Tourism: 30 Per Cent Of Marketing’ Not Putting Heads In Beds’
October 28, 2017
THE Minister of Tourism yesterday said 30 per cent of his marketing spend is tied up in long-term contracts that are failing “to put heads in beds”. Dionisio D’Aguilar told Tribune Business that the Bahamas’ sponsorship of sporting events and teams was preventing him from “reallocating” desperately needed promotional dollars to market the Bahamas online. The Minister raised his marketing concerns just as data from the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) showed most of the industry’s indicators were heading in a negative direction during the first eight months of the year.
Major Drug Dealer Returns Home From U.S.
September 27, 2015
Extradited Bahamian drug dealer Dwight Major returned to New Providence yesterday after spending seven years in prison in the United States for drug trafficking, police sources have confirmed. Major, 47, who was originally scheduled for release in May 2016, was granted a sentencing reduction earlier this year by a federal court. Major pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import marijuana and cocaine into Florida in October 2008 and was sentenced in July 2009.