The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation said limited space remains for its highly anticipated top level meet and greet event scheduled for today, October 2, featuring Arnold W. Donald, president and CEO of the $3.6 billion-a-year Carnival Corp.
The event - open to members first and non-members on a space available basis - will be held at Billfish Grill at Palm Cay, the residential and marina community on New Providence's southeastern shore.
"Arnold Donald, who succeeded Mickey Arison as the chief executive officer at Carnival, took the helm of one of the world's largest entertainment and transportation companies at a time when the industry was facing serious challenges, but he maintained his vision and what he has to share will be invaluable to our members as we, in The Bahamas, face uncertain waters with new taxes and a slowly recovering economy," said Chamber CEO Edison Sumner.
Donald will be accompanied by several other top-ranking persons, including George M. Staples, who served as ambassador to the Republics of Rwanda, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Staples worked as the senior U.S. civilian aide in NATO and his final U.S. state department position was director general of foreign services with responsibility for policies affected some 50,000 personnel.
Also in attendance will be Carnival Chief Communications Officer Roger Frizzell and innovative branding and marketing consultant Karl Sestek.
"We are extremely grateful to the U.S. Embassy for its assistance," said Sumner. "The four gentlemen who are coming to Nassau specifically for this event represent innovation, motivation and achievement and the chamber is indeed honored to host such a high profile group of esteemed and respected individuals."
The annual mix and mingle for business leaders, movers and shakers is being called "The Wind Down: Where business + leisure meet".
According to Sumner, the event, being billed as a "once in now-time" opportunity, is expected to be a sell-out.
"We limited the numbers in order to ensure the ability for people to connect, and we are quickly approaching our capacity, so we advise anyone who wants to reserve but has not done so yet to pick up the phone and call or email us at info@thebahamaschamber.com.
Sponsors include the U.S. Embassy, Bahamas First, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Callenders & Co., John Bull Group of Companies, NUA Insurance and Palm Cay.

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