No time to wait: New Bahamas/Caribbean ports needed to meet cruise growth

No time to wait: New Bahamas/Caribbean ports needed to meet cruise growth

From now until 2028 there’s a 13% capacity increase but nowhere near that kind of growth in destinations, according to Miguel Reyna, chief development officer, Cruise Terminals International. ‘A tremendous amount of capacity will be in the Caribbean,’ Reyna said. ‘This puts a lot of pressure on the destinations to expand.’ He added that Florida […]

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Introducing: The Potlatch Club in Eleuthera, Bahamas

Introducing: The Potlatch Club in Eleuthera, Bahamas

Known for its 135 empty beaches, the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas will welcome its first luxury boutique hotel, The Potlatch Club, in June 2024. The 11-key former private home, popular with New York socialites in the 1960s and 70s. The property fell into disrepair in the 1980s, but has now been restored. New […]

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Bahamas Resort Is Selling a Four-House Compound With a Beach for $62 Million

Bahamas Resort Is Selling a Four-House Compound With a Beach for $62 Million

Known as Sandpiper Village, this four-house compound with a private beach is part of Montage Cay, a 53-acre private island resort in the Bahamas that is set to open at the end of 2025. “This is a unique opportunity for someone—it could be a multigenerational family—to create a compound within a private island community,” said […]

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TT Manufacturers venture to the Bahamas for business opportunities

TT Manufacturers venture to the Bahamas for business opportunities

Fifteen local manufacturers representing the food and beverage; printing and packaging; and textiles sectors are currently on a trade mission in the Bahamas. According to a media release issued by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the group will seek to determine business opportunities, build upon existing trading relationships and establish new strategic business and […]

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‘All-Bahamian’ $30m hotel gets conditional go-ahead

‘All-Bahamian’ $30m hotel gets conditional go-ahead

The Bahamian developer of a proposed $30m West Bay Street hotel was yesterday granted preliminary site plan approval for the project provided its “side setbacks” are increased to 15 feet. The Town Planning Committee gave Gibson Development the conditional go-ahead for its seven-storey, 102-room King’s Court Hotel that will be built on the 1.39-acre site […]

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Partanna Spearheads AI Training Initiative with KAUST and UB

Climate tech company Partanna Global has partnered with Saudi Arabia-based King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Prime Minister of The Bahamas Philip Davis, and The University of The Bahamas (UB) to launch a cutting-edge AI training program aimed at nurturing the next wave of AI specialists. The initiative is designed to bridge the […]

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