As a 20 year+, veteran airline, hotel and senior resort destination representative for Thompson Vacations Inc, I totally agree with tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar recent announcement to withdraw Bahamasair from family Island routes and focus on additional international direct routes.
This is indeed a step in the right direction, however, the plan must be fined tuned for maximum national benefit.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar may well remember Thompson Vacations from his involvement with the Dolphin hotel in the early 80's.
Thompson Vacations Inc. was a subsiderey of Thompson Holidays U.K. created for the U.S. wholesale travel market in the early 80's. They succeeded in dominating the U.S. wholesale travel market in a 3 year period by firstly exposing and educating potential Midwest travelers to the Caribbean as a sun, fun vacation destination, and focusing on the Midwest States instead of joining the competition for our main supplier of tourist from North-East coast corridor markets.
My experience suggest The Bahamas would benefit best with Bahamasair by utilizing and copying Thompson Vacations strategies of targeting the previously exposed and educated vacationers from Midwest markets with "package deals" inclusive of air, ground and hotels and targeting a net profit of $5.00 per passenger.
Thompson's idea was to sell all inclusive vacation packages (less meals) at $5.00 above total cost, move high volumes, and make additional revenue at the resort level by focusing on making commissions from in-resort excursion sales.
The Bahamas can easily duplicate this strategy by using Bahamasair for air, contracting ground transportation and hotels at favorable rates with the ultimate goal of high volume "heads in beds" who then "spend" in-resort.
However, note, I am painfully aware, The Bahamas continue missing the boat from tourism overall, due to a lack of new, innovative in-resort excursion activities which would allow a maximum "in resort spend". We should be targeting $500.00 per head in-resort excursion sales.
To date, visitors arriving with a pre-decided allocated amount of in-resort spend are returning home with unspent funds. This must be seriously and expeditiously addressed as revenue the country should benefit from is not being realized due to non existent/inadequate opportunities for excursion sales to "spend" in-resort.
Congratulations on your election victory. We the people are 110% behind you, and look forward to doing whatever we can to help you right the many wrongs in our country.
Paul Maynard is another **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder goon dinosaur that needs to be eradicated.
No later than March 3rd bahamas Power & Light CEO Pamela Hill expressed optimism that the company will be able to meet generation demands heading into the summer peak season.
How come all of a sudden this well known **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder moron jumps out of his crypt prophesying total doom and gloom without new equipment next week?
The country desperately needs to be purged across the board of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder goons like Paul Maynard who are doing all in their power to sabotage PM Minnis!
Resolving the countries power woes requires a three-pronged approach. One, is modernizing & upgrading the present system, two, reducing the total reliance on BPL by implementing residential solar net metering systems, and three, immediately retrofitting and solarizing all government buildings, schools, street lights etc' which will greatly reduce the load on BPL.
All the studies, conclusions and multiple offers for financing were done more than 7 years ago by IDB for then PM Hubert Ingraham.....Nothing happened! Dancing clown Christie inherited these plans, not the least bit surprisingly....Nothing happened again.
**P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder is incapable of change because they have manipulated the natural progression of the power structure of the party!
Had Perry Christie followed the Westminster system and stepped aside as leader after losing the first time and Paul Moss or BJ Nottage been allowed an equal opportunity at leadership after dancing clown screwed up the first time, **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder would have naturally evolved.
Secondly, had dancing clown Christie had the humility and common sense to pull his head out of his ass and listened to Andrea Rollins in the HOA in 2014 about getting more accomplished and paying attention to the needs of the people, again, **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder would have been in more enviable position for 2017 elections.
**P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder "black hat" ancient, corrupt, stalwart councilors are as stubborn, power mad and irrelevant as the dancing clowns crew of "has been's" that just cannot comprehend their time is long, long, long ago past.
Alternatively, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis recognized the need for "complete change" in order to save the country, and single-handedly purged the FNM of a corrupt UBP era oligarchy that maintained a stranglehold on the countries economy across party lines for decades.
PM Minnis is strategically going to a referendum on matters called for by the people which can unquestionably only lead to another landslide victory, setting the stage for a 3rd landslide win in 2022!
