Big risk, like most restaurants anywhere in the world, but I wish them all the best.

I had lunch there a few months ago while I was in Freeport. Have to say the food was excellent. Top notch !!. This is not just another Souse/peas'n'rice/cracked conch/chicken in the bag restaurant - lordy, we have way too many of those already. Menu choice was diverse & modern. The location, setting & decor is great, and the service was excellent. Prices were a little on the high side, but IMO worth it for the quality and choice of dishes offered, and the opportunity to eat in a really nice setting.

Hope it makes it.

Uh, I think you're doing a fine job of proving her point. LMAO

A couple of years ago California banned free plastic bags at all major stores selling groceries (Albertson's, Vons, Target etc.), but still allowed mom & pop stores the option of using them, as well as non-food stores such as Home Depot. When the ban came in I was so frickin' mad as I always forgot to take my own bags and had to pay 10 cents for every plastic or paper bag I needed. I soon learned to always carry reusable grocery bags in the trunk of my car !!.

Last year when I was over here I noticed one of the cupboards in my kitchen must have had a couple of hundred disposable plastic grocery bags in it. Given that I'm only in The Bahamas for a fraction of the year I hate to think how many the average Bahamian gets through each year.
I bought over a couple of reusable bags last year and now take them with me every time I go to the grocery store. Those large blue Ikea bags sure can hold a lot of groceries and actually make it easier to transport groceries from the car (less bags to hold)

Sorry, but Bahamians are no better themselves with their trash. The roadsides & bushes are littered with KFC & Burger King take out packages, empty soda cans, beer bottles, old appliances etc. Perhaps if there was a little bit more pride in keeping the country litter free, they would take the problem more seriously.

You don't seem to get citizenship even if you do apply between 18 & 19. My son flew to The Bahamas for his citizenship interview when he was 18. He had all the required paperwork and aced his interview. He is now 25 and we haven't heard anything from Bahamas Immigration despite follow up phone calls and letters. A constitution isn't worth the paper it's written on if it's not interpreted and executed correctly and efficiently.

And because some people are not illegally staying in The Bahamas whilst they are waiting for their citizenship, but are instead living and working (legally) in another country. So, not only will they have to wait eons for the post office to deliver notification, but will also need to book flights back to The Bahamas, obtain time off work etc.all of which doesn't happen overnight.

I beg to differ. Incentives and concessions for business investments are a norm in most areas on this planet. If you want a sizeable business to invest in your town or country, you have to make concessions or they will just go elsewhere. Just look at all the incentives offered to Amazon by cities in the US who wanted Amazon to build their new HQ in their city. Japanese & German car companies have manufacturing sites all over the US because local governments gave them incentives & concessions to build in their town. Pharmaceutical companies built manufacturing sites all over Puerto Rico, Ireland & Singapore because they got tax breaks. I can go on and on with examples. A myopic person would see this as unfair. A person with vision would see that this would:
1. Bring much needed employment to the area.
2. People would therefore have more money in their pockets.
3. When people have more money in their pockets, they tend to have more disposable income, which they then spend locally. This in turn boosts the local economy, and creates even more jobs in different areas (through expansion of existing businesses etc.)
4. It would increase the pool of trained labour in the area, or establish a new pool of trained labour in a totally different discipline
5. With a pool of skilled and trained labour now established in the area, similar companies might consider relocating/building/expanding in the area, as they could draw from this pool of trained labour (similar to what the auto, pharma & hi-tech industries have done).

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the government has handled this whole purchase/sale of the Grand Lucayan in a flawless manner, or that this will be a panacea for all of Freeport's woes. A lot of things can, and probably will, go wrong before Royal Caribbean/ITM sign on the dotted line. It's extremely early days yet, but please, lets be optimistic for the people of Freeport who are crying out for jobs.
As long as the government keeps it's politicians in check, makes the negotiations transparent and the politicians don't line their own pockets (the last 2 are a tough call, I know), then I fail to see how this can be bad for Freeport and The Bahamas as a whole.

Birdie, you really were a waste of your fathers sperm !
You have never, to my knowledge, ever contributed anything positive to this Board. Just a constant spew of anti-FNM political statements. Even when the PLP were in government, your comments were still directed at the FNM and never about your support of the PLP and why their policies were better for the people and the country.
At least Tal (if you can decipher his anti-FNM gibberish) and others who have a strong political leaning towards either party, attempt to support their political stance with reasoning, sound opinion and sometimes facts.
Try adding some substance and reason to your comments, then maybe others on this board will start to listen, take you seriously and show you some respect. Otherwise you will just continue to lead the sad excuse for a life that most on this board seem to think you currently live.

I'm all for having a local workforce, but the problem is the vast majority of locals employed in
the construction business have ZERO formal accreditation. Most are 'bush taught' and haven't been through a formal apprenticeship. They have no idea of local codes and god forbid they have any pride in their workmanship.
If you're investing several hundred million in a business that will only survive on positive reviews and repeat business (along with a fair profit), who would you want to build it for you - someone who has been formally trained (quality work) or someone who watched a You Tube video (failed plumbing etc)? There's a reason just about every developed country requires all construction workers to have had some sort of formal training - history has taught them the consequences of not doing so.
Never confuse Quality with Quantity !!