{"id":16849,"date":"2012-01-16T08:18:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T13:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=16849"},"modified":"2012-01-16T08:38:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T13:38:31","slug":"old-fort-club-increases-fee-67-per-cent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/01\/old-fort-club-increases-fee-67-per-cent","title":{"rendered":"Old Fort Club Increases Fee 67 Per Cent"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16860\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16860\" title=\"old-fort-bay-club\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/old-fort-bay-club.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/old-fort-bay-club.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/old-fort-bay-club-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Fort Bay Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exclusive Old Fort Bay club warned members it had &#8220;no alternative&#8221; but to implement the first ever increase in annual membership dues, raising them by 67 per cent to $5,000 per year, given that costs were &#8220;at an unsustainable level&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a January 12, 2012, letter, Hunter &#8216;Terry White&#8217;, who completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the Old Fort Bay Club&#8217;s owner\/operator, New Providence Development Company, late last year, said the &#8220;dramatic&#8221; increase in numerous costs &#8211; including utilities and labour &#8211; in the eight years since it opened had left little choice.<\/p>\n<p>Mr White, in his message to the western New Providence club&#8217;s patrons, said: &#8220;You may be surprised to learn that since the Club&#8217;s inception in 2003, we have not raised the annual dues, nor have we levied any sort of charge for the added amenities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, the exclusive Old Fort Bay club is raising annual membership dues as costs were &#8220;at an unsustainable level&#8221;. Fees will go up a dramatic 67 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[248,134],"class_list":["post-16849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-luxury","tag-money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}