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The wind in its sales
A new 10-year contract to ferry tourists to Alcatraz has put San Francisco-based Hornblower Cruises and Events on course for about 40 percent revenue growth in the coming year.Hornblower has been building business steadily for the past 26 years, growing its San Francisco Bay dinner cruise armada from two boats to 30 and taking on contracts to operate ferries in San Diego, in at least seven different states outside of California and in Canada and the Bahamas. Its revenue last year was close to $40 million.
.Hornblower Cruises on course for 40 percent revenue growth
A new 10-year contract to ferry tourists to Alcatraz has put San Francisco-based Hornblower Cruises and Events on course for about 40 percent revenue growth in the coming year.Hornblower has been building business steadily for the past 26 years, growing its San Francisco Bay dinner cruise armada from two boats to 30 and taking on contracts to operate ferries in San Diego, in at least seven states and in Canada and the Bahamas. Its revenues last year were close to $40 million.
.Gencom-Led Partnership to Develop The Ritz-Carlton Rose Island ...
MIAMI- Gencom Group, an investment and development firm, announced that through a joint venture partnership it will develop The Ritz-Carlton Rose Island, Bahamas, which is just four miles off Nassau and Paradise Island in the Caribbean.The exclusive luxury resort, which is scheduled to open in late 2009, will sit on a 230-acre private island. The resort will feature a 180-room Ritz-Carlton hotel and more than 400 residential units that will include condo hotel units, villas, townhouses, private estate homes and a 40 Ritz-Carlton Club fractional product. It is envisioned that there will be rental programs available to all the homeowners.
Other features will include a 300 slip marina that will provide full retail and marina services, a helipad and a ferry from Nassau and Paradise Island for homeowners, guests and visitors, various swimming pools, a luxury spa and several dining alternatives, including specialty and casual restaurants.
Gencom plans Bahamas Ritz-Carlton
The Miami company that helped develop the Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne is planning to build a resort under the same brand in the Bahamas.Gencom Group said it will develop the Ritz-Carlton Rose Island, Bahamas, through a joint venture partnership.
.Slow and sunny mode leaves you free to savor life on Eleuthera
ELEUTHERA, Bahamas -- Eleuthera is a slender wisp of land shaped like a mermaid's tail to the south , and topped by a scattering of small islands and coral reefs to the north. In between are roughly 100 miles of serenity.What draws people to Eleuthera? Although it is only 20 minutes by air from the regional hub of Nassau, the answer is not bright lights, brand-name high-rise hotels, or large-scale resorts. Those kinds of facilities don't exist here. Nor are there strip malls, chain stores, traffic, or stoplights.
Instead, we found a slower pace and a focus on simpler things. As Kirk D. Aulin, managing director of The Cove resort, says, ``Eleuthera is a place to get your life back."
The island has been lightly touched by the modern era and much of its character reflects its history.