47 results returned for search: "bermuda championship AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
The second annual Bermuda Championship will embrace a new policy to reduce waste when it returns this October.
Organisers of the international golf event announced today, in recognition of Earth Day, that it would adopt the PGA Tour’s reusable cup po...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs yesterday paid tribute to late trade unionist Glen Simmons as a warrior for social justice.
Jason Hayward, a former president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, said Mr Simmons was always on the front line when issues of social justice were on ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
International sporting events have put Bermuda in the spotlight, and money into island tills, the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s chief executive said.
Kevin Dallas said that MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda may have generated less buzz on the island bec...
DATE: Dec 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former New York mayor and part-time Bermuda resident Michael Bloomberg was unveiled last night as the keynote speaker for the Bermuda Climate Risk Forum this month.
A Bermuda Tourism Authority spokeswoman said Mr Bloomberg will kick off the forum at ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An advisory group has called on a faster and more transparent immigration policy as the island awaits the details of promised immigration reform.
BermudaFirst’s Future State Report, the second phase of its national socioeconomic plan, said any new im...
DATE: Sep 16, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The PGA Tour will launch the Bermuda Championship this atuumn — but more Bermudians are needed to make the event a success.
Jordan Burns, volunteer co-ordinator with event organiser Bruno Event Team, said the search is on to find as many as 700 peopl...
DATE: Sep 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Air visitor arrivals dropped by 5 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2019, with the sharpest falls in the number of younger visitors and arrivals from New York, the tourism authority said yesterday.
However, the air arrivals spent 7 per cent ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Improvements will be made to Port Royal Golf Course in advance of the first PGA Bermuda Championship in the autumn.
Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, told the House that he would provide an itemised list of the work to be done on t...
DATE: Jul 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Millions of tennis fans around the world will get an introduction to Bermuda this summer when the island sponsors the US Open Tennis Championships, it was revealed yesterday.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been unveiled as the exclusive tourism sp...
DATE: May 01, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has revealed more than $12 million in external contracts as part of requirements of public access to information legislation.
The contracts included a total of $5.4 million for marketing and promotions, $4.7 million in r...
DATE: Apr 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes