• Hotels chief: February ‘still strong’ despite drop-off
• Bran hit by seven AirBnb cancellations on warnings
• Says decline ‘almost another COVID-19 pandemic’
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Bahamian hotels yesterday revealed recent crime alerts have sparked “a drag on the booking pace” while a former DNA leader blamed seven cancellations at his vacation rental business on the warnings.
Robert Sands, the Bahamas Hotel and tourism Association’s (BHTA) president, told Tribune Business the industry is still trying to “quantify” the precise impact from international media “misrepresentation” of US and Canadian travel advisories although February “still remains a very strong month”.
While short-term bookings for the peak winter season, vital to the health of resorts, all tourism-related businesses and the wider…
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