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Two US airlines have slashed their sales commissions given to local travel agencies and a third plans to follow suit.
American Airlines cut their commissions by 50 percent from February 1 and Continental made a similar reduction from February 16.
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DATE: Feb 26, 2009
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Times may be tough, but Bermudians are as keen as ever to travel, it seems.
A record attendance of more than 2,000 people flocked to C-Travel's travel fair last Saturday and the sponsor has seen a boost in business since the event.
"It far exceeded o...
DATE: Feb 26, 2009
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Makin' Waves plans to open its new and larger Dockyard store by the end of next month, to be up and running ahead of the first cruise ship arrival on April 13.
Co-owner Stuart Joblin said the move out of the surf, dive and swimwear store's previous s...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Bermuda insurers have managed to lure yet more talent from embattled giant American International Group, as three Island companies yesterday announced the hiring of a combined eight former AIG staff.
Class of 2005 reinsurer Validus Holdings announced...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Bermuda's financial services sector is standing up better to the effects of the world economic crisis than most competitors elsewhere.
John Drzik, chief executive of global management consultancy Oliver Wyman, said there had generally been a greater ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2009
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Government "cannot play Robin Hood" — but it will do whatever it can to help industries in need, Finance Minister Paula Cox told an audience of business people yesterday.
Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce Power Breakfast about the Budget statement ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2009
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Almost one in three jobs on the Island were held by non-Bermudians last year, after a 3.5 percent increase in the number of guest workers, Government figures show.
Although the number of jobs in the economy increased slightly last year, the number of...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Bermuda College economist Craig Simmons says Bermuda could see a severe recession, with a decline of 10 percent in gross domestic product (GDP) "a distinct possibility".
The respected commentator on the local economy said Finance Minister Paula Cox h...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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It's a sad fact that clearing unexploded ordnance is one of the world's great growth industries.
At current rates of progress, it would take about 1,000 years to remove all the mines and bombs that menace the hot spots of the world — and that's if no...
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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Citigroup plans to make job cuts at its Bermuda operations, where it employs some 230 people, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Sources have revealed to this newspaper that some staff will definitely go, without saying how many, or when the cuts will ta...
DATE: Feb 20, 2009
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