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Record hotel occupancy levels over Thanksgiving

TOURISM Director General Joy Jibrilu said hotels are seeing record occupancy levels for the Thanksgiving period and a target of one million stopover visitors by year-end is within reach.

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‘A real dampener’: Fear over new COVID strain

The emergence of a new COVID-19 strain threatens to put “a real dampener” on Bahamian tourism’s rebound and that of the wider economy in the Christmas run-up, it was feared yesterday.

Bahamas exports drop 40% in 2020

Bahamian goods exports declined by 40 percent in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been revealed, with those entering the US under trade preference regimes hitting a ten-year low.

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Cardinals claim ‘Bahamas Championship’ with 63-55 victory over Terrapins

THE inaugural Baha Mar Hoops event concluded Saturday night after hosting 18 NCAA Division I teams and 21 games in three tournaments across six days at the Baha Mar Convention Center.

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Baha Mar judge seeks Bahamian judicial help

A New York judge has signed off on requests for Bahamian judicial help over the British Colonial Hilton’s sale and other issues relating to Sarkis Izmirlian’s $2.25bn fight with Baha Mar’s contractor.

Fidelity: ‘No overhang to depress worker morale’

A BISX-listed bank’s conservative approach to COVID loan loss provisioning has paid off by ensuring “there’s no overhang that depresses staff morale”, its chief executive says.

Retailers detect Black Friday spend rebound

RETAILERS reported a “spending rebound” on Black Friday as shoppers queued from 5am to seek-out bargains leading into the Christmas holiday shopping season.

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Bahamas Bowl: Blue Raiders, Rockets accept invites

NASSAU, Bahamas – Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will represent Conference USA and Toledo Rockets will represent the MidAmerican Conference as both institutions accepted bids today to the 2021 Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, December 17 in Nassau’s Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: The Atlantis lesson on xenophobia

SOMEONE I highly respect reminded me recently of the reaction Bahamians had when we heard a hotel magnate from South Africa, a man known to throw lavish parties aboard a private jet and enrich himself in a land of apartheid, had purchased much of Paradise Island. Bahamians were enraged, apoplectic.

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Million tourists target’s in reach

TOURISM Director General Joy Jibrilu said hotels are seeing record occupancy levels for the Thanksgiving period and a target of one million stopover visitors by year-end is within reach.

Virgin ‘pacing ahead’ of Bahamas route forecast

Virgin Atlantic’s just-launched Bahamas route is already “pacing ahead” of forecast business volumes for its first six months, the country’s top tourism official said yesterday.

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No ‘far-off dream’: On target for 1m tourists

The Bahamas is on target to realise its “far-off dream” of one million stopover visitors in 2021, a top official disclosed yesterday, while hotel rates and tourist spending up on pre-COVID levels.

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Furlough ‘frustration’: Workers want finality

A union president yesterday warned that the 90-day extension to the COVID furlough period is “adding to the frustration” of long-suffering workers who want “finality” for their plight.

Debt, debt and debt

A past writer was spot on when he wrote and estimated that BPL’s bad accounts had to exceed $100m.

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A chance to give thanks

A PRE-THANKSGIVING day event was held by Nassau Village MP Jamahl Strachan for members of the Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI).

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Jonquel Jones posts 4th double double of season in FIBA EuroLeague

JONQUEL Jones posted her fourth double double of the season in her return to FIBA Women’s EuroLeague play.

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Darville: We’re working on increasing manpower

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville says his ministry is working on plans to increase manpower in public health and improve infrastructure of medical facilities on the Family Islands.

‘Standard bearer’ bank put into administration

A Bahamian bank, whose new owners pledged it would be “a standard bearer” for the jurisdiction just eight months ago, has been placed under statutory administration by the Central Bank.

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ART OF GRAPHIX: Pairing content with images is vital tool

MARKETERS have known this for a while: A well-suited image makes for a successful campaign. But how do images really work their magic? And how can you exploit the potential of visuals in a digital space already cluttered with countless images?

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Rockets win Nassau Championship title

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers head coach Cliff Ellis left the Baha Mar Hoops with his 800-win milestone, but needed win 801 to claim the Nassau Championship.