Produced at the historic Buena Vista estate in Nassau, the company seems intent on making a high-quality rum — not simply a tourist attraction.

And the early results were good — we tried the Amber variety, which is aged for up to three years, and called it a “very, very solid rum.”

What we didn’t try was the distillery’s top-shelf stuff — John Watling’s Buena Vista Rum.

That changed, however, on a recent trip to the Bahamas, where we obtained a bottle.

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The Foundation for Environmental Edu-cation, an international non-profit and non-governmental organization, awar-ded a Blue Flag to Bimini Sands Ma-rina on South Bimini in the Bahamas.

The Blue Flag is a voluntary “eco-label” that is awarded to marinas around the world based on their compliance with 24 criteria covering environmental education and information, water quality, environmental management and safety and services.

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Eleven Experience is set to open a new Bahamas property in November 2014, The Bahamas House Inn on Harbour Island, Bahamas. The property will have traditional Bahamian decor, individual cottages and a small inn, as well as guides for water activites that include bone fishing, deep sea fishing, paddle boarding, kite surfing, diving and snorkeling. Guests will also have access to a private boat dock and amenities such as a saltwater lap pool and spa.

The experiential travel brand is set to open six properties by the spring of 2015. The company opened its flagship property, Scarp Ridge Lodge, in November 2011 in the historic mountain town of Crested Butte, Colorado.

Once a 19th century mason’s lodge and dance hall, it’s now a seven-bedroom private lodge serving as the base for abundant adventures such as private cat skiing experiences over 1,000 acres of untouched powder, fly fishing the Taylor River, and world-class mountain biking.

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As Baha Mar prepares for its December 2014 opening, executives are confident that the mega-resort will be a stunning addition to the region’s hospitality offering.
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Resorts World Bimini president Dana Libivotz says that the resort and casino operator is in talks with the government to draft legislation around gambling sanctions in The Bahamas ahead of another proposed referendum on the topic.
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Matt Feshbach, ceo of Okyanos Heart Institute, whose mission it is to bring a new standard of care and better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease using cardiac stem cell therapy, has challenged his senior executive team to become involved in community initiatives that are important to them, but which also give back to their local communities. Erika Mangrum, svp marketing was selected as a business mentor for Elon University’s Entrepreneurship Program. In the new business venture planning class, seasoned executives challenge students with their business plans to help them stand up under fire in a real investor presentation setting.

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Pictured: Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. (UN Photo/Ryan Brown)

September 2013 –(UN.ORG)– The Bahamas called on the United Nations to help develop multilateral global mechanisms for the governance of offshore financial services, warning that high-powered States were trying to force their will on smaller nations like his own and cut off their livelihood.

“We see this same dynamic at work in the ongoing economic aggression of many of the more developed countries against small offshore financial service-based economies, especially in the Caribbean region of which The Bahamas is a part,” Prime Minister Perry Christie told the General Assembly as it wrapped up the first week of its annual General Debate.

“Some have used their power either unilaterally or in small groups of high-powered nations to impose their will, arguing that there is something fundamentally immoral, something intrinsically sinister, about the accumulation of wealth in offshore jurisdictions. We reject, that premise and we criticize in the strongest possible terms the efforts of some to maim and cripple, if not destroy, the offshore economies within our region.”

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US basketball team Miami Heat will be in The Bahamas next week for a pre-season training camp at Atlantis Paradise Island. Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe says that the Ministry is planning several events around the visit.
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