**P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder is **finished, kaput, all washed up, done, destroyed** they are steadfast on course to follow the UBP into political oblivion.
The man they said "didn't have it, couldn't talk, or generate enough electricity to kill a mosquito" has proven that "talk is cheap, and he has generated enough electricity to motivate the entire country!"
Ditto!....You said a big mouthful and still missed Jerome Fitzpirate, Dr. Shane Gibson psychologist, and several other anomalies too many to even try counting.
"Absolute power" caused the PLP to lose its way so long ago, they actually fooled themselves into believing THEY were above the electorate that hired and paid them!
But, **reality** was an eye opener for the biggest of fools as they found out May 10, 2017, that the **people holds the power**
Where are these bigitty, overwhelmingly arrogant, clowns now after asking the people for more **j-o-b-s?**
After five years of spewing nonsense and totally ignoring **the people,** they have all been **F_I_R_E_D** in the grandest fashion by **the people,** and now have gone underground in **H_I_D_I_N_G** from **the people.**
Whenever they raise their ugly heads again we **the people** will give them their full reward for what they did to our country and people these past 5 years!!
Apologies Mr. Sarkis D. Izmirlian. Like you, we too were hoodwinked by these unsavory, selfish vermin.
SP says...
Rt. Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis,
As a 20 year+, veteran airline, hotel and senior resort destination representative for Thompson Vacations Inc, I totally agree with tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar recent announcement to withdraw Bahamasair from family Island routes and focus on additional international direct routes.
This is indeed a step in the right direction, however, the plan must be fined tuned for maximum national benefit.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar may well remember Thompson Vacations from his involvement with the Dolphin hotel in the early 80's.
Thompson Vacations Inc. was a subsiderey of Thompson Holidays U.K. created for the U.S. wholesale travel market in the early 80's. They succeeded in dominating the U.S. wholesale travel market in a 3 year period by firstly exposing and educating potential Midwest travelers to the Caribbean as a sun, fun vacation destination, and focusing on the Midwest States instead of joining the competition for our main supplier of tourist from North-East coast corridor markets.
My experience suggest The Bahamas would benefit best with Bahamasair by utilizing and copying Thompson Vacations strategies of targeting the previously exposed and educated vacationers from Midwest markets with "package deals" inclusive of air, ground and hotels and targeting a net profit of $5.00 per passenger.
Thompson's idea was to sell all inclusive vacation packages (less meals) at $5.00 above total cost, move high volumes, and make additional revenue at the resort level by focusing on making commissions from in-resort excursion sales.
The Bahamas can easily duplicate this strategy by using Bahamasair for air, contracting ground transportation and hotels at favorable rates with the ultimate goal of high volume "heads in beds" who then "spend" in-resort.
However, note, I am painfully aware, The Bahamas continue missing the boat from tourism overall, due to a lack of new, innovative in-resort excursion activities which would allow a maximum "in resort spend". We should be targeting $500.00 per head in-resort excursion sales.
To date, visitors arriving with a pre-decided allocated amount of in-resort spend are returning home with unspent funds. This must be seriously and expeditiously addressed as revenue the country should benefit from is not being realized due to non existent/inadequate opportunities for excursion sales to "spend" in-resort.
Congratulations on your election victory. We the people are 110% behind you, and look forward to doing whatever we can to help you right the many wrongs in our country.
On Bahamasair may cut back domestic services
Posted 1 June 2017, 7:49 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Paul Maynard is another **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder goon dinosaur that needs to be eradicated.
No later than March 3rd bahamas Power & Light CEO Pamela Hill expressed optimism that the company will be able to meet generation demands heading into the summer peak season.
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/mar…
How come all of a sudden this well known **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder moron jumps out of his crypt prophesying total doom and gloom without new equipment next week?
The country desperately needs to be purged across the board of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder goons like Paul Maynard who are doing all in their power to sabotage PM Minnis!
Resolving the countries power woes requires a three-pronged approach. One, is modernizing & upgrading the present system, two, reducing the total reliance on BPL by implementing residential solar net metering systems, and three, immediately retrofitting and solarizing all government buildings, schools, street lights etc' which will greatly reduce the load on BPL.
