Ocean Cay in northern Bahamas is set to become a cruise destination with a multi-million dollar development spearheaded by the Mediterranean Shipping Company.
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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas, December 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Long recognized as one of the world’s most exclusive resorts, One&Only Ocean Club is proud to unveil resort-wide enhancements that raise the bar on ultra-luxury in the Caribbean. During the five-month, multi-million dollar renovation, accommodations in the historic Hartford Wing were given a complete redesign and the new infinity-edge Ocean Pool and Ocean Pool Grill, were added, providing guests with the ultimate beachfront experience.

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Prime Minister Perry Christie says that prospects for Grand Bahama are looking promising following meetings in London with Hong Kong-based investment group Hutchison Whampoa.
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BIMINI, Bahamas, December 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Cape Air has partnered with Resorts World Bimini (RWB) to bring regularly scheduled commercial seaplane service back to North Bimini, a service that has not been available since 2005. Under the new partnership between Cape Air and RWB, scheduled flights will beginDecember 21, 2015 with two daily flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Bimini’s North Seaplane Base (NSB) at Resorts World Bimini. Beginning January 18, 2016, four daily flights will operate between Fort Lauderdale and North Bimini. In addition, two daily flights will operate between Watson Island Seaplane Base in Miami and Bimini.

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China Harbour Engineering Co (CHEC) has recommenced work on the $39 million North Abaco port development in Coopers Town, following the completion of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Assessment.

Following the discovery of environmental setbacks that caused work to halt temporarily at the Coopers Town construction site earlier this year, CHEC says the project is back on schedule.

“We have everything in place that we need to complete the project,” said project manager Andy Du.

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December 3, 2015 (Caribbean360)––The Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in the Bahamas has won the award for Best Airport Website in North America and the Caribbean at a special recognition event hosted by Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA).

It’s the first Caribbean airport to do so.

The award was presented at ACI-NA’s inaugural Marketing and Communications Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, to the airport that produced an outstanding website from a design, communications, accessibility and navigation standpoint between August 2014 and August 2015.

Vice president of Marketing and Communications at LPIA, Jan Knowles, explained that LPIA needed to improve its online presence to ensure that it reflected our brand and to promote new amenities and services that are available to our passengers.

This is an excerpt from Caribbean360 as it appeared on December 4, 2015. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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Pictured: Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna Martin attends the IMO Assembly in London November 27. (Photo courtesy BMA)

London, England – The Bahamas was successful in its re-election to the Council of The International Maritime Organization during elections at the 29th IMO Assembly held in London at the end of last month.

Out of the 154 votes cast by IMO member states, The Bahamas obtained 124 votes to gain re-election to the IMO council in Category C.

Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna Martin said that this further cements The Bahamas’ rise to the top in leadership in the maritime sector.

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Here follows a statement delivered by Prime Minister Perry Christie at a COP21 high-level event on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Climate Challenge at the Pershing Hall Hotel in Paris, 1 December, 2015:

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November 30, 2015 (Pro Golf Now)–Tiger Woods may be recovering from back surgery, but he will still play host to a field of 18 golfers this week at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. The tournament benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation.

The field consists of only 18 golfers and is not an official PGA TOUR event; any money won by the golfers doesn’t count towards the official money list. The most recent winners of the four majors make up the field, including the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion, and two special exemption players selected by the Tiger Woods Foundation.

This is an excerpt from Pro Golf Now as it appeared on December 1, 2015. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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Prime Minister Perry Christie said that he was confident that the Exim Bank of China would be able to find a buyer for the stalled Baha Mar resort early in the New Year.
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