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Mistake to Buy Into Grand Lucayan Hotel In Freeport?

According to Tribune Business on Tuesday past "The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday did not rule out the Government ‘nationalising’ Freeport’s Grand Lucayan resort, after a prominent attorney said such action is “not out of bounds”." Everyone agrees it is critical to restore economic growth, not only for Grand Bahama, but... Read more →

OH CAT ISLAND! Can You hear me? Part 3

The Hermitage by John Hedden Read Part One Here... Read Part Two here... The historical aspect of Cat Island culture is not readily apparent, even with the brief outlines presented in the touristic flyers. Visitors are expected to find their own way around the sites of plantation ruins and surmise... Read more →

OH CAT ISLAND! Can You hear me? Part 2

by John Hedden Read Part One here... It is impossible make an assessment of Cat Island in a weekend visit, especially considering that the Friday and Monday were wholly spent travelling by air to; and then from the island. However I do wish to list some observations I made while... Read more →

OH CAT ISLAND! Can You hear me? Part One

Orange Creek by John Hedden Francoise (My wife and sweetheart), and myself visited Cat Island over the Labour day holiday weekend, for two reasons: I wanted to return after a 35 year hiatus, and she wanted to visit an island she had heard so much about. We flew into the... Read more →

A Photo Is The Pause Button Of Life

Fort Montagu at Sunrise The title of this post is a quote from Ty Holland and is the introduction to some of my photos at Through The Lens. The photo of Fort Montagu above was taken on Saturday morning and can be found there. What an incredibly beautiful morning that... Read more →

Atlantis, Paradise Island Forms Shared Mission Coalition To Nuture A Bahamian Cultural And Entrepreneurial Renaissance

PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS (May 8, 2017) – Atlantis, Paradise Island Bahamas announces a first-of-its-kind shared mission coalition to nurture the Bahamian creative and entrepreneurial community. The resort has partnered with shared mission creative agency, enso, to develop an impact platform for the people and culture of The Bahamas. Kicking off... Read more →

The Bahamas Chamber should be helping business not encouraging more regulation, taxation and bureaucracy

On Thursday past (May 11,2017), the CEO of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation was lamenting that people renting their homes through Airbnb should be regulated. His concerns seem directed more to closing the home rental industry than regulating it because hotel occupancy is down. Either way, proposing... Read more →