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A server at the Fairmont Southampton has been named the Tourism Ambassador of the Year by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Gary Pitt, 29, said: “My daily goal I set for myself is to make sure that our guests have a memorable experience while I serve th...
DATE: Jul 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has hired five new staffers as part of a restructuring plan.
A BTA spokesman said: “The changes were designed to make the organisation more responsive to market trends and better positioned to improve its return on inves...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Construction at the St Regis hotel project in St George’s has continued to progress.
Developer Hotelco Bermuda Holding Ltd said yesterday that 55 workers are employed at the site and 70 per cent are Bermudians.
Crisson Construction completed piling w...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Reefs has been listed among the top hotels in the Caribbean region by Travel & Leisure magazine readers.
David Dodwell, the owner of The Reefs, said he was happy to see the hotel in the list — and to see a picture of the hotel used as the lead pi...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Horseshoe Bay is a major hit on social-media site Instagram after more than 90,000 pictures of the beach were shared.
TravelSupermarket said the South Shore, Southampton, beach was the third most shared beach in the world, behind Whitehaven Beach in ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A video game tournament could be held in Bermuda, the Minister of National Security said yesterday.
Wayne Caines posted on Facebook that he wanted to talk to local gamers.
He wrote: “I have recently been approached by a company who wants to partner w...
DATE: Jun 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tourist couple who thanked people in Bermuda for helping them to search for their lost passports have found their travel documents.
Corinne and Steve White said the passports had been found in a bag after they had slipped down a tear in the lining....
DATE: May 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The lack of a major event like 2017’s America’s Cup will affect tourism figures in the next quarter. Kevin Dallas, chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the tourism boost created by the event will be hard to replicate, but the indust...
DATE: May 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has teamed up with overseas travel organisations to fund research into the African-American market.
The study, set up by Mandala Research, will be jointly funded by the BTA, NYC & Company, Visit Baltimore, Virginia Touri...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new hotel and apartment development is expected to open its doors next month, it was revealed yesterday.
John Bush of Clearwater Development, the firm behind Azura Boutique Hotel and Residences, said more than half of the project’s first phase had ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes