By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

The Bahamas Hotel Association's (BHA) president yesterday echoed the Government's position on proposed Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) fee increases, saying he did not believe this would have "too great an impact" on Bahamian resort occupancy levels.

Robert Sands, who is also Baha Mar's senior vice-president of external and government affairs, acknowledged that while the fee increases "go against" the sector's Companion Fly Free programme and initiatives to reduce air transport costs, there were no short-term alternatives to financing the airport's $409.5 million redevelopment.

Mr Sands told Tribune B ...

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