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Planning a wedding in the Bahamas is now easier thanks to two recent announced initiatives by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation in PR Newswire press release carried on various news blogs and wedding websites.
The first is a re-branding of an idea the Ministry has had in place since 2006 when it appointed Freda Madrisotti, as its Director of Romance, to head a team of dedicated tourism professionals to assist with Bahamas destination wedding, vow renewal and honeymoon planning.
These tourism wedding professionals who are located in the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism satellite offices in the USA, Canada and the UK work closely with other industry professional to ensure that the Bahamas continue to be a major player in the destination wedding and honeymoon market, actively participating in various wedding promotions like the recent Bahamas 16 Islands Wedding Invitation, a wedding contest which provided UK brides and groom the opportunity to win a wedding in the Bahamas.
The second is the new Bahamas wedding application called "Romance" on the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Facebook page, which assist person in planning their Bahamas wedding by answering the ten most frequently asked questions about planning a wedding in the Bahamas.
The page also provides an very interactive experience on everything from getting a marriage license to researching Bahamas wedding vendors.
You can see the entire press release The Islands Of The Bahamas Make Wedding Planning Easy With Director of Romance
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
