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Bam! Award-winning celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse was on the Island last week, reportedly enjoying a meal at Port O Call restaurant.
Staff at the restaurant confirmed that Mr Lagasse enjoyed dinner and drinks on Thursday as part of a large group.
“We...
DATE: Sep 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors is to lead a Bermuda delegation on a visit to Atlanta, Georgia this week.
The trip is part of an effort to explore common interests with Buckhead, an affluent community located in the north of Atlanta.
Buckhead was rec...
DATE: Aug 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Flights between Bermuda and the US are expected to return to normal today, with Continental Airlines planning an extra flight to Newark to accommodate stranded passengers.
Airport duty officer Charlotte Bosch De Noya said yesterday: “Continental will...
DATE: Aug 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Development Applications Board (DAB) has agreed to defer its ruling on whether the proposed Park Hyatt resort will get Planning approval.
The board was expected to make a decision on the application last week.
“The DAB gave preliminary considera...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans for the proposed Park Hyatt resort in St George’s has received dozens of objections, including a petition with almost 300 signatures.
Among the common complaints are concerns about sewage treatment and reverse osmosis facilities, to be built in...
DATE: Jul 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
St George’s residents have met with representatives from Government and the proposed Park Hyatt resort over plans to put a sewage treatment facility in their backyard.
David Hillier, a member of a group called the Old Military Road Task Force, said h...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Entertainer Tony Brannon said yesterday that he was fired from the Bermuda Tourism Board following conflicts with Tourism Minister Patrice Minors.
While Minister Minors said in a letter directed to Mr Brannon that his input was not as “constructive” ...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tour boat owners yesterday claimed their livelihood has been threatened by new regulations preventing them from soliciting customers.
They were equally angry about rules prohibiting them from remaining at port or on Corporation of Hamilton property f...
DATE: Jun 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
St George’s Mayor Kenneth Bascome is calling for Government to extend time limitations on sailors visiting the Island.
Sailors can currently spend 21 days on the Island before they have to request an extension, but Mr Bascome said that by extending t...
DATE: May 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Tourism this week responded to an unfavourable review of the Island posted online in 2009.
The posting, which appeared on travel website Tripadvisor, said the Island was rife with gang warfare, describing Bermuda as a “dirty rotten ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
