Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort in the Bahamas Amongst Trip Advisor's Travelers' Choice 2012

Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort in the Bahamas

Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort in the Bahamas has been named Trip Advisor’s Travelers’ Choice 2012 winner as one of the top five hotels in the Caribbean.  

This is the 10th year that Trip Advisor Inc, the worlds largest travel have announced the awards giving global recognition to premier properties and destinations,  based exclusively on reviews and opinions of travelers who have experience these properties.

The resort located on one of the world’s ten best beaches, Cape Santa Maria Beach on Long Island in the Bahamas is the only hotel in the Bahamas to be named on the list of 25 top hotels in the Caribbean.
In acknowledging the award, Susan Barcham, Director of Business Development at BC Oak Bay Marine Group, the Canadian company that owns Cape Santa Maria Beach Resort in the Bahamas  is quoted as saying “The great thing about this award is that it is a result of direct feedback from our customers …we couldn’t be more delighted.”

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Bahamas Destination Wedding Unveils New Mobile Website

Bahamas Destination Wedding Mobile Website

Bahamas Destination Wedding continues to be at the forefront of digital innovation in the destination wedding industry, with the introduction of its new mobile website.

The new http://gomobilebahamas.com/msg/bahamasdestinationwedding website offers mobile phone users a user-friendly experience for viewing information on weddings in the Bahamas with enhanced social media integration of its Facebook, Twitter and Youtube channels.

“Bahamas Destination Wedding has always provided an unparalleled resource for weddings in the Bahamas, and this new mobile website just raises the level of engagement for our clients through our online presence,” says Glenn Ferguson, Resident Wedding Planner and Officiant  at Bahamas Destination Wedding. “The new mobile website anchors our already strong online presence, in social media and the various communities in which we participate.”



As the leading wedding website in the Bahamas and the first to fully embrace social media, Bahamas Destination Wedding has moved digital modification to the forefront early with the introduction of its blog and strong presence on social networking sites to suit the ways today’s brides and grooms communicate.

The new mobile website http://gomobilebahamas.com/msg/bahamasdestinationwedding was thoughtfully designed in the same vein, to deliver an easy and effortless experience tailored to every mobile phone user. Bahamas Destination Wedding signature services are showcased through the simple designed but informative web pages that include videos.

In addition to the new mobile website, Bahamas Destination Wedding is currently building its online wedding directory of preferred wedding vendors and should soon have this available for brides and grooms.

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All question should be directed to Glenn S. Ferguson at email: glenn@bahamas-destination-wedding.com or telephone 1-242-327-2453 or 1-501-588-4621

Bahamas Destination Wedding founded in 2010 to provide couples getting married in the Bahamas with access to localized expert advice and resources to help them plan their dream Bahamas wedding.  It also offers Bahamas wedding officiant and wedding in the Bahamas consulting services.

Bahamas Destination Wedding is headquartered in Nassau, Bahamas.

Estonian's Dream Bahamas Wedding

Estonian's Dream Bahamas Wedding

An Estonian's dream Bahamas Wedding is the Day 8 feature of Bahamas Destination Wedding's Bahamas Wedding 25 Days of Christmas.

This young Estonian couple traveled more than five thousand miles just to fulfill their dream of renewing their wedding vows on a sun drenched beach in the Bahamas. And from all indication they were not disappointed and they enjoyed every moment of their short stay in the Bahamas.

Their journey to their dream Bahamas wedding started with a more than two years of planning and eventually taking the more than 10 hour plane ride to Miami Florida and the Carnival Cruise line to Nassau, via Nassau's Prince George Wharf.

The whirlwind stay in Nassau included renewing wedding vows on Nuptial Beach with Bahamas Wedding Planner and Bahamas Wedding Officiant Glenn Ferguson.  In the commenting on the trip the groom said, "It was the best adventure for us and Glenn's organization was super.”

And off course there is no way to be in Nassau and not travel to the Atlantis on Paradise Island
   
So be sure and visit Estonia to the Bahamas with Love and check out the feature and the photos and video.

