Eleuthera News Archives
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Urgo Hotels Development at Governor's Harbour No firm start date yet for the project...
Rock Sound Renaissance The Blue Hole at Rock Sound enjoys restoration efforts by local students, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas...
Meritage Announces Partnership for South Eleuthera Development “Planning to co-develop an 884-acre ultra-luxury resort community on South Eleuthera Island. The project is intended to be one of the world's leading, low-density, low-rise, environmentally sensitive resort communities...”
Story of South Eleuthera “Other than sun, sand and sea, South Eleuthera's attractions are rather modest - a landlocked ocean hole where you can feed the snappers, an 87-year-old fig tree spreading along the highway, and a historic Methodist manse...”
Cape Eleuthera Resort and Yacht Club Opens “A resort best suited for the traveler that likes to explore and experience something a little off the beaten path...”
Meritage Receives Approval on Two Eleuthera Sites Meritage's purchase of both properties is conditioned upon approvals from the Bahamian government...
BTC Launches GSM Cellular Phone Service for Eleuthera $5.6 million spent on thirteen cell sites for Eleuthera...
Cotton Bay Eleuthera New golf course coming to Cotton Bay to be designed by Robert Trent Jones II. New course will be adjacent to the former course built by Robert Trent Jones, Sr...
Work Permit Issues Addressed All avenues to engage a Bahamian through local and international advertisement and the Employment Exchange of the Department of Labour must be exhausted before approval is given for the employment of an expatriate worker...
Glass Window Bridge To Be Rebuilt It's “impossible to build a bridge strong enough at that particular point in Eleuthera to withstand the full force of the ocean in the event of a hurricane.” Glass Window Bridge to be replaced with a causeway...
Eleuthera Still has a Small-Town Feel... It's also now getting buzz among travelers...
Lionfish Concern Researchers Over the last two years we have been seeing an increase in the number of lionfish from north to south...
Tourism Weakness Lingers Exclusively in the month of June, there were 369,322 tourists in total to The Bahamas which was 9.6 percent less than the total arrival last June, when 408, 501 tourists were recorded...
Government Plans to Re-Tender Contracts Contracts under review for road repair and construction for North Eleuthera and the Current, Central Eleuthera and South Eleuthera...
Gov't To Abandon Mega Projects Policy PM Hubert Ingraham more in favor of model that suits Bahamas's environment as opposed to mega projects... One of the last disclosures Mr. Christie made before ousted as PM was Government was in advanced negotiations with major investors for three of the largest resort/residential mixed use projects ever proposed for Eleuthera, at Half Sound, at Winding Bay, at Governor's Harbour Airport, and vicinity of Hatchet Bay... Also said there had just been approval granted for projects for La Bougainvillea outside Palmetto Point and Islandia near Tarpum Bay. Projects said to have represented over $2 billion...
MOT Undeterred By Four Seasons Receivership Four Seasons Emerald Bay Resort on Exuma attracts significant interest from investors... Bahamas has been suffering from a decline in visitor arrivals... Bahamas is one of the countries with the highest amount of tourism revenue leakages...
GSM Cell Phone Service for Eleuthera BTC's promise to improve cell phone service on Eleuthera is part of their “Gone Global” initiative to connect all islands...
Half Moon Cay - South Eleuthera A private island experience for the price of departure tax...
$26.6m for Marketing and Promoting Bahamas Level of air seat capacity does not meet the threshold needed to fill every hotel room in The Bahamas... Once objective is to reverse softness in the US marketplace...
Roadwork to Begin on Eleuthera Several contracts signed for the repaving and repair and initial paving of roads in south, central and north Eleuthera including Current Island. Minister Roberts said the last time any extensive repair and reconstruction of roads was done in Eleuthera was over 30 years ago...
New Stakeholder Added to Royal Island Resort Behringer Harvard acquires significant interest in Royal Island Resort project. “Royal Island should be well-positioned to become the premier luxury resort in the Bahamas...”
Billion Dollar Investments Pegged For Eleuthera Slated for Half Sound, Winding Bay, Governor's Harbour Airport and vicinity of Hatchet Bay. P.M. looks to restore Eleuthera to one of the most prosperous islands in the Bahamas...
New Plans for South Eleuthera Government has acquired 500 acres of land from Cape Eleuthera Property Limited for the development of the “Town of Cape Eleuthera”. Project in the vicinity of the settlement of Deep Creek is also in the works...
Push For Biodiesel Facility Cape Systems Limited of Cape Eleuthera leads way in developing greener fuel for Bahamas...
202 Crown Land Pieces Granted on Eleuthera $7 million in Crown Land purchases since 1992...
Emerald Bay Resort In Talks With Investors Higher than expected costs both for construction and for securing staff at the luxury resort...
Construction Boom Driving Higher Building Costs Residents and non-Bahamian property developers could expect to pay higher construction costs for the next several years as a result of the ongoing boom in that sector of the economy...
Delta adds flight to North Eleuthera Carrier officials announced the airline will fly between Atlanta and The Islands of The Bahamas with nonstop service...
Soaring Costs Creating Problems At Exuma Resort Due to higher than expected construction and staff costs, the developers of the Four Seasons Resort at Emerald Bay, Exuma, have not realized a return on their investment...
Meritage Going Private - Eleuthera in Early Stages of Development Plans include acquiring three "strategic" oceanfront properties on the Bahamian Island of Eleuthera...
Sales of Luxury Homes at Former Club Med to Begin February The developers expect buyers to be able to move in during late 2008 or early 2009...
Mega Development for North Eleuthera Government officials signed a heads of agreement in The Bluff, North Eleuthera on Thursday for a $700 million resort development, which will be developed over a 10-year period...
Boutique Hotel Coming to Royal Island Bahamas Ultra luxury resort hotel features a natural deep-water marina, expected to hold 250-300 slips and accommodate yachts from 20 to over 200 feet in length...
Royal Bank Invests In Cotton Bay Project Royal Bank of Canada has invested $2 million in the Cotton Bay development on Eleuthera...
Private Golf Course to be Built on Royal Island Jack Nicklaus and Nicklaus Design, the world's leading golf course design firm, have selected Royal Island, near Eleuthera, as the site for the first Jack Nicklaus Golf Club...
Mega Project Delays French Leave Resort construction suffers from long delays...
Developer Explains Paradise delayed due to lack of funding and bad luck...
Meritage Announces Development for Eleuthera Premier franchise operators to develop and sell a condominium hotel...
Tyco Completes Phase I of Network Construction System links Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Exuma, Long Island, Ragged Island, Inagua, Mayaguana, Crooked Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador, Cat Island, Abaco, and Grand Bahama...
More Investors Target Eleuthera The catalogue of tourism products on Eleuthera could soon include The French Leave Resort, which would feature the Caribbean's first Park Hyatt luxury boutique hotel set amid an upscale oceanfront residential community.
Developers Submit Requests For Casino Licenses Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe revealed that requests have already been made for casinos in Bimini, Abaco and Eleuthera.
$500 Mil Project Pegged For Royal Island U.S.- based development enterprise has acquired Royal Island in Eleuthera, investors are eyeing the unspoilt land for an upscale luxury community of private homes.
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