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Storm delays, fuel costs push ships from Port of Palm Beach
The departures of cruise ships will cost the Port of Palm Beach thousands of dollars in lost revenues, and probably renew interest in widening the channel leading from the port to the Atlantic Ocean. BY PAT BEALL The Palm Beach PostTorpedoed by hurricane-related delays and drowning in fuel costs, Cloud X has called it quits.
The ferry with the eye-catching catamaran hull and $119 day cruises to Grand Bahama stopped sailing June 1.
Weeks earlier, the Big Easy, the giant purple day-cruise sister ship to the Palm Beach Princess, also pulled anchor and left the Port of Palm Beach.
The back-to-back departures will cost the port thousands of dollars in lost revenues, and probably renew interest in widening the channel leading from the port to the Atlantic Ocean.
US defense and marine safety tough to balance
Over 150 lost, disoriented melon-headed whales swim chaotically in shallow waters off the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Nearby, ships of the U.S. Navy and its allies probe the deep with sonar to find submarines of their war-game "enemies."The mass stranding of whales in Hanalei Bay two summers ago is a scene neither the Navy nor environmentalists want to see repeated this month as 40 ships from eight countries return to the islands for the world's largest international maritime war games.
But that's about all the two sides can agree on.
Environmentalists have sued to stop the Navy from using sonar during this year's Hawaii drills, alleging the service planned inadequate measures to protect whales and dolphins from harm. The military fired back, invoking a legal clause allowing the Navy to push ahead with the maneuvers on national security grounds.
Ed Killer: Treasure Coast fishing report, June 25
Jeanne Middleton at Middleton's Fish Camp at Blue Cypress Lake said the fly-fishermen can still catch bluegills in spots like the Big M Canal. There are bass and catfish being caught there too, due to cooler water temperature. She recommended fishing artificial lures like lizards, frogs and spinner baits. The water level is low, but recent rains should begin to help it recover. .
US Envoy Says No Evidence Of Human Trafficking In Bahamas
United States Ambassador to the Bahamas John Rood has admitted that there is nothing to confirm that human trafficking takes place in the Bahamas and he noted that a recent report from the US State Department on the issue was also unable to provide any evidence of such cases in the country. .NXTV's Global Expansion Surges Forward; European and Asian ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2006--NXTV, Inc., the leading provider of digital and high-definition (HD) in-room entertainment, voice and data services to luxury hotels worldwide, has greatly expanded its global footprint in recent months. The company's subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, both opened in 2005, have recently signed and will soon announce several key contracts in their territories. These new contracts build upon NXTV's strong presence throughout the United States and Canada, adding properties in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean to the company's rapidly growing portfolio of 50,000 upscale hotel rooms throughout the world. NXTV's Asian subsidiary completed its first installation in Asia, the Four Seasons Hong Kong, in the fall. Earlier this year, that office, based in Hong Kong, inked deals with the Langham Place Hotel and the Luxe Manor, and is aggressively pursuing a number of signature properties elsewhere in the region, including Macau, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
RealTravel Accelerates Sunburst Vacations Word-of-Mouth Marketing ...
RealTravel(TM), (http://realtravel.com), a travel blogging and information web site and Sunburst Vacations, (http://www.sunburstvacations.com/), a provider of travel packages for destinations throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Islands of the Bahamas, and Bermuda, today announced a partnership to increase Sunburt's word-of-mouth marketing while providing travelers the opportunity to plan, book, capture and share their travels using their combined offerings. A survey by the Travel Industry Association (TIA) reported that 43% of Americans cite friends and family as a source for information about places to visit or about flights, hotels or rental cars. Similarly, a Harris interactive poll revealed that 44% of consumers cite family, friends and co-workers as a top source for recommendations about travel purchases.
Bahamas Telecommunications Company to Triple Capacity of Wireless ...
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - The Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Ltd. (BTC), the primary telecom operator in the Bahamas, today announced that it will deploy Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) wireless technology to extend the availability of next-generation, voice, data and multimedia services - improving the user experience for its wireless subscribers and making the Bahamas a more attractive tourist destination. The GSM/GPRS network enhancements will help provide a better customer experience by delivering enhanced services such as high-speed wireless broadband, m-commerce, multimedia messaging, and the ability to download large e-mail attachments, videos, music and games. It will also allow the operator to triple the capacity of its wireless network, extending service from Abaco and Bimini to include all the Bahamas' family islands by the end of September 2006.