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A gay travel company due to arrive here today with a cruise ship full of visitors has pledged not to be put off Bermuda by the homophobic comments of preacher Scott Smith.
The Celebrity vessel Summit is expected at Dockyard first thing this morning w...
DATE: Jun 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The beauty of Bermuda is on display on CNN's website.
The US news organisation asked online readers to submit their photographs of the Island and the result is a slide show featuring 15 stunning pictures.
Among the images are the Bird Cage on Front S...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO was approved yesterday paving the way for an expansion project aimed at rescuing the resort from financial ruin.
Once more the order was surrounded by controversy as, for the fourth debate in less than a month, it prov...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The House of Assembly heard yesterday that a fresh era in tourism was being ushered in as a bill allowing a “critically important” $2 billion resort to be built at Morgan’s Point was approved.
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess promised that the developm...
DATE: Mar 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Opposition will support legislation allowing Bermuda’s first $2 billion “destination resort” to be developed if it goes before the House of Assembly today.
The Morgan’s Point Resort Act 2011 is expected to be debated by MPs and Shadow Tourism Min...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An amended Special Development Order for Tucker’s Point is expected to sail through the House of Assembly today, with two-thirds of the MPs likely to vote in its favour.
The scaled-back proposal for the five-star resort made it through the Senate on ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Environmentalists have urged Government to ensure it preserves the integrity of protected natural areas at Tucker’s Point if it amends the stalled Special Development Order (SDO) and brings it back to Parliament.
Bermuda National Trust (BNT) and Berm...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition politician Michael Dunkley will today tell fellow senators that no matter how they vote on a Special Development Order (SDO) for Tucker's Point, part of the proposed development will not happen.
Senator Dunkley will confirm that the neighb...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”.
He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Giving permission for Tucker’s Point to extend its five-star resort is not a “slap in the face” to the original residents of the land or their descendants, Government insisted yesterday.
It released a statement in response to the claim made last week...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
