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The owner of America’s biggest marina group now owns one in Queensland

11.08

By Giuseppe Cicatelli, Grand Caribbean Marinas, Puerto Rico When Blackstone agreed to buy Hamilton Island in December, most of the coverage was about the resort and the golf course.

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