Posted by: Editor on Feb 27, 2007 – 10:37 AM newsandinfo  Kerzner International is in the process of closing the purchase of the Hurricane Hole Shopping Plaza, planning to create a second Marina Village and timeshare facility on the site. George Markantonis, president of Kerzner International (Bahamas), told Southeast Rotary Club that […]

         Posted by: admin on Jan 28, 2003 – 10:44 AM casinos  It was economics that pushed John Ferrucci to start working in casinos more than 25 years ago.Gambling Magazine “I had a master’s and seven years experience teaching and I was making $15,000 a year,” said Ferrucci, vice president and general manager […]

         Posted by: travadmin on Feb 08, 2003 – 09:09 PM boating  Long range trips require rigid discipline in finding and correcting problems that might only be irritating on a one day boat trip, but will ruin a long planned vacation trip to the Bahamas. The following list was compiled from various sources […]

         Posted by: Editor on Jun 04, 2007 – 12:08 PM business  With resorts and second homes booming in the Bahamas this Fort Lauderdale-based shipping company is busier than ever. Specializing in hard-to-reach places, they use boats that can land in shallow waters, drop down a ramp and roll off the cargo, sometimes […]

         Posted by: Editor on Oct 23, 2006 – 10:25 AM newsandinfo  The Institute for Shipboard Education, which sponsors three annual Semester at Sea programs for undergraduate college students, will conduct a Seminar at Sea program open to all travelers Dec. 27-Jan. 6 aboard the 24,300-ton Explorer. The 11-day voyage starts in Nassau, […]

         Posted by: travadmin on Nov 01, 2003 – 01:19 PM newsandinfo  There is a new way to make the trip from South Florida to the Bahamas.Thursday, Bahamas-Florida Express launched “The Cat,” one of the fastest high-speed ferries in North America. The ferry runs from Port Everglades to Grand Bahama Island, and the […]

         Posted by: travadmin on Apr 13, 2004 – 11:54 AM exoticlocations  1. Nobody but us! Robert Symonette, 7, and his family, who were visiting from Grand Bahama Island, were the only beachgoers (and yours truly) on beautiful Arawak Cay, which is an easy walk from downtown Nassau. There’s always a Bahamian beach […]

         Posted by: Editor on Sep 15, 2006 – 09:46 AM newsandinfo  The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism continues to blaze award winning trails with the recent award of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)Bronze Anvil for cutting edge Bahamas Weather Conference Podcast. In accepting the PRSA Bronze Anvil, Tourism Director General Ms. […]

         Posted by: Editor on Sep 01, 2006 – 10:12 AM mindandbody  There is a popular Bahamian song that says (in part) …”once is not enough, when you visit The Bahamas, once is not enough”. And organizers of the Family Fitness Weekend can concur with those sentiments, thus the second annual Family Fitness […]

         Posted by: Editor on Jan 18, 2007 – 01:03 PM newsandinfo  For most of us, the sheer mention of sharks evokes a deep-seeded fear, accompanied by the thought of the terrifying, bone-chilling theme song from Steven Spielberg’s classic horror flick “Jaws.”Those mysterious, fear-provoking creatures are the subjects of yet another film, this time in “The Blue Realm – Shark […]