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Source: SunOnline
Ltd
Casino Atlantis Online to be featured on one of Europe's most visited travel sites London
Tobin Prior, CEO of SunOnline commented, "We are
confident that Casino Atlantis Online will appeal to lastminute.com's customers
who are attracted to similar products on the site and are accustomed to
transacting online. Clicking through to Casino Atlantis will be a virtual
trip to our flagship resort and casino in the Bahamas of the same name,
and the next best thing to organising a last minute trip there. lastminute.com
is one of the most
Helen Baker, UK Managing Director, lastminute.com
said, "We are always looking for new revenue streams that are relevant
to our brand and of interest to our customers and gambling fits our offering
well as part of the recently launched "staying-in"section. SunOnline
are market leaders when it comes to providing safe, keenly regulated and
fair online gambling and we are pleased to partner with them in offering
this new product to visitors to the lastminute.com site."
SunOnline Limited
Sun International Hotels Limited (NYSE: SIH) www.sunint.com is a leading developer and operator of premier casinos, resorts and luxury hotels. The company's flagship destination is the Atlantis Resort www.atlantis.com, a 2,317-room, ocean-themed resort located on Paradise Island, The Bahamas. Atlantis is a unique destination casino resort featuring three interconnected hotel towers built around a 7-acre lagoon and a 34-acre marine environment that includes the world's largest open-air aquarium. Sun International Hotels Limited also developed and
receives certain revenue from the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The Native American-themed Mohegan Sun is one of the premier casino gaming
properties in the North-eastern United States and one of the most profitable
casinos in the United States. In the luxury resort hotel business,
the company operates eight beach resorts in Mauritius, Dubai, the Maldives
and The Bahamas.
About lastminute.com
At 30 September 2001, lastminute.com had over 4.2
million subscribers to its weekly newsletter and had established approximately
9,300 supplier relationships, with companies such as Lufthansa, Air France,
Alitalia, bmi british midland, United Airlines,
lastminute.com
is the most visited travel website in the UK according to a survey published
in September 2001 by independent research company Jupiter MMXI. It is also
the only site to appear in the top five most visited travel sites in France,
Germany, Italy and Spain, making it one of the most popular travel sites
in Europe.
For more press information please contact: Tobin Prior, SunOnline
Lucy Dare, lastminute.com
Jaime Lister
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SunOnline Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun International Hotels
Limited, a leading international resort and gaming company, and lastminute.com,
the online provider of travel and leisure solutions, announced a partnership
today to provide online casino gambling to the over 2 million UK registered
users and other visitors to the
Links will be provided on the lastminute.com website and will allow customers
to click straight through to Casino Atlantis Online. In addition the casino
product will be promoted via the "staying in" section on the lastminute.com
site and to lastminute.com subscribers.
