Ewing, NJ, September 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Cruise Critic®, the world’s leading cruise reviews site and online cruise community, has announced the winners of its first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards, naming the top cruise destinations in the world, based on consumer ratings submitted with reviews on the Cruise Critic website. The awards name award-winning destinations across 15 regions, worldwide.

According to a recent survey by Cruise Critic, selecting a cruise destination is the most important part of the planning process for both first-time cruisers (28%) and experienced cruisers (29%).

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MSC’s private island development tops the business news this week in The Bahamas. Watch a ZNS Network news bulletin here.

More: Redevelopment of Potter’s Cay Dock in Nassau moving ahead. (See video 2)
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HAMILTON, Bermuda & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (“Butterfield”) (BSX: NTB.BH), announced today the pricing of its US initial public offering (“IPO”) of 10,638,298 of its voting ordinary shares (“Common Shares”) at a price to the public of $23.50 per share.

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NASSAU, Bahamas, September 13, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With the International Women’s Empowerment Summit (IWES) quickly approaching, men and women from as far as Ghana are hoping to secure a spot at this inaugural event in paradise.

Slated for October 19-21 at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, the schedule for the summit is overflowing with purposeful activities, in particular eight revolutionary panels. Some of the featured speakers on the panel are heavy hitters like Pastor of One Church in Los Angeles, Toure Jakes Roberts; Fashion and Swimwear Designer, Amber Atherton and Celebrity Makeup Artist, Gabby Bernstein.

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NASSAU, Bahamas, September 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The three-time NBA championship team the Miami HEAT will hold their training camp in The Bahamas for the second time in four years, the NBA team announced today. The camp, which will run from September 27 to October 1, 2016, will be held at the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island.

The team will arrive in New Providence on September 26 and will conduct two-a-day practice sessions in the Grand Ballroom at the Atlantis Conference Center, which will be transformed into a double basketball court.

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September 14, 2016 (TravelPulse) – Hospitality brands Grand Hyatt and SLS Hotels will remain part of the stalled, $3.5 billion Baha Mar mega-resort in Nassau and operate hotels within the development when it finally opens in 2017, said Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Bahamas Tourism Ministry.

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MSC Cruises, the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line in Europe, South America and South Africa, has announced that Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve will now open in October 2018.

Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of the Swiss-based cruise company, commented: “As we sat out to finalize construction plans for this one-of-a-kind destination, we realised that to ensure the level of quality and attention to details in both infrastructure and services that our guests have rightfully come to expect from MSC Cruises, it was only appropriate to allot a longer time frame. In fact, whilst working on the final project, it was hard not want to further enrich this unique beach destination with new and additional unique services for our guests. This naturally called for more time than originally planned.”

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September 2016 (BFSB) – The Bahamas Financial Services Board will be promoting the many advantages The Bahamas offers to Mexican clients at next month’s “Bahamas Landfall: Destination Mexico” Breakfast Briefing at the Four Seasons Hotel, Mexico City.

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The Ministry of Tourism sees the Beach Soccer World Cup 2017 tournament to be held in The Bahamas as an opportunity to promote the country and its beaches to a global audience.
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Sterling Global Financial, an integrated banking and financial services provider with operations in The Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, has revealed that one of its funds has provided bridge financing for the land assembly of a major redevelopment that will dramatically transform a South Boston community.

Called Washington Village, the project is one of the largest undertaken by Sterling’s Sterling Mortgage Income Fund, formerly New Providence Income Fund.

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