atlantis bracing for $17m bPl bill increase

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

ATLANTIS yesterday revealed it is bracing for a $17m year-over-year hike in electricity costs despite “still setting revenue records” through 2023’s winter tourism season and into the upcoming peak Easter weekend.

Vaughn Roberts, senior vice-president of government affairs and special projects, told Tribune Business that the Paradise Island mega resort and wider tourism industry had “lobbied as hard as we could” over the up to 163 percent fuel charge increase unveiled by Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) but were informed by the government there was “nothing it can do”.