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Is It Just Us? Or Are Big Engagement Rings Everywhere?
This year has established the fact that our collective fascination with engagement rings—their cuts, their sizes, and their costs—is endless. While diamonds have always (and probably forever will be) a point of intrigue, 2025 alone has brought us...
US Considers Ending Pre-Clearance Service In Canadian Airports Due To Travel Slump
The United States is reassessing its Preclearance program in Canadian airports due to low passenger numbers. The service has been available at many airports across Canada for several decades, but travel between the US has been on the decline. US...
Hurricane Humberto approaches Bermuda; Tropical Depression Nine near Bahamas expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda
A powerful Category 4 Hurricane Humberto is churning near Bermuda with 155 mph winds, while Tropical Depression Nine is strengthening near the Bahamas and expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda. Both storms threaten dangerous surf, flooding, and...
CTO Champions Sustainable Transformation on World Tourism Day (September 27, 2025)
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (September 27, 2025) – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) proudly embraces this year’s World Tourism Day theme, “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation.” It reflects the essence of our Reimagine Plan 2025–2027, which...
Tropical Depression 9 starting to move north, heavy rain continues in Bahamas
Tropical Depression 9 starting to move north, heavy rain continues in Bahamas CENTRAL FLORIDA IS AGAIN A HURRICANE HOTSPOT THIS YEAR. OH MY GOD. MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE PREPARING FOR THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO EVACUATE. WE’VE SEEN THE IMPACT...
Meet the Robb Report Marine Masters: 13 Luxury Specialists Who Help You Take to the Seas in Style
Welcome to the first annual list of Robb Report’s Masters of Luxury: Marine. There’s a big difference between occasionally dabbling in a few sailings to the Bahamas—or perhaps zipping about on a speedboat—and true expertise in the water. There’s...
Tropical Depression 9 to bring heavy rain to Bahamas, Cuba today before turn toward Florida
Tropical Depression 9 to bring heavy rain to Bahamas, Cuba today before turn toward Florida NOW. THIS MORNING AT 5:00, SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ALONG OUR EAST COAST ARE UNDER TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE CONTINUES TO GAIN STRENGTH...
Depression Meandering to The South of The Bahamas
...DEPRESSION MEANDERING TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS... ...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS OVER THE NEXT DAY... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION...
Government Issues Disaster Alert and Evacuation Order for Parts of the Northern Bahamas in Response to Tropical Depression Nine
NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Officials of the Bahamas Met Office, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Authority, Royal Bahamas Police Force and Defence Force, along with the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, the Hon....
From luxury yachts in the Bahamas to jail in France: the downfall of fake Irish aristocrat Thierry Birles
Presenting himself as an Irish lord, Birles defrauded French actor Dany Boon of €4.5m and is the subject of a garda investigation Thierry Fialek-Birles fled to the Bahamas where he pretended to be an Irish lawyer Today at 06:30 Not long after the...
Imelda has cleared Bermuda this morning and is now pushing further out to sea
NORFOLK, Va. — Hurricane Imelda has cleared Bermuda and is now back down to a Cat 1 hurricane. Imelda has sustained winds of 85 mph and is moving east-northeast at 30 mph. Swells generated by Hurricane Imelda are still affecting parts of the U.S....
Talking the Tropics w/Mike: T.D. #9 becomes Imelda over the Bahamas
Jacksonville, Fl. — THE TROPICS: ***** ALWAYS CHECK & RE-CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST & UPDATES! **** Tropics threats/impacts for Jacksonville/NE Florida/SE Georgia: Building seas & surf with gusty winds through much of the upcoming week. The...
The Ministry of Tourism’s People-to-People Program Hosted a Cultural Evening at Government House
NASSAU, The Bahamas — The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation’s People-to-People Program hosted a Cultural Evening under the Distinguished Patronage of Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Cynthia Pratt at Government House...
TROPICAL STORM WATCH UPDATE: 45 MPH Wind Gusts, Red Flag Beach Conditions Expected in Brevard
worst of the weather is expected to arrive Sunday Tropical Depression 9 is forecast to strengthen into a tropical storm Saturday night as it lifts northward across the Bahamas. Tropical storm force wind gusts are possible along portions of the...
Melissa could become one of the 'strongest storms ever' in Atlantic
Tropical Storm Melissa continues to meander in the central Caribbean Sea on Oct. 23, its future path and strength still confounding meteorologists, who are now raising alarms about how strong the storm could become. "It goes without saying, this...
Landmark new digital travel series on sustainable tourism unveiled
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has launched its first global digital travel series - Travel Redefined: Tourism for People and Planet - in partnership with Content With Purpose, the strategic content creator that empowers sustainable...
Man Charged with Child Cruelty Receives Five-Year Sentence
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A man who robbed two children of their innocence by forcing them to have sex and exposing them to child pornography has been sentenced to five years in prison, the maximum sentence for cruelty to children. Justice Jeanine...
How Shark Tourism Is Unlocking Scientific Discoveries
Shark provisioning for tourism is often controversial, but it has created unique opportunities for scientific research. getty Studying large, predatory sharks in the wild has always been one of the most challenging areas of marine biology. While...
East Coast braces for dangerous weather as forecasters track multiple storms A strengthening storm brewing near the Bahamas could bring flooding rain, coastal surge, damaging winds and dangerous surf to the Southeast. Read More »
Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday and Saturday over the warm, energy-filled water of the open Atlantic Ocean. But there’s a quiet threat creeping toward the Southeast coast that people there should keep their...
Dangerous beach conditions and threat of rip currents in South Florida
Dangerous beach conditions and threat of rip currents in South Florida RAINS JUST AN HOUR AGO NEAR PALM BEACH COUNTY. NOW, FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NOT BAD. WE’LL SEE SOME SUNSHINE, SOME CLOUDS. LOOKING GOOD. IF YOU WANT TO HEAD OUT TO THE BEACH....