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The Island’s newest air link to the US began operations yesterday with the early arrival of AirTran Airways flight 1812 from Baltimore.
Bermuda will have daily service to Baltimore-Washington International for the next six months, with an Atlanta con...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda must undo the “winter effect” and court high-end visitors to save its hospitality industry, according to restaurant manager Philip Barnett.
The acting chairman of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce nightclub and restaurant division told Sandys R...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A special development order proposed for Tucker’s Point is seen as a desecration of the land by many in Bermuda’s East End, according to CURB president Lynne Winfield.
CURB (Citizen Uprooting Racism in Bermuda) condemned the SDO as “a slap in the fac...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environment Minister Walter Roban has met with descendants of people evicted from Tucker’s Town to discuss the historical significance of Tucker’s Point.
Tucker’s Town Historical Society member Denny Richardson said: “From a social and psychological ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environmentalists are concerned that the special development order proposed for Tucker’s Point will be debated in Friday’s House of Assembly.
An anonymous ad has been placed in today’s newspaper calling on Bermudians to oppose the SDO.
The advertiser...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Musicians and business owners have commended a move by Government to hear their concerns over new security rules for venues offering live entertainment.
Wendell (Shine) Hayward said requirements under last year's Liquor License Amendment Act stood to...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Crew members who sailed with the Furness Bermuda Line are meeting again to celebrate their time aboard the iconic steamships.
Veterans of the Queen of Bermuda, Ocean Monarch and Monarch of Bermuda will gather this May at the Merchant Seaman's War Mem...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Visitors will be wooed to Bermuda for February by the Tourism Department’s “Feel the Love Month” campaign.
Promotions include getting a third night free at the Island’s 16 participating hotels.
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors said Bermuda had all the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kellisha Edwards is a young Bermudian holding a key role in the Island’s most recently-opened hotel.
Hired at age 22 as front desk manager for the Newstead Belmont Hills, she’s also an example of what Bermuda Hospitality Institute chief executive off...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A taskforce is being created to boost Bermuda's ailing entertainment industry ahead of the next tourist season.
Operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Families and Community Development, the committee is needed “particularly in respon...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell