Posted by: Editor on Feb 10, 2005 – 10:56 AM lodging  WEST END, Grand Bahama Island – Refurbished and rejuvenated after the 2004 hurricane season, Old Bahama Bay will officially re-open on Monday, March 14, 2005. The exclusive 49-room resort, marina and residential community situated on the western tip of Grand Bahama […]

         Posted by: Editor on Jun 08, 2007 – 01:56 PM newsandinfo  Record-breaking demand for U.S. passports has forced the government to suspend new rules for air travel to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. The State Department and Homeland Security announced Friday citizens who are waiting to receive their passports can now […]

         Posted by: Editor on Jan 30, 2006 – 07:24 PM newsandinfo  The small island of Bimini, Bahamas suffered another tragedy in less than a month Friday, after a popular tourist attraction that writer Ernest Hemingway reportedly frequented, was razed by fire.The 12-room hotel and Compleat Angler bar and Ernest Hemingway museum in […]

         Posted by: travadmin on Apr 06, 2004 – 08:09 PM realestate  George Town, Exuma, The Bahamas: In the early morning, with the sun still low, I could see from the porch of my cabin a half-dozen sailboats lying at anchor. The boats rocked atop water hued aquamarine, opal, indigo and azure, and […]

         Posted by: Editor on Sep 04, 2006 – 09:56 AM newsandinfo  Kerzner International Limited, through its subsidiaries a leading international developer and operator of destination resorts, casinos and luxury hotels, announced that it has completed the going-private transaction approved on August 28, 2006 at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company’s shareholders. […]

         Posted by: travadmin on Mar 17, 2004 – 02:09 PM exoticlocations  Just as the weak dollar, cheaper flights and affordable property open up house-buying in the Caribbean to the middle market, a very private resort is to offer the super-rich a new playground.A resort on Abaco, one of the Bahamas’ sparsely populated […]

         Posted by: travadmin on Apr 06, 2004 – 07:59 PM exoticlocations  Grand Bahama Vacations announces a new partnership with Bahamasair service from Fort Lauderdale to Grand Bahama Island effective immediately. The relationship was previously held with Laker Airlines. Owner of Grand Bahama Vacations Steve Kates comments, “We feel that the new relationship […]

         Posted by: Editor on Jun 18, 2008 – 11:53 AM newsandinfo  Jenny McCarthy jetted down to the Bahamas over the weekend where she mixed business with pleasure. She was there to host a blackjack tournament, but in between working the tables, she slipped into a wet suit and went swimming with the […]

         Posted by: Editor on Dec 12, 2006 – 12:16 PM lodging  Baha Mar, which owns several hotels on the Cable Beach strip, announced Monday that international hotel giant, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, will assume management of the Radisson Cable Beach Hotel and convert it to a Sheraton hotel. The Sheraton Resort at […]

         Posted by: Editor on Jan 30, 2006 – 07:30 PM shows  Country music star Aaron Tippin will perform at the Abaco Beach Resort in March Harbour, Bahamas on February 4, 2006 to aid The Abaco Barb Foundation which raises awareness and funds for the only nine remaining horses of that breed.Raised around […]