{"id":6526,"date":"2011-02-22T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=6526"},"modified":"2011-02-22T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T15:46:47","slug":"officials-gather-for-baha-mar-celebratory-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/02\/officials-gather-for-baha-mar-celebratory-dinner","title":{"rendered":"Officials Gather For Baha Mar Celebratory Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6557\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6557 \" title=\"bahamar-ent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-ent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-ent.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-ent-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-ent-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bahamas National Youth Choir performed at the Baha Mar State Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8216;TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE &#8212; On the eve of the much-anticipated groundbreaking of the $3.4 billion Baha Mar resort that is expected to transform Cable Beach, officials and partners gathered for a celebratory dinner Sunday at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>More than 450 persons, including a high-ranking delegation from the Export-Import Bank of China and China State Construction Engineering Company, are scheduled to be on hand Monday for the official turning of the shovel on the 1,000-acre world of hospitality that is being billed as &#8220;the only development of its magnitude in the Western Hemisphere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6556\" title=\"bahamar-officials\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-officials.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-officials.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-officials-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bahamar-officials-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>Pictured l to r, Dai Churning, General Manager, Corporate Business Department, Export-Import Bank of China; His Excellency Hu Dingxian, Resident Ambassador from the Republic of China to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas; Li Ruogu, Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of China; Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham; Prime Minister, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas; Sarkis Izmirlian, Director &amp; CEO, Baha Mar Ltd.; Liu Jin Zhang, Vice President of China State Engineering Company, and Chen Guocai, Vice President, China State Construction Company. 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