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Legislation imposing new fees on cruise ships was tabled in the House of Assembly. The Bermuda Tourism Authority Amendment Bill 2019 was brought by Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister. Travellers leaving the island by passenger vessel will be charged ...

Bermuda’s 2019 tourism strategy includes a concerted focus on building air arrivals, and pitching the island’s merits for year-round tourism. Meanwhile, an industry forum this evening heard that Bermuda has to prepare hundreds of its people for hospi...

Political interference has been suggested by the Opposition in legislation granting the tourism minister extra clout over the leadership and the direction of the Bermuda Tourism Authority. The Bill tabled on Friday by minister Zane DeSilva has been c...

The steel structure of the new St Regis hotel in St George’s is expected to start to go up this month, it was revealed yesterday. The news came as Jamahl Simmons, the tourism minister, delivered a progress report on construction at the building site....

A major ball hockey tournament has given a $1 million boost to the economy, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday. Tourism chiefs said the World Masters Ball Hockey Championships had accounted for 1,200 room nights booked at the Hamilton Princ...

Owners of vacation rental properties have been given extra time to register. The deadline to sign up, originally last month, has been set for August 24, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism, and the Ministry of Home Affairs. ...

Proposed legislation to tax and regulate people who rent their homes to visitors was welcomed yesterday by the Bermuda Tourism Authority. But Michael Cranfield, of Vacation Rentals Bermuda, said the Vacation Rentals Bill 2018 is “alarming” to some ow...

Colin Selley, a former Director of Tourism during the island’s golden years of the industry, has died. He was 90. Mr Selley was also a keen tennis player, umpire and founding president of the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association. He championed Bermuda a...

Porsha Kimble, otherwise known at Your Cake Diva from The Food Network, shares tips and stories with the public today at the “Just Desserts” segment of the City Food Festival. Ms Kimble, billed as a “cake maker to the stars”, is to call on the festiv...

The $23 million transformation of a failed housing complex in Warwick into a condo hotel was welcomed by a business owner yesterday. Jay Correia, owner of the Swizzle South Shore right across South Shore Road from the Grand Atlantic development said:...