Hiring is now ongoing at the Baha Mar resort on Cable Beach with 1,500 positions available. Baha Mar officials say that the megaresort is on track for the soft opening scheduled for April this year.

The Bahamas National Trust, the National Audubon Society and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism have developed a joint bird-based tourism initiative to help Bahamians take advantage of a growing, multi-billion-dollar global market.