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Ministry of Tourism Permanent Secretary Dr. Patricia Rogers and Bahamas Hotel Association President Stuart Bowe have announced the finalists for the Cacique Awards following a review by independent selection committees for BHA and the Ministry of an impressive slate of nominees submitted by the public and BHA members.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is general agreement that this year provided one of the strongest groups of nominees that we\u2019ve had in recent years,\u201d said Dr. Patricia Rodgers, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism. \u201cIn fact, there were a number of nominees whose accomplishments were so varied and equally outstanding that they were considered in more than one category.\u00a0 We thank the general public for their efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Bowe echoed those sentiments adding \u201cWe are pleased to recognize individuals in the industry for outstanding contributions to the development of tourism in the Bahamas through exceptional performance.\u00a0 Those chosen for recognition exemplify the service and the spirit of our hospitality business.\u00a0\u00a0 We congratulate all those individuals who were nominated and applaud their companies for recognizing their talent.\u201d<\/p>\n
The top honors will be announced and presented at the Cacique Awards and People\u2019s Choice Music Program \u2013 an outstanding event planned for January 27th at the Wyndham\u2019s Rainforest Theatre.<\/p>\n
The finalists for the 15th Cacique Awards are:<\/p>\n
Employee of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Donna Johnson Charlessa Rolle Alva Wilbert \u201cBert\u201d Adderley Supervisor of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Sharacha Frazier-McDonald Renardo Sweeting Tia Duncombe Manager of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Ricardo Brown Lynn O. P. Johnson Mark Rolle Sales Supervisor of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Shantillya C. Sands Desiree Moxey Chef of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Elijah Bowe Devin Johnson Cheryl McKenzie Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n Paul Sydney Levarity Capt. Jack Stuart Capt. Eugene Munroe Human Resources Development<\/strong><\/p>\n Candace Key Janelle Cambridge Carolyn Hanna-Major Sports, Leisure & Events<\/strong><\/p>\n Andra Charles Smith Bonefish \u201cEbbie\u201d David Malcolm Spicer Creative Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n Jamaal Rolle Merton Thompson Maria Govan Sustainable Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n UNEXSO Candace Key Bimini Biological Field Station Minister\u2019s Award for Hospitality<\/strong><\/p>\n Arnold Roy Rodgers Elliott Green Paul Sydney Levarity PEOPLE\u2019S CHOICE MUSIC AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n Gospel<\/strong> Adrian Edgecombe Terez Davis Secular<\/strong><\/p>\n Dillion McKenzie Dillon McKenzie Puzzle The BHA awards program was initiated in 1987 in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Bahamas Hotel Association.\u00a0 At that time BHA commissioned Bahamian artist Quentin Minnis to create the Duho, which has become the symbol of the Cacique Award.<\/p>\n In 1995, the Ministry of Tourism and BHA announced the establishment of the Cacique Awards \u2013 a merging of the Ministry\u2019s awards with the BHA awards to create a new program designed to recognize the role played in national life by those individuals who make particularly valuable contributions to the growth and development of tourism in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n \u201cWe commend the Ministry of Tourism for taking this awards program to new heights and helping to make it one of the most prestigious national honors one can receive\u201d states President Bowe.\u00a0 The organizations thanked their respective selection committees, the Ministry\u2019s Blue Ribbon Committee Chaired by Mr. Antonius Roberts and the BHA Selection Committee Chaired by Ms. Barbara Hanna-Cox.<\/p>\n Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ministry of Tourism and The Bahamas Hotel Association have announced the finalists for the Cacique Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"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":[55,25],"class_list":["post-27596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-awards","tag-hotels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27596","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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