PELICAN BAY AT LUCAYA’S CANAL HOUSE BLESSED. Management and staff of Pelican Bay at Lucaya gathered Wednesday, September 15th for the blessing of its brand new Canal House, a $9-million meeting and conference facility. Recently completed, the Canal House is now open for small meetings, conferences and weddings. Photo: Erik J. Russell
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Freeport,
Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas – The Canal House, a five-storey multi-purpose
building of 30,680 sq ft (2,850 sq m) and meeting space (including balconies)
of 15,600 sq ft (1,450 sq m) was recently completed and is now open.
Built
at a cost of $9-million, the Canal House is the newest meeting and conference
space on Grand Bahama Island.
Management and staff
gathered Wednesday, September 15th for a blessing of the building by
Father DeAngelo Bowe of St. Nicolas Anglican Church, High Rock.
The facility comprises
Captain’s Galley, a breakfast/special function restaurant of 3,120 sq ft (290
sq m), Delphine’s, the Grand Salon, with space of 3,110 sq ft (289 sq m),
including wrap-around balcony and four meeting rooms – Coral, Reef, Queen Conch
and Starfish, each 655 sq ft (61 sq m) of which two can be combined into one
room of 1,310 sq ft (122 sq m), “back of house,” and administrative offices of
8,935 sq ft (830 sq m).
Colourful, airy,
open meeting rooms, high ceilings, striking architecture, sculpture by artist
Antonius Roberts, Bahamian art and surprise trendy elements all combine to make
the Canal House.
Catering to small
meetings and conferences and Destination and local Weddings, the Canal House boasts
all-inclusive half and full-day meeting packages that feature state of the art
audio and visual and food and beverage. Combined
meeting and sleeping room packages are also offered.
Pelican Bay
repositioned to a hotel with focus on meetings and visitors in July 2009. This repositioning completed a strategy that
commenced five years ago. “We are
delighted to open the Canal House and introduce a totally new product in design
and features to our community. We want
every business person to know that Pelican Bay is the hotel of choice when
visiting, meeting or being married on Grand Bahama Island,” said Magnus
Alnebeck, general manager.
Alnebeck pointed out
further that “Pelican Bay enjoys close partnerships with businesses in The
Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island in particular, and excellent word of mouth
referrals from the community.” He added: “We thank every company and local
person who recommends our hotel to clients, groups, friends and family.”
With the
repositioning came the launch of Pelican Bay’s new logo, tagged “Meet
Happy.” The new logo portrays the hotel’s
brand promise “to create happy experiences for meetings, weddings and guest
stays at the hotel.”
“Our new logo, a “Happy” Pelican
donning sunglasses, injects a breath of fresh air, colour and vibrancy into the
property,” says Alnebeck. “It allows for a warm experience at touch points
before our guests’ actual arrival at the hotel.
Presented in Caribbean secondary colours of turquoise, warm red orange
with a mix of yellow, our new Pelican has charisma.”
To complete its
repositioning, Pelican Bay at Lucaya continues to offer vacation experiences to
the individual leisure guest. For more
information, go to: www.pelicanbayhotel.com.
Pelican Bay at Lucaya is owned by
Sundt AS, a private investment company based in Norway.
Pelican Bay is the only investment that Sundt
AS has in the Bahamas.
Sundt is also the
majority shareholder of Pandox, a
Swedish-based hotel property company.
Pandox's
hotel property portfolio includes 119 hotels in seven different countries with
brands such as
Scandic, Hilton, Radisson SAS, Crowne
Plaza, Choice, Hyatt, Intercontinental or are independently managed.
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