JOBS FOR GB: Carnival Cruise Lines breaks ground on $200M Grand Bahama cruise port

Carnival Cruise Lines yesterday broke ground on its $200 million cruise port on Grand Bahama, a development that is expected to create hundreds of construction jobs during the build-out phase and 1,000 permanent jobs.

The cruise line’s groundbreaking came on the heels of the announcement a day prior, that the government had selected the Electra America Hospitality Group as the preferred purchaser of the Grand Lucayan resort.

“I truly believe that the best is yet to come for Grand Bahama,” Davis continued.

“It begins with the number one industry of tourism and will expand beyond into the orange, blue and green economies.”

The prime minister noted that the cruise port development will create 1,000 permanent jobs for Bahamians.