Alonzo Mourning, vice-president, player programmes of the Miami Heat, hosted a basketball training camp for over 150 Bahamian high school students at Atlantis Paradise Island September 29, 2016.

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PUERTO RICO October 2016 – Bahamian hotelier Stuart Bowe was named the 2016 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) .

Bowe, the senior vice president and general manager, Resort Operations of Atlantis Paradise Island, received the coveted honour at the Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (CHIEF), hosted by CHTA, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on Sunday.

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It’s one of the wider region’s most popular destinations, and The Bahamas remains a tourism power in the Caribbean. That’s because The Bahamas isn’t just a single destination — it’s a multitude of destinations from the urban appeal of downtown nassau to remote, exotic getaways like Cat Island and Andros.

So with our inaugural Bahamas Travel Awards, we’re celebrating the best and brightest in the 700-island destination’s travel industry, from the best hotels to the hotelier of the year. Here are the first-ever Bahamas Travel Awards.

This is an excerpt from Caribbean Journal as it appeared on October 3, 2016. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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The 2016 Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was a major boom for the tourism economy in The Bahamas.

The Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) Chairman Paul Major said tourist arrivals for the weekends of the Grand Bahama carnival and Nassau carnival were up over last year.

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28 September 2016 (De La Rue) – De La Rue congratulates The Central Bank of The Bahamas on the occasion of the launch of the new $10 banknote, the world’s first circulating note with its Active™ security thread.

The new $10, launched today, has been designed and printed by De La Rue in close collaboration with the Central Bank. Using concept designs provided by the Bank, this note is a world first for a fully circulating banknote with De La Rue’s Active™ security thread and the first of a new family of banknotes that will be introduced over the next few years.

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Popular NBA team Miami Heat touched down in The Bahamas Monday for its annual training session. Watch a report on the visit here.
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Royal Caribbean International cruise line held a VIP cruise for loyal customers, who selected The Bahamas to be among the itinerary.
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Signs of life are emerging at the chronically stalled $3.5 billion Baha Mar mega-resort. Construction on the property re-started this week, said Perry Christie, the Bahamas prime minister.

Meanwhile, ex-employees of the insolvent development reportedly received payments this week.

In an update posted on the government website Monday, Christie said “every effort is being made to ensure” the resort’s casino, casino hotel, convention center and adjacent hotel and golf course will open “before the end of the coming winter season.” Negotiations between the as-yet unnamed buyer for the resort and Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM Bank) continue, he said.

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This is an excerpt from Travel Pulse as it appeared on September 29, 2016. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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As the Miami HEAT prepares to start their training for the upcoming NBA season, the three-time championship team received a uniquely Bahamian welcome when they touched down in New Providence yesterday – a Junkanoo performance.

A few of the players danced to the Junkanoo music as they disembarked the aircraft at Odyssey Monday evening.

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