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Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board offers incentive for Private Pilots to Island Hop
To promote the variety and diversity of its 700 archipelagic chain to private flyers, The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board has announced a creative, unique and value driven promotion that invites private pilots to realize real savings while Island hopping and experiencing a multiplicity of The Bahamas Islands.
Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board offers incentive for Private Pilots to Island Hop
To promote the variety
and diversity of its 700 archipelagic chain to private flyers, The
Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board has announced a creative, unique and
value driven promotion that invites private pilots to realize real
savings while Island hopping and experiencing a multiplicity of The
Bahamas Islands.
The Promotion, created by BOIPB for
its member properties, provides a $150.00 i...
OUT ISLAND RESORT BOOKINGS UP 8-9
OUT ISLAND RESORT BOOKINGS UP 8-9
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
FAMILY Island resorts are reporting high occupancy levels and strong bookings through April, with one hotel manager telling Tribune Business that bookings were up 8-9 per cent through next month and the remainder of the year.
Brook Castelsky, general manager of the Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort on Long Island, told Tribun...
Better links to 15 Out Island cruise rise goal
Better links to 15 Out Island cruise rise goal
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
WHILE CRUISE arrivals to the Family Islands grew by 15 per cent in 2011, the minister of tourism and aviation yesterday said he wanted these calls to be better combined with visits to Nassau and Grand Bahama, so passenger spend benefited more Bahamian businesses.
Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace told Tribune Business: "A signif...
4 growth sees Out Island air visitors recover
4 growth sees Out Island air visitors recover
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
FAMILY Island air arrivals recovered to grow year-over-year by 4 per cent in December 2011, according to a report by the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, which noted that Hurricane Irene's August arrival brought an end to earlier expansion trends.
The report, obtained by Tribune Business, noted that in January 2011, tota...
Spay and Neuter Campaigns held in out islands of The Bahamas
Spay and neuter clinics were held in Exuma on January 14th - 16th, 2012 and are being held in Eleuthera January 18th - 19th.
Bahamian Hotelier to head Out Island Promotion Board
Bahamian Hotelier to head Out Island Promotion Board
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Bahamian entrepreneur and hotelier, Shavonne Darville, was elected
to serve as President of The newly elected Bahama Out Islands Promotion
Board, at their recent elections.
Ms. Darville, owner of Gems at Paradise
Private Beach Resort in Long Island, will serve along with other newly
elected board members, Vice President, Paul Soutter, of Sandals Emerald
B...
Gulfstream embarks on Out Island tour
Gulfstream embarks on Out Island tour
In preparation for Gulfstream International's ambitious $85 million expansion, executives from the company have embarked on a Family Island tour to assess the market and decide how the airline will position itself on the world stage.
The tour, involving dozens of players in the local tourism industry, plans to bring key stakeholders together and pave the way for greater tourism numbers for the isl...
Bahamas Striping Wins First Out Island Job in Abaco at Winding Bay
Nassau,
Bahamas - A young entrepreneur who was raised in Murphy Town, Abaco is
excited to return to his birthplace to work on a project marking roads
at Winding Bay. Mitchell, now 24 years old, is president of Bahamas
Striping, a company launched with the help of the government's Self
Starter Program early last year. The job at Winding Bay is his first job
in any of the Family Islands and he...
Bahamas Striping Wins First Out Island Job in Abaco at Winding Bay
Nassau, Bahamas - A young entrepreneur who was raised in Murphy Town, Abaco is excited to return to his birthplace to work on a project marking roads at Winding Bay.