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September 21, 2023
$100 mil. invested into British Colonial Hotel renovation
The owners of the British Colonial Hotel have sunk $100 million into its renovation, the hotel's General Manager Craig Martin said yesterday, explaining that the hotel is set to open at the beginning of December.
300 Jobs Up For Grabs At British Colonial Hotel
September 20, 2023
300 Jobs Up For Grabs At British Colonial Hotel
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - There is Margaritaville Beach Resort, One Particular Harbour, The Pointe Marina, and now the newest addition to the family, The British Colonial Hotel.
Govt 'relief' for laid off hotel workers
March 06, 2011
Govt 'relief' for laid off hotel workers
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - Minister of Labour and Social Development Dion Foulkes announced that the government has put in place several initiatives that will bring "tremendous relief" to hundreds of laid off workers at Our Lucaya Resort.
It was also revealed that some 60 jobs at two hotels in Exuma and Bimini have been made available for t...
March 04, 2011
Hotel union opposes plan to lay off 174 of its members
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - The hotel union opposes the plan to lay off 174 of its members from Our Lucaya Resort.
Elliot Thompson, first vice president of the Bahamas Hotel Catering Allied Workers Union, said the union was reportedly told by hotel executives that the resort was not doing well and would not reopen the Reef Hotel.
"The hotel...
Minister affirms 'adjustments' at Our Lucaya hotel
March 03, 2011
Minister affirms 'adjustments' at Our Lucaya hotel
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
Both the Minister for Labour and the head of the Bahamas Hotel Managerial Association confirmed yesterday that they met with executives from the Our Lucaya Golf and Beach Resort in separate meetings on Tuesday, ahead of today's anticipated announcement that around 200 workers will be terminated from the hotel property.
Dion Foulkes said he...
Incremental growth for hotels in Q1 2011
January 04, 2011
Incremental growth for hotels in Q1 2011
One to two percent growth is projected for Bahamas hotel occupancy levels during the first quarter of 2011, leaving the industry still far off pre-recession highs.
“I would say we are still about maybe 20 - 25% behind,” Robert Sands, outgoing Bahamas Hotel Association president told Guardian Business on his last day in that post Friday. “We’ve made ground on maybe 75 perce...
January 13, 2011
Resort Owner: Caribbean Marketplace Helps Smaller Hotels
PORT
ANTONIO, Jamaica - A visionary and creative small
hotelier in Jamaica believes the Caribbean Marketplace travel trade
convention is a unique opportunity to highlight the contribution of the
region's smaller hotels and resorts to the international draw of the
Caribbean.
Dr.
Paul Rhodes, who runs the Great Huts eco-themed property in Port
Antonio, said the hundreds of travel and touris...
January 14, 2011
Hotel union joining the TUC 'is beginning of something unique'
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - The joining of the re-established Commonwealth Union of Hotel Services and Allied Workers Union with the Trade Union Congress represents the beginning of "something very unique" for the umbrella union, officials said.
The formerly defunct Commonwealth Union (CUHSAW), which was revived in late 2009 announced on Th...
January 16, 2011
Choice Hotels International Supports Caribbean Hotel And Tourism Showcase
SILVER SPRING, Maryland - Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH
)
is putting its weight behind the region's premier travel and tourism
trade convention, by sponsoring Caribbean Marketplace, opening at the
Montego Bay Convention Centre in Jamaica this Sunday, January 16.
Jose
Salvador Icaza, Director of Caribbean Franchise Development and
Emerging Markets of Choice Hotels Internationa...
A new global expert on 'true beachfront' hotels
January 17, 2011
A new global expert on 'true beachfront' hotels
The Caribbean has over 800 'true
beachfront' hotels to choose from, compared to over 1000 hotels
mapped in Thailand and over 450 in Spain. The Dominican Republic
is the top beachfront location in the Caribbean with around 150
hotels right by the water, followed by the number 2 spot, the
Cayman Islands with around 130, followed by Jamaica with over 120.
The first-ever global authority on
bea...
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