The Tribune

A Bahamian husband-and-wife team has secured the contract for the sole sundry store at Baha Mar, solidifying a place for Bahamian entrepreneurship at the $3.5 billion resort.

Odley and Philippa Aritis are promising to deliver authentic Bahamian service, when supplying all guests’ travel essentials, including soaps and lotions, tea and coffee, when they step inside Sandy Shore News & Sundries.

Other products offered will be Bennie cake and coconut cake, sea glass jewellery and native jams and jellies.

The Aritis family has already carved its place in Baha Mar’s history as contractors for the refurbishment of the antique chandelier that now hangs in the Baha Mar Academy, once a fixture in the former Nassau Beach Hotel.

Sandy Shore News & Sundries is one of several Bahamian-owned boutiques and retail stores that create the Baha Mar retail experience. Baha Mar is transforming The sundry store will join some of the best luxury brands in the world and be one of more than 30 retail outlets at the resort.

“Bahamian entrepreneurs at Baha Mar will represent the Bahamas on a world stage. We want our guests to have an authentic Bahamian experience. If we do it well, we believe that these entrepreneurs will create even more opportunities for additional local entrepreneurs,” said Baha Mar’s chief operating officer, Paul V. Pusateri.