The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation has appointed Steven Johnson as General Manager of Tourism on Grand Bahama Island.

The Islands Of The Bahamas (TIOTB) stood out this past weekend, taking part in an annual art show in Fort Lauderdale Florida hosted by Howard Alan Events. The show took place October 19th-20th on Las Olas Boulevard with hundreds of exhibitors’ works on display and thousands of passers-by on foot.

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism team annually supports Breast Cancer awareness by wearing pink for the entire month of October to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment...

The Ministry of Tourism and the Bahamas Hotel Association held the first annual Cacique Awards in 1996. At this juncture, the long-standing tourism partners joined their respective awards - the National Tourism Achievement Awards and the Hotel Industry Awards - to celebrate the finest in industry.

The 18th Cacique Awards, which celebrates the brightest and the best in the country’s hospitality industry, will be held at the Baha Mar Resort Convention Centre on May 23, 2020, under the theme, “Still Rockin”...

More than a month has passed since Hurricane Dorian made landfall on two northern islands of The Bahamas. Already, Grand Bahama Island is rebounding with many of its hotels and attractions reopened and plans for its airport to resume international service soon. While The Abacos face a longer road to recovery, the country remains resilient and steadfast in its commitment to help the island rebuild by maintaining a healthy flow of tourism – which accounts for half of the country’s GDP – to the islands that were not affected by the storm... 

One month after Hurricane Dorian devastated parts of Grand Bahama Island and The Abacos, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (BMOTA) is executing a multi-channel marketing campaign designed to keep the country’s economic engine strong by recruiting, retaining and reinvigorating travel to The Bahamas. The BMOTA has aggressively deployed a range of tactics to drive the narrative that The Bahamas is ready to welcome visitors...

At the recent Monaco Yacht Show, Tourism officials and stakeholders continued to drive the message that, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, The Islands Of The Bahamas is open for business.

The sales team of the Bahamas Tourist Office, Florida recently partnered with John Watling’s, a Bahamian distillery showcasing at the International Rum Conference 2019, to promote the 14 Bahama Islands still open for business.

Top executives of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (BMOTA) this week traveled to Montreal, Canada to host events with top travel agents and journalists to deliver the message that The Islands Of The Bahamas are open for business and ready to welcome Canadian travelers following Hurricane Dorian.

In partnership with Air Canada and Air Canada Vacations,  Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar and Deputy Director General Ellison 'Tommy' Thompson provided key destination updates and offered travel industry media and partners...

The Islands Of The Bahamas recently partnered with American Airlines to host a ‘Sip and Paint’ networking opportunity for some of American Airlines’ top travel professionals in the Miami area.

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) continues to track the progress of Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to become a major hurricane today, Friday, August 30, and remain extremely dangerous through the weekend as it moves near the Northwest Bahamas and the Florida Peninsula.

Delta will offer more flights to top Caribbean destinations beginning this winter, with additional service between four of its U.S. hubs and San Juan, Puerto Rico; Nassau, Bahamas; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.   

The Vertical Department team of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) recently led a group of forty persons comprising private pilots, flying ambassadors, fixed based operators  (FB0) and aviation media professionals to Freeport, Grand Bahama, for a familiarization trip of the destination. 

The group, made up of representatives from Florida Aero Club, Stuart Jet Center, ATA Flight School, Jetscape, Aerospace, Banyan Air Service, Atlantic Aviation and Women in Aviation, departed from the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, on August 15 and returned on August 18, 2019.  Media representatives from Aviation International News and 121fiveonline flew commercially...

The Islands Of The Bahamas recently partnered with the Wiggins Agency in South Florida to host a live remote broadcast from Freeport, Grand Bahama with S Florida’s Hot 105 FM’S on air personality, James T. Also partnering in the promotion was Bahamasair, the national flag carrier of The Bahamas, who recently increased its air loads to Grand Bahama including jet service from Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

The remote promoted summertime fun in Freeport including the Annual Bahamas Junkanoo Summer Festival.

The broadcast back to S. Florida radio listeners, took place Saturday from the Pavilion of Freeport’s Grand Lucayan Resort Lighthouse Point.  The lineup of on-air guests included a cross section of Grand Bahama Island tourism stakeholders...

Linville Johnson, a Sr. Executive of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (BMOTA) has joined a privileged list. The group includes Tourism Ministers, Governors, CEO’s and Presidents of major national organizations and associations who are all among past recipients of the coveted Apex Award, presented annually by Black Meetings and Tourism Magazine.

The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation is proud to resume Junkanoo Summer Festival this Saturday at Arawak Cay.

With exciting new openings and events, the month of June set The Islands Of The Bahamas up for an exciting summer. From the announcement of NBC’s The Voice coming to Baha Mar for a new summer concert series to the opening of the world’s first land-based coral farm, these new activities are sure to draw in tourists. Andros’ Small Hope Bay Lodge, Harbour Island’s Valentines Resort & Marina and the Nassau Airport Development Company...

The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) has hit a homerun through a partnership with Cvent – a leading meeting, events, and hospitality management technology company.