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Passport renewals will be delayed for up to 11 weeks, the Department of Immigration warned tonight.
A department spokesman said there had been a recent spike in reports of hold-ups for British Overseas Territories Citizen passports.
He added applicat...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Gaming training for residents to get casino jobs will be on offer next month at the newly opened St Regis Bermuda Resort.
The 122-room hotel, which formally opened on May 22, announced that its casino gaming academy would start on June 21.
It comes i...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hoteliers warned last night the island’s strict coronavirus testing was impeding the revival of tourism.
Stephen Todd, chief executive officer of the Bermuda Hotel Association (BHA), told The Royal Gazette: “One challenge we are still having is the c...
DATE: May 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Insurance firms yesterday backed the finance minister’s move to allow people struggling to make ends meet to take an extra $6,000 from eligible pension plans.
But the adminstrator of a hospitality industry pension scheme said said hotel workers who h...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The owners of Bermuda’s biggest hotel are expected to discuss finance arrangements for its refurbishment in the next month, the finance minister revealed yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the owners of the shuttered Fairmont Southampton, had s...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tourism experts have backed the Government’s plans to bring in extra restrictions for unvaccinated travellers.
The 14-day supervised quarantine for non-immunised travellers, which will come into force on June 6, was endorsed by the Bermuda Tourism Au...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The developer of a luxury South Shore hotel has thrown his support behind the suspension of construction under health restrictions last week.
Construction at the Azura resort came to a halt a week ago under the stay-at-home order to contain the prese...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A stay-at-home exemption for construction to continue at a St George’s resort was last night dubbed as double standards by the One Bermuda Alliance.
Work was permitted to continue at the St Regis resort for two days this week during the stay-at-home...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A brief summer cruise season with companies homeported in Bermuda stands to bring $40 million in economic impact, the transport minister revealed yesterday.
Lawrence Scott said the announcement that Viking would join Royal Caribbean in launching trip...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charles H Jeffers II has been appointed chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, effective tomorrow.
Mr Jeffers, a 26-year tourism veteran, was hired after a global search to fill the role after Kevin Dallas stepped down as CEO in February 2...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell