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Network says...

Reopen other sections? You can't fill the one that is open. Maybe try dropping the many, many taxes added on at the end of one's stay. How about providing more entertainment on the property. I would think the idea is to keep the guests on your property rather than have them leave and look elsewhere and spend their money. Does Grand Lucayan even have an Entertainment Director?

Network says...

Resorts definitely are allowed to bring in foreign talent. Atlantis over the years has brought in many high profile entertainers. Our Lucaya brought in foreign entertainment last year. Just this weekend Club Fortuna on GB had foreign entertainment. Why bring in FE when the Bahamas is filled with musicians and entertainers. Instead of paying out big bucks to book those people, accomodations, etc. hire the local and that will give the tourist a taste of the Bahamas. A tourist is not traveling to the Bahamas to hear Sheryl Crow coming to Atlantis in Dec. Give them a taste of the Bahamian culture, entertainment that is indigenous to the country. Junkanoo, Rake n' Scrape, KB, Jay Mitchell, just to name a few.

Flights, well good luck trying to find direct flights to GB from major hubs, NY, NJ, PA, they don't exist, haven't in years and most likely won't. Now the Bahamasair flights have discontinuef their routes due to low season. Wouldn't come as a surprise if they never continue those flights. Most of those flights were only 1/4 filled, can't make a profit with empty planes. The Bazaar, definitely not a place for a tourist wanting to shop, that is if you can find shops open. Our Lucaya, at the moment only one of three resorts open, that doesn't speak well for GB. Drop all the darn taxes at the resorts.

When Baha Mar opens they will give Atlantis a run for their money but competition is good, there should be some great package deals to both resorts. So Nassau/PI will continue to attract the tourist while GB does nothing as a way of an incentive to visit that island.

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Posted 24 September 2012, 8:27 a.m. Suggest removal