Tag: Baha Mar

The future of the Grand Lucayan deal is in doubt, while the minister of tourism, investments and aviation Chester Cooper has criticised changes to Holistica Destinations’ redevelopment timeline for the property.

Baha Mar president Graeme Davis said delaying reopening was one of the “most difficult decisions” the mega-resort’s management had faced, while the head of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation, Jeffrey Beckles, suggested that the property was banking on a rise in demand for the autumn.

The $300m water park expansion will increase the Baha Mar resort’s workforce by ten percent, and has been welcomed by both the government and trade bodies.

The launch of a Rosewood-branded hotel in late May has completed the $4.2bn Baha Mar integrated resort’s phased opening. The resort now operates a total of 2,300 rooms, suites and villas, in addition to the largest casino in the region and other amenities. The 237-room Rosewood Baha Mar is the third hotel to open at the resort, joining The Grand Hyatt...

The launch of a Rosewood-branded hotel in late May has completed the $4.2bn Baha Mar integrated resort’s phased opening. The resort now operates a total of 2,300 rooms, suites and villas, in addition to the largest casino in the region and other amenities. The 237-room Rosewood Baha Mar is the third hotel to open at the resort, joining The Grand Hyatt...

While Baha Mar’s former developer Sarkis Izmirlian is calling on the Bahamian government to impose a moratorium on the sale of the mega-resort, the FNM appears to have had a change of heart.   Sarkis Izmirlian has urged the Minnis administration to impose “a moratorium” on completion of Baha Mar’s sale, suggesting that he was mulling legal action against what he...

Scientific Games has confirmed it was chosen as supplier for 30 per cent floor share of the 100,000 square foot luxury Baha Mar Casino in Nassau in The Bahamas.   The new agreement saw Scientific Games provide its expansive range of games, systems, and table products for the opening of the Bahama resort, on April 21, 2017. Alex W. Pariente, Executive Vice...

The remaining pieces of the mega-resort - said to be 97 percent complete when it went into receivership - are falling into place. But with its casino equipment facing a customs probe and the ink still wet on its new gaming licence, can Baha Mar be set for its April soft opening?   Bahamian mega-resort Baha Mar still has a few...

Hope could be on the horizon for Bahamian ghost-resort Baha Mar after a Chinese firm has shown interest in buying the unfinished $3.5bn project. The stalled $3.5bn (E3,3bn) Bahamian mega-resort project Baha Mar, set on Nassau’s white-sand Cable Beach, has stood empty since its failed opening in 2015. But this month, after weeks of opaque statements from the Bahamian government, Chinese...

In March, Paraguay’s gaming regulator, Comisión Nacional del Juegos de Azar (Conajzar), recorded the highest ever amount of gaming tax revenue in a single month. According to data from the regulator, tax revenues totalled PYG12.3bn (E1.9m) in March 2016, up 38 per cent on the PYG8.4bn (E1.3m) reported in March 2015 and topping the former record monthly earnings of...