Bermuda ability to bounce back from Hurricane Fabian got fulsome praise in Thursday?s edition of USA Today.

In a dispatch filed from Tucker?s Town, writer Gene Sloan quotes assistant manager of the Pink Beach Club Thomas Garlich, gesturing at a row of pink-and-white cottages that have stood along the beach since the 1950s. ?The waves were crashing right over the tops of those roofs.?

He said the hurricane, which buried tennis courts under a foot of sand, marked a new beginning for Pink Beach Club.

He said: ?All these buildings now are brand-new on the inside. The product we have now is a lot better than what we had the day before the storm.?

And Fairmont Southampton manager Allan Trew said the storm was ?almost a blessing in disguise?, for his hotel which reopens on April 15 with all-new rooms.

The article said Bermuda was seeking to lose its staid and stuffy label. Male guests at The Reefs resort will no longer be required to wear jackets to dinner in a break from more than 50 years of tradition.

?It?s a big step for us, and we didn?t take it lightly,? said owner David Dodwell. ?People don?t want to wear a tie on vacation anymore.?

However some visitors like the Island?s formality.

Patty Roy, 44, of Toronto, a guest at Horizons where a jacket and tie are still a must for dinner said: ?It?s nice that people still get dressed up here.?