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Guardian Business: Can you briefly describe your experience in the tourism sector? What your role is today?

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Caribbean governments killing the hotel sector 'golden goose'

Each of the Caribbean hotel investment conferences held in April and May this year included sessions to encourage closer cooperation between the public and private sector but, immediately prior to the Caribbean Tourism Summit in mid-June, the governments of Jamaica and of Antigua and Barbuda announced significant new airport arrival taxes, with a new hotel occupancy tax also added in Jamaica. The...

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Bahamian Prime Minister to attend Hotel Conference in Miami

Fort Lauderdale, FL ?Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie will be the luncheon keynote speaker at the 16th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show on July 25-28 at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa.

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Geneva Rutherford to be honoured at Beauties @ Brunch event in Freeport

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The highly anticipated fashion event by Cia Monet to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage and honour great women of The Bahamas is set for Sunday, June 24th at 4pm at the Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel. Beauties @ Brunch which celebrates fashion, sophistication, professionalism and poise, by coupling beauty and fashion with premium venues, food and w...

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Purchase program saves small hotels up to 20

Modest hotels throughout the country will now be able to take advantage of volume purchase discounts afforded to larger resorts, courtesy of a new discount program.
The new discount program called the "American Independent Advantage Program" by American Hotel Register, was announced during a recent Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) membership meeting.
Marcus Guara, Director of Sales for the Caribbea...

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Caribbean 30th Anniversary MarketPlace

Tuesday 24th January 2012  8:30 AM

Caribbean Marketplace is open to companies that qualify under the following categories:

Suppliers ? Hotels (bed and breakfasts, chains, management companies, resorts, timeshares, villas), Attractions, Destination Management Companies, Restaurants, Tourist Boards and Transportation Companies (airlines, automobile rentals, motorcoach). Suppliers must be CHTA members in good standing. If your ...

Caribbean 30th Anniversary MarketPlace

Monday 23rd January 2012  7:30 AM

Caribbean Marketplace is open to companies that qualify under the following categories:

Suppliers ? Hotels (bed and breakfasts, chains, management companies, resorts, timeshares, villas), Attractions, Destination Management Companies, Restaurants, Tourist Boards and Transportation Companies (airlines, automobile rentals, motorcoach). Suppliers must be CHTA members in good standing. If your ...

Caribbean 30th Anniversary MarketPlace

Sunday 22nd January 2012  10:00 AM

Caribbean Marketplace is open to companies that qualify under the following categories:

Suppliers ? Hotels (bed and breakfasts, chains, management companies, resorts, timeshares, villas), Attractions, Destination Management Companies, Restaurants, Tourist Boards and Transportation Companies (airlines, automobile rentals, motorcoach). Suppliers must be CHTA members in good standing. If your ...

Caribbean hotel rivals beatBahamas' 5 RevPAR rise

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

THE BAHAMIAN hotel industry's 5 per cent revenue per room (RevPAR) increase for the first nine months in 2011 was overshadowed by greater rises in many Caribbean competitors, as an industry consultant yesterday told the sector: "It's in your hands to aggressively push rates in 2012."

Parris Jordan, managing director of HVS Global Hospitality Services' Ba...

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Chinese developer spends millions on local materials

Bahamian workers and businesses continue to benefit from the rise of Baha Mar, with at least 200 still on-site working hand-in-hand with Chinese counterparts.
China Construction America, the firm spearheading construction of the $2.6 billion resort, has spent millions purchasing materials from in and around the country to help bring the project to fruition.
"We actually procured quite a lot of mat...

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