Bahamas

Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts will bring its luxury hospitality concept to the Caribbean with the opening of the Bvlgari Resort & Mansions Cave Cay in the Bahamas 2029.

Banyan Tree, a luxury hospitality brand of Accor, will open its first resort in North America after signing a management contract to operate Banyan Tree Bimini Resort & Residences in the Bahamas.

Six Senses has confirmed it will operate a new resort and residences in Grand Bahama, the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and just over 100km for Palm Beach, Florida.

MSC Cruises officially named its newest flagship, MSC Seashore, last Thursday [18 November 2021] at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in The Bahamas. It was the first naming ceremony for a cruise ship to be held at the private island which is owned by the cruise line.

Crystal Cruises has resumed its ocean cruise operation, with Crystal Serenity setting sail from the Port of Nassau on its week-long Luxury Bahamas Escapes voyage exploring the islands of The Bahamas. Crystal Serenity will now homeport in The Bahamas through until November.

Crystal will deploy it ultra-luxury ocean ship, Crystal Symphony, to St. John’s, Antigua for a series of voyages between August and December 2021.

Celebrity Cruises will sail the 2022/23 Caribbean Winter Season with eight ships, including its newest, ground-breaking Edge Series ships – Celebrity Apex and Celebrity Edge. They will be joined by four ships recently ‘revolutionised’ as part of a multimillion-dollar fleet renovation program, Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Millennium, Celebrity Silhouette and Celebrity Summit; and two additional gems in the fleet, Celebrity Constellation and Celebrity Reflection.

MSC Cruises has confirmed MSC Armonia will make her maiden call at the cruise company’s Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Caribbean in early December, not long after the new destination opens. MSC Armonia will visit the exclusive natural island destination every week, as well as other ports across the Western Caribbean.