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A decision on whether the new St Regis Hotel in St George’s will be granted Bermuda’s first hotel casino licence is expected “later this summer’, the Premier told the House of Assembly today.
David Burt said three vendors of gambling equipment and ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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Tourism
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News Staff
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is to relaunch a grant scheme for businesses as it gears up for the return of tourists in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Glenn Jones, the BTA interim CEO and chief experience development officer, said: “Following...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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Tourism
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News Staff
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority said today it will allow flights of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to Bermuda with the removal of the airspace ban and it will also permit the operation of the aircraft type on the Bermuda Aircraft Registry.
The cha...
DATE: Feb 01, 2021
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Tourism
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News Staff
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has promoted human resources executive Tracy Berkeley to a new position of chief administrative officer.
Ms Berkeley joined the BTA one year ago as director of people.
A statement said the new role was part of a new op...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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Tourism
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News Staff
The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s chief operating officer will step down later this month, it was announced today.
Karla Lacey has spent almost seven years as a founding member of the organisation’s executive.
A BTA spokeswoman said that Ms Lacey “tend...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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Tourism
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News Staff
Businessman Paul Scope and former police officer Mark Clarke are to take the helm of a SailGP Bermuda steering committee set up to involve the public with the event.
Mr Scope, the chairman of Willis Bermuda and the Bermuda Business Development Agenc...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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News Staff
Black-owned tourism businesses have been put in the spotlight on a website promoting travel to Bermuda.
The online hub, A Guide to Black Culture & Heritage, was launched by the Bermuda Tourism Authority on the GoToBermuda.com website.
BTA interim chi...
DATE: Aug 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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News Staff
Visitors will have to foot the bill for their Covid-19 tests, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt said in a tweet: “Rest assured, visitors will pay a fee for their testing.”
Mr Burt went online after Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, spoke about...
DATE: Jun 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
BDA Watersports, a family-run business run for more than 30 years from Robinson’s Marina by Somerset Bridge in Sandys, is back in business.
Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, said the company had been “integral” to Bermuda’s tourism since its foundi...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Key workers will be offered discounted trips on a luxury catamaran as thanks for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sail Bermuda, which charters the 47ft Wyuna, is run by Marilyn Zuill and her husband Caleb, who is a firefighter.
Mrs Zuill, ...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff