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A string of jobs including two top casino positions has been advertised for the new St Regis resort.
The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission said the St George’s hotel, scheduled to open on April 1, is leading the training of casino staff.
A BCGC spokes...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “consummate hotelier” and former president of the Bermuda Hotel Association has died.
David Boyd was 76.
Mr Boyd was president and manager of the Sonesta Beach Hotel in Southampton from 1989 to 1996, when he stepped down for health reasons.
Mr Boyd...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hotel business recovery hinges on how the Covid-19 pandemic can be contained, the Bermuda Hotel Association has said.
Stephen Todd, the chief executive of the BHA, added that hoteliers were “optimistic that we will start to see a gradual increase in ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Covid passports” could soon become a reality, the Government’s expert on the coronavirus has warned.
Carika Weldon, the head of the island’s coronavirus test programme, predicted at a Bermuda Tourism Authority webinar that a test and vaccination pas...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is seeking a new head of communications.
Rosemary Jones said she was stepping down from the job for the private sector.
The BTA is advertising for a new director of communications and strategy, with duties including the ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The annual Restaurant Weeks celebration of Bermudian cuisine kicks off its tenth anniversary this week.
The festival, extended to four weeks from the usual three, starts on Thursday and will run to February 11.
More than 30 restaurants and bars will ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two major cruise lines have made overtures for a return to Hamilton and St George’s, the Mayor of Hamilton revealed yesterday.
Charles Gosling said he was told by a Government source that two companies, including the Disney Cruise Line, had “declare...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s success with tourism in 2020 in spite of the chill cast by the global Covid-19 pandemic is to be highlighted on a freshly launched network.
The island reopened to air travel in July after a few months’ lockdown and has since managed to host...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government is to foot the legal bill for any court action over its bailout of laid-off Fairmont Southampton Hotel workers.
This was revealed yesterday in the Government’s extensive loan agreement with the hundreds of ex-staff who lost their jobs ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of hotel workers face redundancy because of the closure of a leading Bermudian resort for almost two years.
The 18-month shuttering of the Fairmont Southampton hotel for renovations would mean about 750 layoffs, roughly 500 of them Bermudian...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell