May 2017 (SportsPro Magazine) – Anton Sealey, president of the Bahamas Football Association (BFA), discusses the benefits of being the host nation of Fifa’s Beach Soccer World Cup and what the event’s legacy will be.

A 4-1 win over Ecuador on Monday saw The Bahamas bow out of the ongoing Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup on a high note, but for Bahamas Football Association (BFA) president Anton Sealey, the real benefits for the host nation will be felt long after the event concludes on Sunday.

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BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All-Share Index and trading statistics for the three-month period ending March 31, 2017 with comparison to the same period of 2016.

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Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) has been reappointed to as the chair of the Caribbean Group of Securities Regulators (CGSR). Securities regulators from over 15 Caribbean jurisdictions selected the SCB to continue as the chair for the 2017-2019 period.

The announcement was made at the 13th CGSR Conference and Workshop, co-hosted by the SCB and the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC). The Conference and Workshop was held 24-26 April at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau under the theme “Evolving Priorities for Effective Capital Market Supervision and Enhanced Financial Stability in the Caribbean”.

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Caribbean hoteliers and industry stakeholders will gather in Miami for the third instalment of the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), slated to take place June 2-4 at the Hyatt Regency Miami.

Produced by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), CHIEF is a high-level forum, which features a number of educational sessions, where the region’s hospitality industry assembles to network, learn, share ideas and collectively brainstorm creative solutions to current challenges.

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The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Ismara Vargas Walter paid a courtesy call on Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Allyson Maynard Gibson May 3.

Note: Also pictured (from right) Antoinette Bonamy, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs; Marco Rolle, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Legal Affairs; and Vanessa Guerrero, Embassy of the Republic of Cuba. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)

MIAMI, May 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Viva Wyndham Resorts is celebrating thirty years in the development, management and marketing of its resort concepts throughout the Caribbean. Because this is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism, all of the resort company’s commemorative activities will focus on environmental and social initiatives such as beach beautification and food festivals as well as promotions and special offers at its resort properties.

Viva Wyndham Resorts is the first resort chain based in the Dominican Republic to have a global presence with strong brand awareness in Europe, North America and Latin America because of its partnership with Wyndham Worldwide. The company started in 1987 with the Club Dominicus hotel in Bayahibe, La Romana, known today as Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach. Since then, the company has maintained a steady growth and diversified its resort offering to include 3,000 rooms, eight resort properties and a holiday club.

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May 3rd 2017, 14:52 (Travel Weekly) – Up to one million cruise passengers a year will be transported to a new cruise port in The Bahamas to be developed by Carnival Cruise Line.

Claimed to be the largest purpose-built cruise facility in The Bahamas, features will include one mile of beach, food, drink and shopping outlets, water-based amenities and other recreational facilities.

The as yet unnamed planned port is to be funded and operated by Carnival Cruise Line and will be capable of handling two of the line’s largest ships simultaneously.

This is an excerpt from Travel Weekly as it appeared on May 5, 2017. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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Bahamian nationals overseas cast their votes yesterday as the country gears up for a full day of polling in the General Election to be held May 10.
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Here follows remarks by Perry Christie, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, at the Carnival Cruise Lines Heads of Agreement signing Grand Lucayan Resort 2 May 2017:

Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
We have gathered here today for the signing of an historic Agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines for the establishment of a cruise port and destination in Eastern Grand Bahama. In order to achieve this, it took painstaking and lengthy negotiations between my Government and the principals of the Freeport Harbour Company to negotiate a Waiver of Exclusivity Agreement of their Exclusivity Rights on all ports in Grand Bahamas, which had been granted by the previous administration.

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