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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
GIV Bahamas Inc. serves as sponsor for evening filled with food, music and friendship Canada and The Bahamas “mixed up like peas n rice”, as the Bahamian saying goes, at the Fusion Gala this month, an event that celebrated the special and long-standing relationship between the two nations. In particular, The Bahamas commemorated a milestone…
Senior racing executives from New York, Chicago and Miami, with a love for Exuma, lend expertise to this year’s Exuma Marathon A new advisory council featuring race directors from three major American cities is seeking to take the Exuma Marathon to the next level. Doug Flannery, a Director of Operations at the Boston Marathon, has…
The Bahamas High Commission of Canada and Peter Nicholson, the President of GIV Bahamas Inc.; co-host more than 60 Bahamians and Canadians in Ottawa at special homecoming event, announce new immigration program More than a decade ago, Keerhan Mullings traded the warm tropical breeze of Grand Bahama for the chilly, fierce winds of Thunder Bay,…
Yacht party at Palm Beach Boat Show auctions off villa at Grand Isle Resort to raise funds for muscular dystrophy GIV Bahamas Inc. joined forces with the International Yacht Collection and Yachts International at the Palm Beach Boat show this month for a special VIP party to raise funds for an even more special cause….