NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Morgans Hotel Group today announced the launch of their new website, designed to bring the magic of the boutique hotel portfolio to the digital booking experience. On the heels of the successful launch of Back of House, the company’s online culture and lifestyle magazine, Morgans Hotel Group will unveil an enhanced website that features a sleek new design, improved functionality and a seamless booking process that takes the guest through the reservation process in less than four clicks. The site also debuts Morgans Hotel Group’s curated Google Maps that provide interactive guides to top attractions and destinations around each hotel. New York-based digital agency Firstborn was selected to conceptualize, design and build the dynamic new website.

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The largest single-phase resort development in the Western Hemisphere, the numbers behind Baha Mar are eye-boggling enough. Costing $3.5 billion, the resort will comprise 4 luxury hotels containing more than 2,200 rooms and spread across 1,000 acres, with 3,000 feet of uninterrupted white sand beach at its doorstep.

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LAS VEGAS, October, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Transaero Airlines has announced today that its interline agreement with WestJet has taken effect offering Transaero passengers new opportunities for travel from Moscow. Via connections in Toronto and Los Angeles, Transaero passengers can now access the extensive WestJet network throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.

Now Transaero passengers are able to purchase tickets on connecting flights from Moscow via Toronto to destinations within WestJet’s route network in Canada, including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and many others.

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas (PRWEB) September 30, 2013 — Chic Bahamas Weddings, a full-service wedding planning and design company in the Bahamas, announced today it will be adding Turquoise Cay Boutique Hotel to its list of luxury wedding venues in the Bahamas. The highly anticipated hotel opens its doors in October. Through Chic Bahamas Weddings brides will be able to plan their special day at the only luxury hotel in Georgetown, Exuma. The exclusive location provides a picturesque, intimate setting perfect for any destination wedding.

“Chic Bahamas Weddings is delighted to offer Bahamas destination weddings at a hotel such as Turquoise Cay where privacy, stunning views of beautiful turquoise waters, cuisine and service are most important to all couples,” said Marva Munroe, founder and event director.

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On October 17, the official opening of the final stage of redevelopment at Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in The Bahamas will take place with fanfare and local celebration fitting the completion of one of the Caribbean’s largest infrastructure projects. Since July 2009, when ground was first broken on this $410 million project, Nassau’s airport has transformed into a place of pride for Bahamians and a welcoming facility for the more than three million passengers who pass through the airport annually.

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Western Air began new flights between Nassau and Havana this week. The three new flights weekly are expected to help develop tourism and trade exchange between the two nations.
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Cable & Wireless Communications’ (CWC) will launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile data services later this year as part of its Christmas marketing campaign in The Bahamas.

CWC first launched mobile data services in The Bahamas, where it trades as The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), in December 2011 and has seen rapid usage growth.

The upgrade to ‘fourth generation’ (4G) LTE – the world’s fastest mobile data technology – will increase download speeds from up to eight megabits per second (mbps) to up to 100 mbps. This will deliver an improved mobile data experience for BTC customers while enabling them to access new services like video calling and the streaming of HD video.

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The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) will host Part III of its Competitiveness Conclave Series October 29, with a focus on ethics within the financial services sector and under the theme: “In from the wild – Civilizing the financial services industry through ethical decision making.”

The half-day seminar is being held in collaboration with CFA Society The Bahamas, in the Victoria Room of the downtown British Colonial Hilton Hotel, starting at 10:00 am.

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RBC Royal Bank recently appointed Alicia Bain-Thompson and Christina Kenny-Sands, both accredited personal financial planners (PFPs), to lead its financial planning practice in The Bahamas.

Both women completed nine months of intensive study with the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI) to obtain their PFP accreditation.

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Recently, the Ministry of Tourism welcomed legendary championship golfer Greg Norman and other celebrities to the Sandals/Access Hollywood Celebrity Tournament & Weekend Getaway at the Sandals resort from September 26-29, 2013. Read more about this and many other celebrity golf tingums in the hoo ha print feely flippy thing. Click here to see photos enlarged.