acre beachfront resort located on the border between the Gulf Stream and Great Bahama Bank on the Bimini island, a small island just 50 miles off the coast of Miami. It was opened in July 2013 by Genting in partnership with RAV Bahamas Ltd in what was once just a hard to reach fishing village.
Te resort offers a range of condos and villas and even tree houses whilst the newly completed 305 room Hilton Hotel with opened in April 2015. Tere is also a lazy river pool, spa, salon
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and piano bar plus six restaurants and convention rooms. Te marina which opened in 2014 is the largest in the Bahamas and although they stopped with the Bimini SuperFast cruise ferry they partnered with airlines and a ferry to bring clients in from Miami.
Te casino is 10,000 sq.ft offering 160 slots and 20 table games (a further eight table games are in the VIP area) and sports book area. With floor to ceiling windows it offers a panoramic view of the outdoors and has a restaurant and sits
Inagua, the sourthernmost island of the Bahamas, is home to over 80,000 flamingos, the islands’ national bird,along with a further 140 species of native and migratory birds. The island is known as the birdwatching capital of the Bahamas.
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Once heavily reliant on agriculture and fishing, the Bahamas has diversified its economy into tourism, financial services,
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directly on the Mega Yacht Marina. Te opening of these projects almost doubled RW Bimini’s net revenue in 2015.
Te fourth casino resort Baha Mar, now called the Grand Hyatt at Baha Mar, is located on the northern shore of Nassau on New Providence island, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Cable Beach. Te first phase of the development, hotel, casino, convention centre and golf course, opened this year on April 17, with the company completing its employment
and international shipping. While the nation enjoys a per capita income that is among the top 30 in the world, there is a big gap between the urban middle class and poor farmers.
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Harbour island is famour for its three and a half miles of pink sand beaches. The pink colour comes from Foraminfera, microscopic animals with bright pink shells
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