Minister of Tourism and Aviation Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace touted the multi-million dollar redevelopment of the airport and other infrastructure developments as being signs that the government was serious about furthering tourism in the country during his address to the Routes Americas 2012 conference held in Nassau this week. Watch a video of his speech here.

While rejecting calls for a Ministry of Financial Services, managing partner at Deloitte Bahamas Raymond Winder says the Bahamas Financial Services Board needs more funding to promote the sector successfully.