Contact Us Get in touch with Tavistock Group. Set on 600 oceanside acres on New Providence, the luxury resort community of Albany opened its doors in 2010 despite contending with the recession. It is a desert links course. We sat down with Christopher Anand, Managing Partner at The Albany Resort to ask him more about one of the finest luxury resorts in the region. In our interview with Minister Wilchombe, he told us that he is striving to diversify the country’s tourism product by developing the recession-proof sports tourism industry. In terms of the second home market, Nassau’s residential communities include Lyford Cay and Old Fort Bay.

Competition in Nassau’s hotel industry is increasing, with the relatively new local investment The Island House as a number of well-established international brands and all-inclusive hotels such as Sandals, and the Baha Mar hopefully opening within the next six to 12 months. The practice facilities are first class and it’s a great place to challenge your golf game. The companies and people profiled on Corporation Wiki are displayed for research purposes only and do not imply an endorsement from or for the profiled companies and people.

This is in stark contrast to the normal way of buying a home which is you get to see it for 30 minutes and make an offer, maybe you get to go back for another 30 minutes. Tick. We don’t like selling to someone who describes themselves as a pure investor, because that implies they are not interested in being a part of Albany. Fine dining? That’s what defined luxury in the Caribbean for a long time and there are examples of them all over the place. We have done an excellent job of creating value for people through price appreciation of their properties - but that is more a by-product of executing against our daily goals.
The vision for a “live-work-play” environment has evolved and you start taking all of the attributes from question one and now we have a financial centre that is going to open with some of the world’s top companies, which are coming here to serve our customers. In your opinion how successful has the resort been over the last five years? And how do you want Albany to be perceived by them?

For general inquiries, please contact us at info@tavistock.com. Christopher has four known connections and has the most companies in common with Debashis Bagchi. Ernie Els was there, as was a young pro, Trevor Immelman, and Christopher Anand, an executive with the Tavistock Group, which owns Lake Nona and Isleworth Country Club. In a similar way, you said in 2013 that Albany is“ more than a place to own a home”, with a financial center, hospital and recording studio being built. The golf tournament is going to be a big deal and that is the new thing for us to manage over the next six weeks. View Christopher Anand’s professional profile on LinkedIn. We don’t spend any money on advertising, we have no debt. We are more interested in finding people that want to be a part of the Albany community, and a by-product of our responsibility when someone invests money in our lifestyle option is to try to create value for them. And what about Albany’s renowned sporting facilities that draw some of the world’s most decorated athletes into its midst? The company was incorporated in Florida twenty-six years ago and is no longer active. Between 2008-2010 we were successful but our buyers were not coming from USA during those years. All of this is punctuated by something we deeply care about which is architecture. Albany is one of a kind. “We have a variety of dining experiences, a mega yacht marina, a fitness centre…so the idea is to deliver a lifestyle for people who both want to have a holiday home as well as live here fulltime.”. According to your website, Albany is strategically laid out to accommodate high-powered business trips and intimate meetings to precious hours of pure relaxation. What message would you like to send them about The Bahamas and also The Albany Resort? As you have previously said, these options reflect the fact that people like different flavours of ice cream.
So direct flights from a number of cities and time of journey matters. “One our shareholders, Ernie Els, designed the golf course. We are attracting people that want to make Albany part of their life. Christopher Anand. We are opening a medical centre and a recording studio. We have opened up some new restaurants, installed some new technology and we are constantly fine-tuning our offering.

These individuals collectively are associated with 26 companies in 14 cities. The Albany Resort begs to differ.