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A new Tourism Authority should be up and running by the end of the current Parliamentary session, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
In January, Mr Crockwell announced plans to create the new, non-political body which would be responsible...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda needs to make a decision on whether to allow gaming as soon as possible in order for tourism to move forward, according to hotel developer Craig Christensen.
Mr Christensen, who heads up the company developing a $2 billion resort at Morgan’s ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The bill for cleaning up pollutants left by the US Navy at Morgan’s Point could be lower than originally estimated according to site developer Craig Christensen.
The former Progressive Labour Party Government agreed to take responsibility for the cle...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The first phase of a $2 billion hotel, golf course and marina resort at Morgan’s Point could be open for business by the beginning of 2016, according to developers.
And Craig Christensen is confident that the new hotel — and Bermuda as a whole — has...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tourism chiefs are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past unless they change their mindsets and place the industry on a new footing, according to critics.
Independent MP Terry Lister and former Shadow Tourism Minister Kim Swan spoke out after Gove...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Visitor arrivals for the first three months of 2013 were down almost four percent on the year before, according to the latest statistics.
At a press conference yesterday Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell revealed that Bermuda played host to 33,256 to...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Millions of television viewers in the US will be getting a bird’s-eye view of several Bermuda beauty spots this summer when live shots of the Island are broadcast during a popular morning programme.
The scheme was set up by the Bermuda Broadcasting C...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A cruise ship scheduled to arrive in Bermuda this week has been damaged after a fire broke out on one of its decks early yesterday morning.
Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas was en route to CocoCay, Bahamas, from Baltimore, Maryland when the bla...
DATE: May 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Details of a major facelift for Bermuda’s oldest hotel have been unveiled by the new owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
And the Green family has also announced that it will be pumping more funds into the revamp than first planned, increasing i...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Although tomorrow’s arrival of thousands of cruise passengers is seen as a boost to a flagging tourism industry, questions have been raised over whether Bermuda’s infrastructure is capable of handling so many visitors at one time.
Government has been...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
