The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Fred Mitchell has congratulated Jamaica on the conduct of peaceful and orderly general elections held 25 February, 2016, resulting in a successful win for Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Fred Mitchell has congratulated Jamaica on the conduct of peaceful and orderly general elections held 25 February, 2016, resulting in a successful win for Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

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The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism (BMOT) recently inked a deal and new partnership with the Florida Panthers Hockey team. The partnership commenced with the Islands of The Bahamas being featured to thousands of fans and spectators, attending the Florida Panthers game against the Winnipeg Jets at the BB&T Center this past Saturday.

Throughout the evening, videos of the popular Bahamas destinations were showcased on large jumbo trons to a near capacity crowd of twenty thousand.

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The Ministry of Tourism is in Toronto promoting The Bahamas on the back of a 7% increase in visitors from Canada in 2015. It is hoped the ministry’s engagement will help to continue the momentum of growth.
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The board of directors and executive management of Bahamasair Holdings have announced the signing of a new industrial agreement between the national flag carrier and the Bahamas Airline Pilots Association (BALPA).

This brings to a close almost two years of negotiations. Both management and the pilots association have expressed their satisfaction at the conclusion of the process.

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NASSAU, Bahamas, February 2016 (Caribbean360) – The Bahamas is hoping for a big tourism and economic boost from the country’s hosting of major international meetings in April.

Nassau will be the location for the 57th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the 31st AGM for the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), a member of the IDB.

Chief Operations Officer of the Local Organizing Committee, Lynden Maycock is optimistic that there will be a myriad of direct and spin-off opportunities in tourism, culture and other related sectors of the economy, as a result of the influx of visitors for the meetings.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, February 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board was crowned winner of the first heat of the 2016 Routes Marketing Awards at a ceremony last night (Thursday, February 18) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The annual Routes Marketing Awards recognise excellence in airport and destination marketing. Airlines vote for the marketing services that support the successful launch of new air services or the development of existing ones, making them highly regarded in the aviation industry.

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February 19, 2016 (MarineLink) –Bahamas’ Prime Minister Christie has met with Global Shipping Giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), in Geneva.

Principal and founder of MSC, Gianluigi Aponte and his senior management team met with Prime Minister at MSCs headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland for two days of deliberations.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss about matters relating to the expiring concessions under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement and growth of MSCs investments in The Bahamas.

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The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) market has surged nearly 400 per cent from a market capitalization of $820 million at inception in May 2000 to today’s $3.8 billion, according to Keith Davies, CEO, BISX.

“By bringing confidence to the market, through transparency, innovation and market security, we have been able to grow BISX and the capital market to where it is today. it is alive, vibrant and growing,” said Davies.

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Here follows a statement from The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the appointment of a new secretary general of CARICOM:

The Bahamas government wishes to extend warm congratulations to Ambassador Irwin Leroque (Pictured, top), a national of Dominica, on his reappointment as Secretary General of CARICOM. The decision was made by the Heads of Government of CARICOM at its Inter-Sessional meeting in Placencia, Belize on 16th February.

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