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How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Found Inspiration on a Tiny Caribbean Island 

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“He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.” It’s one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” his address to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968.  And it was born on the tiny island […]

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A New Steakhouse at the Baha Mar

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Nassau’s Baha Mar is quickly becoming a culinary destination in its own right. Sbe’s Disruptive Restaurant Group has added another hot eatery at the Cable Beach megaresort, this time with the launch of Carna by Dario Cecchini, a modern steakhouse. The Bahamas’ newest steakhouse joins a broad array of sbe […]

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Umami Burger Debuts on the Beach at the Baha Mar

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Sbe has debuted another culinary concept at the SLS Baha Mar in Nassau. The hospitality group has opened its Umami Burger brand in a beachfront airstream trailer at the resort. It’s now the seventh sbe concept at the Baha Mar, joining Fi’lia, Katsuya, Cleo, Bungalow, Bond, Privilege, Monkey Bar and […]

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AccorHotels Closes on Purchase of SBE Stake

By the Caribbean Journal staff Paris-based hotel giant AccorHotels has closed on its purchase of a significant interest in hospitality firm sbe [sic]. The deal includes a 50 percent interest in sbe, whose portfolio of hotel brands includes SLS, Delano, Mondrian, Katsuya and Cleo, among others. AccorHotels’ global portfolio includes more than 4,500 hotels across […]


Umami Burger Debuts on the Beach at the Baha Mar

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hilton has appointed a new head of its Caribbean and Latin America operations, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company has appointed Jorge Giannattasio to the role, in which he will oversee a region where Hilton currently operates a portfolio of more than 130 hotels. “We are thrilled to welcome Jorge, […]

Sbe Names New SVP as It Ramps Up Expansion

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Lifestyle hospitality company sbe has announced the appointment of Alvaro Valeriani as its Global Senior Vice President of sales and marketing. Sbe’s portfolio includes the SLS brand, which recently debuted in Nassau. As SVP of Sales and Marketing, Valeriani will oversee all sales and marketing operations for the company’s worldwide […]

AccorHotels to Acquire 50 Percent Stake in Sbe

By the Caribbean Journal staff Global hotel giant AccorHotels is acquiring a 50 percent stake in sbe, the company behind hotel brands like SLS. The two sides have signed a letter of intent and entered into exclusive negotiations for AccorHotels to acquire a 50 percent stake in sbe, part of the company’s wider expansion plans. […]

SLS Baha Mar Opens in Nassau

By the Caribbean Journal staff SBE has debuted its first-ever hotel in the Caribbean with the official launch of the new SLS Baha Mar in Nassau. SLS is the second brand to debut at the Nassau megaresort, following the launch earlier this summer of the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar. SLS Baha Mar has a total […]

Katsuya Restaurant Opens at Baha Mar

The highly-anticipated Katsuya eatery has officially opened at the Baha Mar in Nassau. The eatery is the product of a partnership between Chef Katsuya Uechi and globally renowned designer Philippe Starck. Katsuya, which has 250 seats in its space just off the floor of the Baha Mar’s casino, is the first concept by hospitality firm […]

SBE Acquiring Morgans Hotel Group

By the Caribbean Journal staff In what is one of the highest-profile hotel deals all year, Morgans Hotel Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by global hospitality company SBE. SBE will acquire Morgans’ portfolio of 12 properties, and is currently working with lenders to assume the mortgages of […]

sbe Planning Restaurant Expansion

sbe’s Disruptive Restaurant Group, which develops, manages and operates hospitality venues, has hired Scott Kleckner as its new senior vice president of restaurant operations. In the role, Kleckner will oversee the operations and expansion of all Disruptive Restaurant Group’s standalone restaurants globally. That will soon include the Bahamas in the next few years, according to […]