Cable Beach is a beach,

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, and populated place on the northern coast of

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in the

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west of Nassau. It spans two and a half miles. It is home to Pompey Market.

History

It is said Cable Beach owes its name to an 1892

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linking

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to Goodman's Bay. Tourism in the area dates back as early as the 1940s, and by the 1950s, it had become a centre for hotel development. It was called the Bahamian Riviera. The Emerald Beach Hotel, opened in 1954, was the first air conditioned hotel and opened the largest casino in the Bahamas. Although the hotel is defunct and has been replaced more than once, the casino is still in use to this day.

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's first venture outside of the United States opened in 1958 in Cable Beach. Cable Beach experienced a period of instability in the wake of Bahamian independence and liberation as well as the rise of the newer

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and other tourism competitors. The PLP government headed by

Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, Order of National Hero (Bahamas), NH, Justice of the peace, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a The Bahamas, Bahamian politician who ...

began buying failing hotels. A number of these were re-privatised in the 1990s when the FNM came into power. Bahamas 1988 (054) New Providence Cable Beach (23365179346).jpg , Skyline in 1988 Cable Beach SkyLine - panoramio.jpg , Skyline in 2015

Resorts and hotels

* Goldwynn Resort and Residences *

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*Breezes *Casuarinas *Marley Resort and Spa * Meliá Nassau Beach *Ocean West Boutique Hotel * Sandals Royal Bahamian *Westwind Club

Defunct

* Ambassador Beach Hotel * The Balmoral * Crystal Palace Resort (replaced by Baha Mar) *

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Emerald Beach Hotel (replaced by Crystal Palace) * Nassau Beach Lodge (replaced by Baha Mar) * Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort (replaced by Meliá) * Sonesta Beach Hotel

References

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