In a statement released by the office of the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, the government has said that it remains actively engaged in the advancement of the Baha Mar resort development.

“As has been recently reported by the new developer, the resort is on course to be a great success for The Bahamas,” according to the statement.

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Pictured: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell announces that The Bahamas will be the host country for the United Nations Small Island Developing States Symposium during a press conference this week. The three-day event will be held at Melia Nassau Beach Resort on Cable Beach, February 21-23. (BIS Photos/Derek Smith)

The Bahamas will host the United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Symposium scheduled for February 21-23 at Melia Nassau Beach Resort.

It is anticipated that delegates representing 37 United Nations member states will engage in high-level discussions during the symposium.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell said the symposium presents and excellent opportunity for the country.

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Madam President of the Caribbean Hotel Association, Ministers and other dignitaries, members of the Hotel and Tourism Industry, Ladies and Gentlemen:

Your presence here with Caribbean Travel Marketplace two years in a row is quite a testimony to the quality of the experience that you have found in The Bahamas. And that testimony is affirmed by the number of your delegates that added post-Marketplace trips to other islands of The Bahamas.

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Nearly a 1,000 delegates from around 27 countries are gathering in Nassau for the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s annual Marketplace tourism conference.
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Pictured: Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Perry Christie gives his keynote address at the Bahamas Financial Services Board’s Annual Business and Financial Summit, held at Lighthouse Point, Our Lucaya, January 27. (BIS Photo)

During his address of the Bahamas Financial Services Board’s (BFSB) annual International Business and Financial Summit in Freeport, Grand Bahama, January 27, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Perry Christie said his government is focused on increasing the ease of doing business in The Bahamas.

To this end, he said, the government has moved to introduce a Competitiveness Council, a partnership between the National Development Plan Secretariat within the Office of The Prime Minister and the private sector.

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This year, Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) will mark its tenth year operating Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) under a management partnership with Vantage Airport Group (formerly YVRAS). On April 1, 2007, NAD took over all commercial operations at LPIA inclusive of the terminal buildings, parking facilities and runways.

Since the transfer of operations to NAD, the airport facilities underwent a complete three-terminal, $409 million redevelopment transforming LPIA into one of the most modern and efficiently operated airport gateways in the region.

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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $35 million loan designed to improve infrastructure at four airports on the Family Islands.

The loan will contribute to the archipelago’s regional and international integration through upgrades at the airports of Exuma, North Eleuthera, Marsh Harbour (pictured) and Treasure Cay.

The project will finance modernization and maintenance of the airports, including a wide range of aviation and infrastructure improvements such as visual aids, lighting, runway beacons, mobile airport equipment, parking platforms and passenger terminals.

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Baha Mar is still on course for an April 21 2017 soft opening, according to the resort’s president Graeme Davis. Watch an interview with him here.
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