Hotels in Freeport, Bahamas 
Carnival Cruise Lines - Ports: Canaveral, Miami, Tampa. Ports of Call: Tampa, Florida; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Cozumel, Mexico; Tampa, Florida, Galveston, Texas; Cozumel, Mexico; Progreso, Mexico; Galveston, Texas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Antigua; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Nassau, Bahamas; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Costa Rica; Colon, Panama; Barbados; St. Lucia; Antigua; St. Kitts; Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands; Half Moon Cay; Nassau
Celebrity Cruises - Ports: Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Tampa. Ports of Call: Miami, Florida; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; George Town, Grand Cayman; Miami, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Basse-Terre, St. Kitts; Roseau, Dominica; Castries, St. Lucia; Bridgetown, Barbados; Saint George's, Grenada; Curacao; Oranjestad, Aruba; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Disney Cruise Line - Port: Canaveral. Ports of Call: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida; Key West, Florida; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Cozumel, Mexico; Castaway Cay, Disney's Private Island; Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; St. John and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Castaway Cay, Disney's Private Island; Nassau, Bahamas
Holland America Line - Ships Cruise out of: Fort Lauderdale. Ports of Call: Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Half Moon Cay; Oranjestad, Aruba; Curacao; Transit Panama Canal; Gatun Lake, Panama Canal; Transit Panama Canal; Colon, Panama; Limon (Moin), Costa Rica; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Norwegian Cruise Line - Ships Cruise out of: Miami. Ports of Call: Miami, Florida; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Cozumel, Mexico; Miami, Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana; Costa Maya, Mexico; Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala; Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; New Orleans, Louisiana, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Great Stirrup Cay.
Princess Cruises - Ships Cruise out of: Fort Lauderdale. Ports of Call: Bridgetown, Barbados; Kingstown, St. Vincent; Saint George's, Grenada; Bonaire; Oranjestad, Aruba; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Samana, Dominican Republic; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Basse-Terre, St. Kitts; St. John's, Antigua; Dominica; Bridgetown, Barbados Castries, St. Lucia; Port of Spain, Trinidad; Saint George's, Grenada; Bonaire; Curacao; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Samana, Dominican Republic; St. Maarten/St. Martin; St. John's, Antigua; Dominica; Bridgetown, Barbados
Royal Caribbean International - Ships Cruise out of: Canaveral, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Tampa. Ports of Call: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida; Nassau, Bahamas; CocoCay, Bahamas; Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. John's, Antigua; Castries, St. Lucia; Saint George's, Grenada; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 miles (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is a district of the Bahamas.
Wallace Groves, Founder of Freeport In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests on the island, was granted 50,000 acres (200 km2) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with mandate to economically develop the area. The city of Freeport was built, which has grown to be the second most populous city in The Bahamas (26,910 in 2000) after the capital, Nassau.
The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) operates the free trade zone, under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement signed in August 1955 whereby the Bahamian Government agreed that businesses in the Freeport area will pay no taxes before 2054. The area of the land grants has been increased to 138,000 acres.
Freeport Harbour is accessible by even the largest vessels, and has a cruise terminal, a transshipment/container port, and both a private yacht and ship maintenance facility. Grand Bahama International Airport handles nearly 50,000 flights each year.
The Grand Bahamas Shipyard makes Freeport an important location on the eastern seaboard for vessel maintenance, with its facilities capable of handling some of the largest vessels in the world Tourism , which topped over a million visitors a year but has considerably diminished since 2004 the year of two major hurricanes to hit the island. Much of the tourist industry is centered on the seaside suburb of Lucaya, owing its name to the pre-Columbian Lucayan inhabitants of the island evidence of whom has been found on the island. The city is often promoted as "Freeport/Lucaya." Most hotels on the island are located along the southern shore facing the Northwest Providence Channel. Primary shopping venues for tourists include the (mostly closed since damage caused by Hurricane Frances and labor issues closed the nearby hotel) International Bazaar near downtown Freeport and the Port Lucaya Market Place in Lucaya.
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