Grand Isle to debut new beach club on March 1st
23 North’s infinity pool, new restaurant and other amenities set to transform Emerald Bay Beach Read more about the new beach club and restaurant here.
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A Holiday with Teeth: How You Can Help Sharks While On Vacation
Forbes profiles Grand Isle Resort’s innovative new program with nonprofit organization Beneath the Waves Click here to read more about the conservation efforts of Grand Isle Resort & Spa
USA Today selects Grand Isle as three resort in all of the Caribbean
Travel journalist says nominating Grand Isle was an ‘easy decision’ thanks to superior location, amenities, and friendliness of the staff Grand Isle Resort earned yet another feather in its cap this month when USA Today announced that it had been voted the third best resort in the entire Caribbean. But first, to be even voted as…
‘Pigs of Paradise’ returns home in grand style at 23 North
Grand Isle Resort’s new $4.5M beach club plays host to 4th of July celebrations and an exclusive engagement with the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival The new film based on the swimming pigs returned home in “grand style” earlier this month when it took over Grand Isle Resort’s new $4.5 million beach club, 23 North, for…
My front-row seat for the Fyre Festival
Fyre Festival. If you think it sounds like the name of a new sort of natural disaster, you might not be wrong It started with an eye-catching video offering a luxury Bahamas festival weekend with models and celebrities galore. It ended with thousands of people stuck on a small island in tents meant for refugees,…
Grand Isle featured on HGTV’s ‘Bahamas Life’
Christina Walters explains why the high quality villas, warm locals and unrivalled natural beauty instantly made Grand Isle ‘home’ When Christina Walters travelled to Exuma, she had no plans to purchase a vacation property. But the moment she set eyes on Grand Isle Resort, she knew: “We needed to make it home.” Little did Walters…
Grand Isle Resort offers shark week of its own
Philanthropic work by GIV Bahamas leads to unique program where guests can participate in shark tagging to help research and preserve our oceans Clients looking for an out-of-the-ordinary watersports adventure this year should consider an excursion available at Grand Isle Resort & Spa, located an hour’s flight from Miami on the shores of Emerald Bay…
Exuma Classic ‘hits stride’ in best year yet
Grand Isle’s soon-to-be opened beach club featured in pre-tournament party, as China’s Marty Dou wins the tournament, now in its third year The Great Exuma Classic “hit its stride” in its third year, according to tournament organizers, as professional golfers and tourists alike enjoyed beautiful weather, signature events and world-class golf over the course of…
Astronaut Scott Kelly lends voice to ‘Pigs of Paradise’, the film
Set to premiere on Dec 1st in Nassau, full-length movie, based on the new book, tells the true story behind the global phenomenon On March 27, 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly embarked on what came to be known as “The Year in Space”. Chronicled by Time Magazine, Kelly’s record-breaking expedition in the International Space Station was…
GIV Bahamas supports ‘dream expedition’ for shark scientists
Beneath the Waves and partner Oceanic Global carry out first ever shark tagging mission in Southern Exumas to help preserve and better understand the ocean ecosystem There are few animals on the planet more misunderstood than the shark. From an early age, it is common to see these animals cast as menacing meat-eaters, and a…
Exuma Marathon sells out
Michelle Gibson and Shavaughn Blades, from Nassau, win the marquee Ultra Marathon, as the event receives high praise from director of New York Marathon George Town, Exuma — For the first time in its history, the Exuma Marathon was able to announce the two sweetest words for any event in The Bahamas: sold out. Nearly…
When Pigs Swim™ eclipses 2M views
Production wraps up on new, film-length film, with sneak preview to be unveiled on Staniel Cay as part of book launch for ‘Pigs of Paradise: The Story of the World-Famous Swimming Pigs’ When Pigs Swim™, the groundbreaking film that helped spark a tourism phenomenon, eclipsed more than two million unique views earlier this month, as…