its services to the island following the temporary closure of the Bimini Bay Resort.
Hugh Campbell time
THE Bahamas’ most prestigious basketball tournament for senior boys will feature 30 teams sandwiched in a 54-game package from Monday to Saturday, February 17-24, at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the championship game being staged at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
Local are 'too scared' to speak against Bimini Bay
BIMINITES who have been quietly talking among themselves as heavy equipment stands at the ready to alter their lifestyle and their environment are “petrified with fear” about ongoing expansion efforts by Resorts World Bimini, but too scared of victimisation to speak out publicly, Bimini Waterkeeper Joseph Darville said.
Ship beached after Hurricane Joaquin
THE Emerald Express, with a crew of eight, was on its way from Great Inagua to Fort Lauderdale when it was caught at sea by Hurricane Joaquin on October 1 near Acklins and Crooked Island.
One of largest public healthcare institutions in South Florida holds Grand Bahama conference
BAPTIST Health International (BHI), one the largest public healthcare institutions in South Florida, held a free health conference on Friday in Grand Bahama.
Santa on the beach as he swaps sleigh for seaplane
SANTA Claus arrived early for 170 excited students at the R N Gomez All Age School last week, his sleigh a seaplane which landed at Great Harbour Cay in the north Berry Islands to deliver Christmas gifts and cheer.
RBC outsourcing more jobs to Trini
Commercial banking industry consolidation and job losses are set to continue, after Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) yesterday unveiled plans to transfer its credit card unit to Trinidad & Tobago.
Bahamas routs Bermuda 57-38 in CBC opener
DESPITE a relatively new supporting cast, the defending champions staked their claim as early favourites at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships.
Miss Bahamas contestants unveiled
FROM Grand Bahama in the north to Inagua in the south, the 11 beauties vying for the titles of Miss World Bahamas, Miss Universe Bahamas and Miss Earth Bahamas came from all over to be officially introduced to the public during the launch of “Beauty by Nature – the 2015 Miss Bahamas Beauty Pageants”.
Gomez says constituency business has kept him from filing petitions against FNM duo
LEGAL Affairs Minister Damian Gomez yesterday insisted that he was not backing away from his declaration to file Election Court petitions to declare the Long Island and Killarney seats vacant over alleged conflicts of interest.
‘I don’t want the players to rest on their laurels’
BAHAMAS Softball Federation’s outgoing president Burkett Dorsett, who was re-elected as president of the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation, said the Bahamas men’s triumph as the Leon ‘Apache’ Knowles champions in the four-day ECASC tournament was a spark in the right direction.
Ocean Club: Gibson talking about us
The One & Only Ocean Club yesterday effectively confirmed it is the Paradise Island resort identified as the one which may lay-off some employees, but promised: “Any changes will be minimal.”
Three dead after shooting and stabbings
THREE men were killed in separate incidents yesterday - one in Grand Bahama - bringing the year’s murder toll to 41 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.
The countdown is on for Grand Bahama launch
THE countdown is on for the start of Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival next weekend in Freeport.
Guest house owner denies Investment policy breach
THE expatriate owner of an Exuma guest house yesterday denied he was running a car rental business in contravention of the National Investment Policy, after such claims were reported to the Department of Immigration.
EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR THE NATIONALS AFTER QC VICTORY
WITH the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ 27th Track and Field Championships going to the Queen’s College Comets, Senator Greg Burrows said the excitement has soared going into the Ministry of Education’s National High School Track and Field Championships this weekend.
Tourism targets Canada via major ad campaign
The Ministry of Tourism hopes to further penetrate the Canadian market with the launch of an aggressive media campaign to promote the Bahamas brand and several direct flights into the archipelago.
US citizens warned over Nassau crime
A NEW American warning about crime in the Bahamas expresses concern over home invasions and a recent spike in reported sexual assaults, some which are linked to the loosely regulated water sports industry on Paradise Island.