From:TheBahamasWeekly.com
Resorts World Bimini Spends Millions with Bahamian vendors in 2014
By Michelle Malcom
Feb 2, 2015 - 9:31:54 PM
Bimini, Bahamas – Resorts World Bimini (RWB)
continues to provide a significant boost to the economy of Bimini and
the Bahamas as a whole, spending millions of dollars with local
businesses in the process. In 2014 alone, RWB spent more than $8.6
million with Bimini and New Providence based businesses for various
goods and services including food and beverage, transportation, and
entertainment.
“Resorts World Bimini continues to demonstrate
its commitment to help fuel Bimini’s economy,” says RWB President Edward
Farrell. “Bimini businesses are experiencing exponential growth as a
result of our presence, and this will only get better as our project
continues to expand.”
One of the businesses directly and
indirectly impacted by RWB’s operation is Stuart’s Conch Stand which
supplies the resort with seafood for its restaurants as well as services
many of the visitors who come to the island in search of the Bahamian
delicacy. Proprietor Fabian Stuart says business has been on an upswing
since the advent of RWB.
“We are grateful to Resorts World for
their support,” he said. “Business has been so good that we are in the
process of expanding our operation and I’m really excited about what the
future holds.”
Another food vendor that has been servicing the
Resort is Nate’s Variety of Bimini Bread, which supplies bread to RWB’s
six restaurants.
“I get very good support, awesome business
from Resorts World and the SuperFast cruise ship,” he said. “We find
that a lot of visitors to the Resort come looking for us after they
taste our bread at the Resort. We’re really looking forward to the
opening of the new hotel because we expect that business will pick up
even more.”
RWB’s commitment to supporting local businesses is
evident in many more stories such as these throughout the island.
Several of Bimini’s golf cart vendors fared very well in 2014, taking in
a combined total of more than $349,000 in rentals from RWB.
Additionally, regional airlines like Sky Bahamas benefitted from the
Resort’s support.
“Most of our traffic is based on business we
get from Resorts World Bimini,” said proprietor Captain Randy Butler.
“We had a more hopeful Christmas because of Resorts World Bimini and we
are hoping to establish an even closer relationship going forward.”
The
resort spent more than half a million dollars on wines and spirits with
companies based in Bimini and New Providence last year.
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