PELICAN POINT, Grand Bahama – The flowers of spring have arrived just in time for the sweet 16th celebration of the Annual Pelican Point Coconut Festival! This Easter Monday, April 6th, 2015 beginning at 11:00am, all roads will lead to Pelican Point, East Grand Bahama for a grand time of festivities, authentic cultural flavor, incomparable eats and signature drinks, as everything coconut is celebrated at the rustic and picturesque festival site.
Coconut Festival is held annually on Easter Monday, where family, friends, and guests will descend upon the small seaside village to a feast of coconut dishes such as coconut jimmy, coconut shrimp, barbecue ribs with coconut sauce, coconut rice, coconut tart, and more, as well as a variety of coconut beverages including our famous ‘Gully Wash – a uniquely Bahamian drink made with coconut water. This
WEST END, Grand Bahama Island (March 23, 2015) – Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour has been nominated in The Bahamas's Leading Resort 2015 award category in the 2015 World Travel Awards. The resort is one of only two resorts on Grand Bahama Island nominated for this award and one of nine resorts total. The Wall Street Journal is among the many media that have heralded WTA as “the Oscar’s of the travel industry”.
Voting will be open on-line until August 23, 2015 at http://www.worldtravelawards.com/vote.
And has been nominated for 13 World Travel awards from 2007-2015. All of the details can be found on their website at http://www.worldtravelawards.com/profile-3577-old-bahama-bay-resort-yacht-harbour
The country awards reflect the range of products and service offerings of an individual
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama Island- On Thursday, February 26th, 2015, what can be described as a new era in South Florida cruise ferry transportation began for the neighboring shores of Grand Bahama Island. Over 100 special invited guests from throughout the travel and tourism industry climbed onboard the luxurious, state-of-the-art, 1000 passenger capacity vessel for the official inauguration ceremony of Balearia Bahamas Express’s newest addition, the “Bahama Mama” superfast Alhucemas.
Impressed with the service of the new vessel, Director General of the Ministry of Tourism, Joy Jibrilu stated that “This brand new ship will cut the time it takes to ferry passengers between us in half…” signifying “a most outstanding performance.” Jibrilu continued in mentioning that “With travel amenities that rival those of cruise ships, some 300,000 passengers
