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 […]
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And For The Super Rich…
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 […]
Kerzner International Goes Private
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. […]
Bonefish in the Bahamas
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 […]
Hemingway’s Bahamas ‘Haunt’ Razed By Fire
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 […]
New Passport Policy Temporarily Relaxed
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 […]
Old Bahama Bay Reopens With Original 2001 Rates
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 […]
Street Festival In Centuries Old Community By-The-Sea
Posted by: Editor on Nov 12, 2004 – 12:13 PM shows GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND – The Ministry of Tourism invites the entire Grand Bahama Island community to support and participate in the Sunset Village Street Festival, to be held in the historical community of Eight-Mile-Rock, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, November 13th, […]
Spring Break Festival
Posted by: Editor on Mar 12, 2008 – 04:35 PM excursions Between April 3 and 5, 2008, the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with Radio Love 97 will host Spring Festival 2008 during the spring break rush.Minister of Tourism Neko Grant recently reported that tourists who visit Grand Bahama have complained that […]
Nassau and Paradise Island: What To Do and Where To Go
Posted by: Editor on Apr 10, 2008 – 04:35 PM excursions Nassau is a longtime cruise-ship port of call with both luxury inns and down-at-the-heels beachfront hotels. You can sunbathe and snorkel, take a party cruise, golf, gamble in the Crystal Palace Casino, buy cheap souvenirs in the Straw Market or emeralds […]