Press Release

  • Jimmy Buffet “Plays” The Gulf Coast – You Can “Play” Here Too!

    Jimmy Buffet LIVE on CMT for Coast

    Buffet, Born on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, Reminds National Television Audience At FREE Concert How Special The Entire Gulf Coast Region Is – Specifically Biloxi – to Him.
     

     
    Biloxi, MS: Jimmy Buffet, born in Pascagoula, told 40,000 fans and a national television audience how he played his first gig in Biloxi [...]

  • Golf Tourism Will Play a Huge Role in the Gulf Coast’s Tourism Recovery

    Biloxi, MS: Do you want to help the Gulf Coast and play golf, eat shrimp and enjoy southern hospitality? Then you have found the right place – Mississippi’s “Golf Coast.”  Golf Tourism has been a big part of the economy on this 60 miles of Gulf of Mexico coast for over 100 years and it [...]

  • Champions Tour Event Helps Golfers Rediscover “Golf Coast” And Its Legendary Hospitality

    Champions Tour Event Helps Golfers Rediscover “Golf Coast” And Its Legendary Hospitality
     “Mississippi’s ‘Golf Coast’ is the kind of place I like, it’s the kind of people I like and it’s got the food I like,” says David Eger, MS Gulf Resort Classic Champion, “I want to be the first to commit to be here next [...]

  • Champions Tour Evidence of Mississippi “Golf Coast” Fully Recovered From Katrina

     Champions Tour Evidence of Mississippi “Golf Coast” Fully Recovered From Katrina
     
    Two New Courses Since Katrina’s Impact, Golf Tourism Growing and the PGA Champions Tour, This Coastal Resort Destination With 11 Casinos & 60 Miles of Gulf of Mexico Coast Is Back As a Golf Mecca
     
      
    Biloxi, MS: When Katrina handed the Mississippi Gulf Coast the largest [...]

  • Champions Tour President, Mike Stevens, Likes Mississippi’s “Golf Coast”

    Champions Tour President, Mike Stevens, Likes Mississippi’s “Golf Coast” 
    Champions Tour A Success On “Golf Coast” Before First Competitive Round Begins
     
    Biloxi, MS: Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic impressed PGA Tour Players and Officials with the quality of the golf courses, casino resorts and hospitality. The Tuesday night Pro-Am Gala was a Cirque Du Soleil themed event right [...]

  • Nicklaus Hosts Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Monday Pro-Am

    Nicklaus Hosts Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Monday Pro-Am
     The Jack Nicklaus Designed Grand Bear Golf Club Crowns Tom Wargo Team Winner
    Biloxi, MS: The Monday Pro-Am of the PGA Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic hosted by Cellular South had a beautiful day to play Grand Bear Golf Club designed by Jack Nicklaus. The competition [...]

  • The Bridges Golf Club Hosts Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Open Qualifier

     The Bridges Golf Club Hosts Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Open Qualifier
    Three Champions Tour Players Had To Get Through Arnold Palmer Designed Course First To Qualify
    Biloxi, MS: The open qualifier for the PGA Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic completed play today at The Bridges Golf Club at Hollywood Casino in Bay St. [...]

  • Golf Tourism Bookings Up 12% For Spring–Strongest Since Katrina

    Golf Directly Impacted Estimated 30,000 Room Nights in ’09 and $25 Million Tourism Impact
     
    Biloxi, February 17, 2010:  While Mardi Gras celebrations are all over the Gulf Coast this week – the golf industry is celebrating golf tourism bookings being up for spring season.  Golf tourists as far away as Europe are booking tee-times and rooms [...]