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Parliamentarians will return to the House of Assembly today when legislation is expected to be tabled to enshrine government support for the Fairmont Southampton redevelopment. The Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act 2022 is listed for tabling before MPs,...

A yacht used in an alleged bid to smuggle a Pablo Picasso painting out of Spain was seen in St George’s over the weekend. Jaime Botin was convicted of trying to traffic the art work Head of a Young Woman on his 65m schooner Adix in 2015. Megayacht Ne...

Tourism businesses have been told to brace for thousands of visitors as the Bermuda Tourism Authority predicts a strong summer season. Charles Jeffers II, the BTA’s chief executive officer, said that hotels were almost sold out for the return of the ...

A plan for “well over 300” units at the Fairmont Southampton was presented to environmental groups last year, a conservation charity said. The Bermuda National Trust added that the scheme would “saturate the property with villas” if it went ahead. Ge...

The Government has defended its plan to extend tax breaks to boost tourism despite concerns raised by a former finance minister. Curtis Dickinson, who quit the post in February, warned that he generally did not support concessions for hotel developme...

Resort owners have confirmed that residential units are planned for land surrounding the Fairmont Southampton hotel. Gencom, a Miami-based investment firm, added that the construction of villas was not expected to start until after the completion of ...

Redundancy payments to Fairmont Southampton workers were written into budgeted costs for the hotel’s redevelopment even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the head of the company that owns the resort said. But Karim Alibhai, the founder and head of Ge...

A package of tax incentives is expected to support the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton

About $150,000 is to be spent on each of the 593 guest rooms as part of a “gut-out” at Bermuda’s largest hotel, the head of the company behind the development said. Karim Alibhai, the founder and principal of Gencom, which owns the Fairmont Southamp...

More than $400 million is expected to be spent on the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton by the time it reopens next year, its owners said last night. Gencom added that the figure included the acquisition of the landmark resort by its subsidia...