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Government’s deadline for experts interested in becoming Bermuda’s tourism advisor was blasted as “ridiculous” by a US consultant.
Businessman Rick Clark said he couldn’t respond to a request for proposal (RFP) issued by the Ministry of Business Dev...
DATE: Oct 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government’s National Tourism Plan will revamp the Island’s struggling tourism industry over the course of ten years, with an advisor to assess at least five key areas.
The Plan, which could cost up to $200,000 to deliver, is to set three, five and t...
DATE: Oct 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has reached its plateau in its numbers of cruise ship visitors, Transport Minister Terry Lister told a town-hall meeting.
Modifying Bermuda’s shipping channels would spread out cruise arrivals instead of overwhelming the West End at the expe...
DATE: Oct 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of cruise ship passengers were left to wait on the docks in Hamilton after a ferry broke down, leaving the tender Bermudian to pick up the slack.
Boston visitor Jim Clark, boarding the Bermudian at 5pm, said: “We were told they had a delay w...
DATE: Oct 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is set to tap into the world’s fastest-growing cruise ship market, with two more visits from the German cruise line Aida scheduled for this month.
Transport Minister Terry Lister announced that the company’s inaugural Bermuda cruise, the Aida...
DATE: Oct 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has called Town Hall meetings, for the public to have their say on alterations proposed for Bermuda’s shipping channels.
Transport Minister Terry Lister said no decisions have yet been made on Government’s recently-commissioned study of th...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Boaters will be able to dock at Hamilton’s Barr’s Bay Park for free after a City Hall rule change.
Hinson’s Island residents and tour boat operators had complained at the lack of a place to dock for shopping trips and other brief calls, Hamilton Depu...
DATE: Sep 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A disabled cruise visitor to Bermuda found it so difficult to get off the ship that he said his trip to the Island this summer may be his last.
“Even people that were not disabled had problems negotiating those ramps,” said Hal Hoffman, who arrived a...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Young Bermudians trained as “future leaders” of local tourism have celebrated their graduation from the Bermuda Hospitality Institute (BHI) Skills, Tasks and Results (START) programme.
Successfully completing the course guarantees each of the 16 stud...
DATE: Sep 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The second annual Bermuda Department of Tourism Industry Night was last night warned by Tourism Minister Patrice Minors: “It’s not enough to simply be a beautiful place.”
The Department has pledged to raise yearly air arrivals above 300,000 in the ne...
DATE: Sep 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
