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A queue of hundreds formed outside an historic Paget hotel for a massive house sale as the resort sold off everything from chinaware and furniture to sunscreen.
A man strapping a carpet to the roof of his car outside the main door of the Elbow Beach ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cruise passengers with children will fall under new Covid-19 regulations from March 7, according to the Ministry of Transport.
Children aged 11 and under will be accepted under the vaccination status of their parents or guardians.
Visitors aged 12 an...
DATE: Feb 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 15-month schedule to renovate Bermuda’s biggest resort is “fairly tight, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it”, a construction expert said of plans to reopen the Fairmont Southampton Hotel by the summer of 2023.
Construction heads shared their vie...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier says hotel to get $200m upgrade and to be open in spring 2023
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The owners of the island’s biggest hotel were this week locked in talks with the Government in a bid to get the Fairmont Southampton up and running again.
David Burt, the Premier, told news site TNN that getting financing in place for a major renovat...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
JetBlue’s decision to downgrade its service to Bermuda came as no surprise, two air industry executives said yesterday.
Aaron Adderley, the president of airport operators Skyport, also highlighted the island’s strict travel restrictions to combat Cov...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A cutback in flights by a major airline serving Bermuda was today branded “a devastating blow” for the island’s tourism industry.
JetBlue, which runs daily flights to the island throughout the year from New York JFK Airport, announced it was cutting ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A leading airline yesterday delivered a fresh blow to Bermuda after it said it would end its year-round service from New York.
JetBlue, which had flown to Bermuda from NYC 12 months a year, said it would downgrade Bermuda to a “summer seasonal market...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s hoteliers have backed Government predictions or a return to pre-pandemic tourism levels by 2023-24.
Stephen Todd, the head of the Bermuda Hotel Association, said the estimate was “a reasonable expectation which the BHA doesn’t disagree w...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Blue chip names are prepared to invest in the redevelopment of the island’s biggest hotel, the finance minister said today.
Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the US-based owners of the Fairmont Southampton Hotel, had met Government representatives last m...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell