Two of the Bahamas Hotel Association's (BHA) partners awarded $65,000 in scholarships to 13 students pursuing a variety of tourism-related career paths recently.  Teaming up with the BHA for the scholarship awards were the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) and The College of The Bahamas (COB).

The CHTAEF scholarships had a combined value of $50,000, with Alexis Hanna receiving an extension on last year's CHTAEF scholarship.  The other recipients were first-time awardees.  CHTAEF scholarships were awarded to culinary arts students Arianne Braynen, Alicia Green, Alexis Hanna, Volanda Rahming and Ivana Smith for studies at Johnson & Wales University; Denez Moss for studies at the Culinary Institute of America; and Leslie Lopez for studies at Florida International University.

Six students received scholarships for matriculation at COB with a total value of $15,000.
Two of the recipients, Tarran Simms and Heidi Pluntke, are pursuing tourism management degrees under COB's small-island sustainable tourism program.  Dawn Ferguson is pursing a major in accounting/finance, while Denika Nottage and Jasmine Forbes are culinary arts majors.  Aiming to add Mandarin and about four other languages to her English and Spanish proficiencies, Winnae Hunt is pursuing a linguistics degree.

Including the most recent presentations, the BHA has presented 81 scholarships over the last six years, valued at $287,000.

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