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Making Bermuda “relevant again” in tourism is an ambitious goal for the island, David Burt has admitted. The Premier described the challenge now faced as “a huge task”. He said: “But there are plans laid out which have been followed by other jurisdic...

The interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said he was optimistic about the future after the Premier took over the tourism portfolio. Glenn Jones was speaking after David Burt warned the organisation was not “pulling its weight” as ...

Bermuda welcomed its first scheduled commercial flight for more than three months yesterday. Karla Aitken collected her daughter, Ashley, 23, who had at last managed to return from college in Denmark — but the joy of homecoming was marred by sadness ...

A defiant David Burt reiterated his stance that tourism is not dead in Bermuda — but he acknowledged that some jobs in the sector could be lost permanently. The Premier was speaking last night as he moved to push back outspoken critics, some of them ...

The island’s tourism authority will suffer cutbacks to stay afloat after the industry was demolished by the Covid-19 pandemic, it warned yesterday. Paul Telford, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman, said the organisation was “taking steps to stem ...

The Premier has denied that the Government wanted to clip the wings of the island’s tourism authority. He was speaking after Kevin Dallas, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chief, stood down last month just after Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, warne...

The ribbon was cut to applause yesterday for Dockyard’s new cruise ship terminal at King’s Wharf. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said it marked the close of a journey that began five years ago in 2014. He said the deck...

Tourist air arrivals in the first three months of the year dropped compared with the same period in 2018, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday. But the BTA said the 8.5 per cent drop was partly offset by a 9.1 per cent rise in business air ar...

Hosting the World Triathlon Series Grand Final in 2021 could be a springboard for improving accessibility, with the Bermuda Tourism Authority aiming to welcome more disabled visitors in time for the event’s grand final. A BTA statement said the two-y...

A unique Bermudian event, the annual Peppercorn Ceremony in St George’s, comes with a special twist this month. The Bermuda Tourism Authority announced that an enhanced VIP package would be included for the April 24 festivities, offering visitors “a ...