D'Aguilar: Large hotels want to open after US elections, Thanksgiving

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Masks indoors - but not for hotels in new rule changes

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness announced further relaxations to COVID-19 restrictions over the weekend, loosening mask requirements for those in hotels or outdoors and adjusting protocols for social gatherings, allowing larger events to take place.

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Darville defends new mask mandate for hotels

Minister of Health Dr. Michael Darville yesterday defended the government's decision to relax the COVID-19 mask mandate for hotels while keeping the mandate in place for other businesses in The Bahamas. "We don't think it's discriminatory," Darville said. "Our EOC (emergency operations committee) made a decision based on the vaccination rate of visitors in our ...
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Hotel staff want mask mandate to be extended

BAHAMAS Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union President Darrin Woods said with the country now receiving increased visitor arrivals, union officials would have liked to have the mandatory mask mandate for hotels remain for several more weeks.

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British Colonial hotel to reopen this year

Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper said yesterday the British Colonial hotel in downtown Nassau will reopen this year. "I met with the owners this week," Cooper said. "They intend to invest in the property significantly to attract a new flag. They understand that this is an iconic property for the tourism industry ...
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Woman accused of stealing $60k from hotel

A former reservations manager at the Dunmore Hotel in Eleuthera is accused of stealing $60,000 from the establishment. Gerriba Mel-Maria Cunningham, 43, of Eleuthera, allegedly carried out the theft by making false entries in the hotel's system. Prosecutors allege that Cunningham made false entries on December 6, 2020, January 27, 2021, February 28, 2021, April 8, ...
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Hotel employee accused of stealing $60,000

A WOMAN was granted $20K bail in a Magistrate's Court yesterday where she was accused of stealing $60K from an Eleuthera hotel where she had worked for several months.

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GB needs brands that can attract airlift, says hotel GM

Grand Bahama is in need of a brand and owners that are able to "put the destination back on the map", General Manager of Pelican Bay Resort Magnus Alnebeck told ZNS in Grand Bahama recently, changing the narrative about the state of the island's airport being the largest hindrance. Alnebeck contended that driver of interest can ...
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Hotels Struggling With Utility Costs And Blackouts

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Utility costs and blackouts are taking a toll on even the biggest tourism players in The Bahamas this summer.

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Hotel and Immigration statements differ from previous comments

PRESS statements from the Ministry of Immigration and the owner of the British Colonial Hotel appeared to differ from previous conclusions of senior immigration officials and comments from Minister Keith Bell, creating a muddy picture about the status of a group of Chinese nationals when they were released from custody in January.

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