A bomb scare at the Wyndham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino forced guests and employees to evacuate the hotel yesterday.
According to Chief Superintendent of Police Hulan Hanna, police received a call at 12:50pm that a bomb was at the Crystal Palace.
As a result, Robert Sands, vice president of administration and external affairs, at the hotel ;aid that the entire facility was evacuated. Guest and employees were relocated to the median strip and the car parking lot across the street from the hotel. Mr Hanna told The Tribune last night, that police searched the property, and found nothing. He said the facility was then declared safe for guests and employees to re-enter.
Mr Sands said that service at the hotel was interrupted for an hour and a half. However, he stressed, hotel officials were not focused on the operations, but the safety of its guests and employees.
“We have not focused one iota on how it impacted business. The most important issue was that we were concerned for the safety and welfare of our customers and our associates.”
When The Tribune asked if he suspected that it was one of the hotel’s employees who made the call. Mr Sands responded: “I have no idea. We have passed on pertinent information to the police. This is a police investigation and I have no comments on the stage of the investigation at this moment.”
Mr Hanna pointed out that from time to time there are persons who want to disrupt business and have criminal intentions. “There is no such thing as a benign bomb scare. If a person calls and makes a false report it is a criminal offence.”
Mr Sands said that it is very difficult to determine if anyone checked out of the hotel because of the incident. However, he said, to his knowledge no one has checked out.
He said that everything was back to normal at the hotel.
Source: The Tribune – Nassau, Bahamas
