Philip Brave Davis said ( about Paradise Island ) : “If Royal Caribbean Cruise International is allowed to acquire government property on Paradise Island and proceed with the project as a sole proprietor, they would be in conflict with both Bahamians and other cruise lines calling at Nassau, which is the leading cruise port in the region,”

thenassauguardian Monday, March 9, 2020 3:58:00 PM EAT

Tommy Thompson said ( about Paradise Island ) : “Grand Bahama and Abaco were hammered pretty badly, but the rest of the country, including Nassau and Paradise Island in particular where we get more than 70 per cent of our visitors, was totally unaffected,” “We saw cancellations because there was the thinking that the whole country was devastated, but it was just two islands in the northern part of the Bahamas”

theglobeandmail Saturday, March 7, 2020 10:05:00 AM EAT

Dionisio D Aguilar said ( about Paradise Island ) : “You would have heard of a project on Paradise Island that Royal Caribbean is looking at too, once again in a population center, to try and impact as many Bahamians as possible. And while there may be naysayers that say ‘oh why aren’t Bahamians doing that’, they had to buy the land for $50 million-plus, they have to build an attraction, probably another $50 million-plus, so that’s $100 million,” “And I tell everybody we need projects of scale in Nassau to accommodate these 10,400 passengers a day. And right now, the only other project of scale is Atlantis and that is not owned by Bahamians. So that is what we are attempting to do”

thenassauguardian Wednesday, March 4, 2020 4:57:00 PM EAT

Tommy Thompson said ( about Paradise Island ) : “Grand Bahama and Abaco were hammered pretty badly, but the rest of the country, including Nassau and Paradise Island in particular where we get more than 70 per cent of our visitors, was totally unaffected,” “We saw cancellations because there was the thinking that the whole country was devastated, but it was just two islands in the northern part of the Bahamas”

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:16:00 PM EAT

Hubert Minnis said ( about Paradise Island ) : “This concentration of population and GDP is forcing us to reconsider ways to diversify our tourism economic centres, while we build greater resilience in and continue tourism growth on New Providence and Paradise Island,”

caribbean360 Tuesday, February 4, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Jean Georges Vongerichten said ( about Paradise Island ) : “I have witnessed the effects of Mother Nature several times on The Bahamas and have always seen it prevail; this time is different. I am making it my priority to give back to the community that has welcomed me and so many visitors over the years,” “I felt for everybody [on Abaco and Grand Bahama]. Everything was fine [at Dune on Paradise Island], but what some people don’t realize is that The Bahamas has 700 islands [and cays] and only two were destroyed, so I decided to come to promote the hotel, the restaurant and The Bahamas”

thenassauguardian Friday, November 1, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT

Loretta Butler-Turner declined ( about Paradise Island ) : “Why is it that the Government is so opaque as to what they have planned for the western end of Paradise Island? In the absence of this thing being in the overall Heads of Agreement, what else has been left out?”

tribune242 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 12:37:00 AM EAT

Tommy Thompson added ( about Paradise Island ) : “We concentrate so much on Nassau/Paradise Island that we leave so much of this country out of what we are doing. It’s important that we promote all of the islands of the Bahamas”

tribune242 Tuesday, January 31, 2017 5:35:00 AM EAT

Philip Brave Davis said ( about Paradise Island ) : “If Royal Caribbean Cruise International is allowed to acquire government property on Paradise Island and proceed with the project as a sole proprietor, they would be in conflict with both Bahamians and other cruise lines calling at Nassau, which is the leading cruise port in the region,”

thenassauguardian Monday, March 9, 2020 3:58:00 PM EAT

Tommy Thompson said ( about Paradise Island ) : “Grand Bahama and Abaco were hammered pretty badly, but the rest of the country, including Nassau and Paradise Island in particular where we get more than 70 per cent of our visitors, was totally unaffected,” “We saw cancellations because there was the thinking that the whole country was devastated, but it was just two islands in the northern part of the Bahamas”

theglobeandmail Saturday, March 7, 2020 10:05:00 AM EAT

Dionisio D Aguilar said ( about Paradise Island ) : “You would have heard of a project on Paradise Island that Royal Caribbean is looking at too, once again in a population center, to try and impact as many Bahamians as possible. And while there may be naysayers that say ‘oh why aren’t Bahamians doing that’, they had to buy the land for $50 million-plus, they have to build an attraction, probably another $50 million-plus, so that’s $100 million,” “And I tell everybody we need projects of scale in Nassau to accommodate these 10,400 passengers a day. And right now, the only other project of scale is Atlantis and that is not owned by Bahamians. So that is what we are attempting to do”

thenassauguardian Wednesday, March 4, 2020 4:57:00 PM EAT

Tommy Thompson said ( about Paradise Island ) : “Grand Bahama and Abaco were hammered pretty badly, but the rest of the country, including Nassau and Paradise Island in particular where we get more than 70 per cent of our visitors, was totally unaffected,” “We saw cancellations because there was the thinking that the whole country was devastated, but it was just two islands in the northern part of the Bahamas”

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:16:00 PM EAT

Hubert Minnis said ( about Paradise Island ) : “This concentration of population and GDP is forcing us to reconsider ways to diversify our tourism economic centres, while we build greater resilience in and continue tourism growth on New Providence and Paradise Island,”

caribbean360 Tuesday, February 4, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Jean Georges Vongerichten said ( about Paradise Island ) : “I have witnessed the effects of Mother Nature several times on The Bahamas and have always seen it prevail; this time is different. I am making it my priority to give back to the community that has welcomed me and so many visitors over the years,” “I felt for everybody [on Abaco and Grand Bahama]. Everything was fine [at Dune on Paradise Island], but what some people don’t realize is that The Bahamas has 700 islands [and cays] and only two were destroyed, so I decided to come to promote the hotel, the restaurant and The Bahamas”

thenassauguardian Friday, November 1, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT

Loretta Butler-Turner declined ( about Paradise Island ) : “Why is it that the Government is so opaque as to what they have planned for the western end of Paradise Island? In the absence of this thing being in the overall Heads of Agreement, what else has been left out?”

tribune242 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 12:37:00 AM EAT

Tommy Thompson added ( about Paradise Island ) : “We concentrate so much on Nassau/Paradise Island that we leave so much of this country out of what we are doing. It’s important that we promote all of the islands of the Bahamas”

tribune242 Tuesday, January 31, 2017 5:35:00 AM EAT