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Royal Caribbean International scrapped plans to send cruise ships to Bermuda this summer because of the Government’s insistence that all passengers had to be vaccinated, it was revealed yesterday. Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said that oth...

Cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean International has scrapped plans to bring two of its liners to the island over the summer. Freedom of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas were scheduled to make 21 visits each to Bermuda from July to October....

Tourism leaders reacted with disappointment yesterday after news broke that a Royal Caribbean cruise ship will not be based in Bermuda over the summer. Charles Jeffers II, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the announc...

Until six years ago, Bermuda wasn’t on Phil Hospod’s radar as a place to visit, or invest in. But in 2015 his journalist wife was assigned to cover the Bermuda Triangle Challenge running races for a US publication, and the Montreal native was willing...

The new owner of Cambridge Beaches said yesterday he planned to plough millions of dollars into the resort over the next few years. But, despite his faith in the long-term future of tourism, Phil Hospod warned that hospitality businesses would strugg...

Senators approved a law to cut liquor licence fees during yesterday’s session of the Upper House. The Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act was rushed through the House of Assembly on Friday in a bid to give the hospitality sector a...

Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest luxury liner is to dock in Bermuda after its launch next year. The 3,215-passenger Norwegian Prima will visit the island on a five-day cruise from New York next October. The ship, under construction in an Italian shipya...

Visitor arrivals nosedived in the first three months of the year because of the pandemic, it was revealed yesterday. But tourism chiefs were optimistic that numbers could pick up later in the year as vaccination programmes around the world gather pac...

The new owners of the historic Cambridge Beaches resort have revealed they are planning a three-year upgrade of the facility. Dovetail + Co, which describes itself as ’an owner, developer and operator of genuine and imaginative hospitality’, als...

The new owners of Cambridge Beaches said last night they planned to “elevate the experience” at the resort, with upgrades to guest rooms and public areas. But Dovetail, a New York hotel development company who sealed the deal yesterday, insisted that...