{"id":247183,"date":"2005-06-13T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2005-06-13T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2005\/06\/new-general-manager-at-nassau-beach-hotel"},"modified":"2005-06-13T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2005-06-13T14:38:02","slug":"new-general-manager-at-nassau-beach-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2005\/06\/new-general-manager-at-nassau-beach-hotel","title":{"rendered":"New General Manager at Nassau Beach Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Earle Bethell (left) assumes the post of Nassau Beach Hotel General Manager effective June 13. He  succeeds hotelier Robert &#8216;Sandy&#8217; Sands (right) who takes office as Vice President of Administration \uffa0and External Relations at the hotel&#8217;s parent entity &#8212; Baha Mar Development Company. <\/p>\n<p>CBR Chief Operating Officer Michael Sansbury yesterday revealed that Earle Bethell &#8211; a long time senior manager at the neighbouring Radisson Cable Beach Resort &#8211; would assume the post recently vacated by Robert D. L. Sands. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sands&#8217; appointment as Vice President of Administration and External Relations at Baha Mar Development Company &#8211; parent company of CBR &#8211; was announced on May 11, 2005. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bethell will assume responsibility for the overall management of the hotel and its short, medium, and long-range planning and development, and will report to Vice President, Operations, Andrew HeLal. <\/p>\n<p>In announcing the appointment, Mr. Sansbury said, &#8220;The Nassau Beach Hotel has had a long and distinguished history in Bahamian tourism and, as such, is a valuable part of the Cable Beach Resorts unit. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earle also brings a wealth of experience to the role and I am sure that he will make important contributions to the establishment of the resort as an integral part of the redevelopment of Cable Beach,&#8221; the major tourist area in <a href=http:\/\/www.bahamas-travel.info\/nassau.htm>Nassau, Bahamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bethell began his career as Front Office Manager at the former Wyndham Cable Beach Hotel in 1984. <\/p>\n<p>He subsequently spent terms as Executive Assistant Manager at the Royal Bahamian Hotel &#038; Villas (now Sandals), and as Director of Front Office Operations at Carnival&#8217;s Crystal Palace (now Wyndham Nassau Resort &#038; Crystal Palace Casino) before joining the Radisson Cable Beach Resort in 1992 as Director of Rooms. <\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Mr. Bethell was named Deputy General Manager &#8211; the position he held until this latest appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bethell is currently a Director of the Caribbean Hotel Association; President, Bahamas Hotel Association; Director, Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Trustee, Bahamas Hotel &#038; Allied Industries Employees Assistance Trust Fund; Immediate Past President, South-East Rotary Club; Director, Rotary Foundation Committee; Board Member, Rotary Club of South-East Nassau; Member, Us Too Cancer Support Group; and Member, International Association of Travel &#038; Tourism Professionals (Skal). <\/p>\n<p>He has served as Member, Cancer Society Ball Committee; Treasurer and Director, Bahamas Hotel Association; Director and Chairman, Ways &#038; Means Committee, Bahamas Hotel Association; President and Director of Membership, Rotary Club of South-East Nassau; and Treasurer, St. John&#8217;s College Parents Teachers Association.<\/p>\n<p><small>From The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nassau Beach Hotel, part of the Cable Beach Resorts (CBR) family, will receive a new General Manager effective June 13, it has been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247183","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}