Bahamas Wedding Getting Balearia Fast Ferry Boost

Baleria Bahamas Express

Bahamas wedding professionals on Grand Bahama are excited that Bahamas wedding could get a boost from the new Balearia Bahamas Express Fast Ferry to that Freeport.

Balearia’s 225’ Catamaran fast ferry service to Freeport, Grand Bahama will begin on December 9, 2011 and will offer daily service (excluding Wednesdays) from Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The trip which is expected to take two and a half hours, will leave Terminal 1 at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale at 10:00 am, arriving in Freeport at 12:30 pm and departing Freeport at 7:00 pm, will certainly provide Florida couples looking to have their destination wedding in the Bahamas another mode of getting to the island.

As well as making it easier and more affordable for guest of the brides and grooms to travel to Grand Bahama for their wedding in Bahamas.  With fares staring at $49.00 and first class tickets at $90.00.

In commenting on the fast ferry service, Glenn Ferguson,  Bahamas Wedding Planner at Bahamas Destination Wedding a company in the Bahamas specializing in planning Bahamas wedding says, “we are delighted for this service and it should help in boosting the Bahamas wedding market.”

For reservations and more information visit: http://www.ferryexpress.com

SANDALS Royal Bahamian Undergoing $20 million Improvements

SANDALS Royal Bahamian Undergoing $20 million Improvements to its guest rooms as it prepares for 2012.

Speaking about the improvement going on at the Sandals Resort located on Cable, it’s General Manage Patrick Drake, said the resort was looking forward to the opening of its refurbished 60-year-old building and further increasing its foothold on the all-inclusive market in the region.

“Everybody is going after a diminishing market,” he said. “If you’re not at the top of the stream, obviously there is no future at the bottom. At the top of the market is still where it’s at, and if you’re going to give that sort of commitment then you have to have a product to back it up.”

And Sandals Royal Bahamian is “backing it up” as the resort is hosting more than 1,000 travel agents from across the US and Canada, to a free familiarization trip to the resort.

A bet that is already paying off according to Mr. Drake, as agents who have been a part of the earlier visits are already making booking for their clients.

Sandals Royal Bahamian is also expected to benefit from the increased airlift that are now coming to the Bahamas. “With airlift coming in from so many destinations we are seeing quite a nice international mix,” said Mr Drake.

And our Bahamas Wedding Planner at Bahamas Destination Wedding are certainly looking forward to participating in Sandals Royal Bahamian weddings once the renovations are completed.

Gay Concerns Rise Over Bahamas Wedding Competition Rules

Gay concerns with the Bahamas wedding promotion, Bahamas 16 Islands Invitation has led to the withdrawal of one of the judges, and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism having to clarify competition rules.

The concern resulted from the fact that in the Bahamas,  Gays are not allowed to enter into civil union while in the U.K, heterosexual couples are not allowed to enter into civil partnerships.

However, the Bahamas wedding promotion is open to “residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 and over, who are legally entitled to enter into marital/civil partnership in the UK and in The Bahamas”.  

Prompting Stephen Gray of Pink News, Europe’s largest Gay news service to say that in this case “no one would be eligible.”

The confusion has led to one of the judges and Marketing Director for Goldsmiths Jewelers, one of the promotion sponsors’ withdrawing from the competition. As the company is indicating that it did not want “to be seen to endorse an event which excluded the gay community.”

The Bahamas Tourist Office has since accepted responsibility for the error and has provided clarification that the clause had been intended to refer to a “ non-religious marriage ceremony, not a civil partnership” as stated in the rules.

A clause in the terms and conditions also stated that “it is not Bahamas Government policy to provide marriage licenses for same sex couples and therefore
same sex marriages cannot be performed.”

The Bahamas 16 Islands Invitation promotion will give 16 brides the opportunity to marry in 16 theme weddings on 16 different islands on May 16, 2012.
 

Glenn S. Ferguson is Resident Wedding Officiant & Bahamas Wedding Planner at Bahamas Destination Wedding a company specializing in wedding services in the Bahamas.



Email any question your questions about wedding in the Bahamas to glenn@bahamas-destination-wedding.com or Tel: 1-242-327-2453 or 1-501-588-4621