All the studies, conclusions and multiple offers for financing were done more than 7 years ago by IDB for then PM Hubert Ingraham.....Nothing happened! Dancing clown Christie inherited these plans, not the least bit surprisingly....Nothing happened again.
On BPL needs equipment urgently to avoid outages says union chief
Posted 27 May 2017, 9:17 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder is incapable of change because they have manipulated the natural progression of the power structure of the party!
Had Perry Christie followed the Westminster system and stepped aside as leader after losing the first time and Paul Moss or BJ Nottage been allowed an equal opportunity at leadership after dancing clown screwed up the first time, **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder would have naturally evolved.
Secondly, had dancing clown Christie had the humility and common sense to pull his head out of his ass and listened to Andrea Rollins in the HOA in 2014 about getting more accomplished and paying attention to the needs of the people, again, **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder would have been in more enviable position for 2017 elections.
**P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder "black hat" ancient, corrupt, stalwart councilors are as stubborn, power mad and irrelevant as the dancing clowns crew of "has been's" that just cannot comprehend their time is long, long, long ago past.
Alternatively, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis recognized the need for "complete change" in order to save the country, and single-handedly purged the FNM of a corrupt UBP era oligarchy that maintained a stranglehold on the countries economy across party lines for decades.
PM Minnis is strategically going to a referendum on matters called for by the people which can unquestionably only lead to another landslide victory, setting the stage for a 3rd landslide win in 2022!
**P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder is **finished, kaput, all washed up, done, destroyed** they are steadfast on course to follow the UBP into political oblivion.
The man they said "didn't have it, couldn't talk, or generate enough electricity to kill a mosquito" has proven that "talk is cheap, and he has generated enough electricity to motivate the entire country!"
On 'PLP did not listen to expert advice on Christie failings'
Posted 26 May 2017, 11:30 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**Birdiestrachan** should be seriously considered for leader of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder!
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.
On Davis to seek leadership of the PLP
Posted 26 May 2017, 5:30 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Seconded and praying "just so"!
On 'PLP did not listen to expert advice on Christie failings'
Posted 26 May 2017, 5:25 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Ditto!....You said a big mouthful and still missed Jerome Fitzpirate, Dr. Shane Gibson psychologist, and several other anomalies too many to even try counting.
"Absolute power" caused the PLP to lose its way so long ago, they actually fooled themselves into believing THEY were above the electorate that hired and paid them!
But, **reality** was an eye opener for the biggest of fools as they found out May 10, 2017, that the **people holds the power**
Where are these bigitty, overwhelmingly arrogant, clowns now after asking the people for more **j-o-b-s?**
After five years of spewing nonsense and totally ignoring **the people,** they have all been **F_I_R_E_D** in the grandest fashion by **the people,** and now have gone underground in **H_I_D_I_N_G** from **the people.**
Whenever they raise their ugly heads again we **the people** will give them their full reward for what they did to our country and people these past 5 years!!
Apologies Mr. Sarkis D. Izmirlian. Like you, we too were hoodwinked by these unsavory, selfish vermin.
He who laughs last laughs best indeed!
On 'PLP did not listen to expert advice on Christie failings'
Posted 26 May 2017, 5:11 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Obediah Wilchcombe, former PLP Minister of Tourism has some accounting to do!
On 'Ministry of Tourism led on Fyre Festival approval'
Posted 25 May 2017, 10:21 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Please just shut the fook up and go away....far, far, away!
On PLP: FNM IS FOLLOWING IN OUR FOOTSTEPS
Posted 25 May 2017, 10:09 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Did they really stop the burning of witches at the stake?....They missed this one!
Perry Christie the dancing clown, Bradley Gargoyle Roberts tales from da crypt, and Allison Da Witch Maynard.
Did this crew of jokers REALLY think we would be stupid enough to vote for them?...Seriously!
On Former AG regrets only communications over Baha Mar
Posted 24 May 2017, 10:03 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Bradley Gargoyle Roberts...**Tales From Da Crypt**
On Henfield ‘deceptive’ in pursuit of selfish interests - Roberts
Posted 24 May 2017, 9:31 p.m. Suggest removal