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Bestselling Author Terry McMillian Set to Participate in Valentine’s Day Vacation Getaway on Grand Bahama Island

GRAND BAHAMA — Jan. 15, 2009 — The Islands Of The Bahamas has partnered with Turquoise Waters Productions to create Island Heart Beats Experience: Take Your Heart on Vacation, the ultimate girlfriends’ getaway.

Island Heart Beats Experience: Take Your Heart on Vacation is a three-day weekend (Feb. 12-15) celebration on Grand Bahama Island designed to put a new twist on Valentine’s Day by encouraging African American women and women of color to love and appreciate themselves first.

“We are all painfully aware of the stress and damage in our personal and professional lives, but we pay little attention to the fact that heart disease is the number one killer of African American women,” said Nicole M. Scott, president of Turquoise Waters Productions. “The point of Island Heart Beats Experience: Take Your Heart on Vacation is to encourage black women and women of color to take a 360-degree look at their lives through reconnecting with their hearts in a way that uplifts and inspires them.”

Island Heart Beats: Take Your Heart on Vacation is guaranteed to invigorate the mind, body and spirit through a variety of activities, workshops, seminars, excursions and island nightlife. Participants will have access to spa treatments, enchanted tours, and a full array of water sports such as jet skiing, scuba diving, parasailing, and yoga at sunrise on the beach.

This year’s event will also feature a creative writing workshop hosted by Terry McMillian, the bestselling author of “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.” Ms. McMillian, who is currently putting the finishing touches on her new book “Getting to Happy,” will lead a discussion on the writing process. Other celebrity participants will include Sybil Wilkes of The Tom Joyner Morning Show and Dr. Rovenia Brock, a leading health and nutrition expert. 

“The Islands Of The Bahamas is honored to be the host destination of Island Heart Beats: Take Your Heart on Vacation,” said Anita Johnson-Patty, communications manager of the Americas, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation. “We feel confident that the women participating in this unique Valentine’s Day vacation getaway will fall in love with the warmth and beauty of Grand Bahama Island, the friendliness of the Bahamian people, and our shared history and culture with the African American community.”

For additional information or to register for Island Heart Beats:  Take Your Heart on Vacation, visit www.islandheartbeats.com.

About Turquoise Waters Productions:
Turquoise Waters Productions is a special events entertainment company based in Orlando, Fla. The company’s management team has a total of 58 years of experience working with such clients as Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, Grammy Award-winning artists Prince, Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Kanye West, TNT, UniWorld, and the American Black Film Festival.

About The Islands Of The Bahamas:

Life in The Islands Of The Bahamas is as culturally diverse as it is vibrantly beautiful, from the carefree Out Islands to exciting Nassau/Paradise Island and Grand Bahama Island. With world-class diving and fishing, gorgeous turquoise water and miles of picture perfect beaches the 700 islands of the Bahamas offer visitors the opportunity to do everything or nothing at all. For more information on travel packages, activities and accommodations, call: 1-800-Bahamas or visit www.Bahamas.com. To purchase one-of-a-kind items and mementos from the Bahamas, visit www.eshopbahamas.com.

 

Media Contacts:

Lee Hayes
LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS
214.440.2370
651.261.4356 (mobile)
leehayes@lagrant.com
                               
Anita I. Johnson-Patty
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
954.236.9292 ext. 202
ajohnson@bahamas.com