Spring break 2009

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Grand Bahama Island - Get a glimpse into Spring Break in Freeport, Grand Bahama on a wild night in March with more than 2000 students on Island via such companies as Xtreme Trips, Student City, and Spring Break Celebrity Entertainment with Inertia Tours. The travel company spokespersons seen in this video explain why they chose The Bahamas for their student travel destination. After a hiatus from hurricanes of 2004, and reflecting back on a time when 2000 students was nothing compared to the numbers that used to grace the island, it is good to have the revenue back on Grand Bahama even for a short time out of the year. In this video you will hear from Karen Ferguson-Bain, Production Coordinator of Port Lucaya Marketplace who explains how valuable Spring Break students are to the local economy and how her company prepared to receive the student travelers. Their business offers other activities off of the Marketplace venue like beach parties and snorkeling and water activities. Also seen is Britton Clarke, owner of Sparky's Bar who interestingly ended up on Grand Bahama via her previous career with the company Spring Break Travel, which in her last year of working with them carried over 12,000 students to Grand Bahama. Port Lucaya Marketplace and Count Basie Square offers a unique destination for Spring Breakers as it provides a one stop shop for all the students, no matter which travel company they've arrived with, to party and socialize in one location. By 11pm most Spring Breakers are at the Port Lucaya square. It offers plenty of room for them to dance together, with many bars and restaurants to choose from. Host hotels are also situated close by so travel by car is most often not necessary. Security at Port Lucaya is top notch, and the local police department has an office adjacent the Marketplace. Another venue seen in this video is The Prop Club which is located on the Westin and Sheraton property at Our Lucaya Resort. Jorge Brouwer, owner of Xtreme Trips explains how he approached Sheraton to receive his students travelers this year, and how he anticipates numbers growing in 2010. A local food vendor on the square shares all the varied eats available to the students, from Bahamian favourites like cracked conch, conch salad, to American staples like burgers and hotdogs. Also seen in this video is Burns Taylor, a Grand Bahamian college student who also enjoys Spring Break at home. The evening always ends out at Bahama Mamas a little bar that is always hopping into the wee hours. www.Xtremetrips.com www.StudentCity.com www.portlucayamarketplace.com