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Tourism industry insiders are tipping the identity of the new developer of the former Club Med resort at St. George's as a Californian real estate developer called Jack Avedikian.
But confirmation will only come at 1 p.m. today when Deputy Premier Ew...
DATE: Feb 16, 2006
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Timeshare members who holiday in St. George?s rarely decide to swap their Bermuda weeks for a vacation elsewhere in the world, according to management of The St. George?s Club.
But now they won?t have to give up their holiday on the Island in order t...
DATE: Feb 15, 2006
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In the final quarter of the 2005 financial year the Bank of Bermuda Foundation has made $3.2 million in donations to 11 local charities.
In the past few days the Foundation has made its biggest single donation to the Bermuda Housing Trust, a pledge o...
DATE: Feb 15, 2006
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Hungry and desperate Wyndham Hotel workers believe they will be re-called to start work in the middle of March without receiving a single cent of the money they had expected to tide them over during their unexpected winter lay-off.
One disillusioned ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2006
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The first cruise ship to visit Bermuda this year was due to dock in Hamilton this morning.
The Black Prince, operated by Fred Olsen, is heading for the Canary Islands, off North Africa, and into the Mediterranean to run cruises throughout 2006. Today...
DATE: Feb 15, 2006
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A crew member on the first yacht to reach Bermuda from the north this winter has spoken of the catalogue of near disasters that almost sank the vessel in turbulent seas between the north east coast of the US and Bermuda.
Thelimped into St. George?s H...
DATE: Feb 14, 2006
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Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell has blasted Government?s ignoring of its ?partners? in the industry by unilaterally employing Internet giant Expedia as a booking engine on the Tourism website without their input.
Hoteliers are seeking answers f...
DATE: Feb 13, 2006
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A new initiative to lure and retain medical staff to work within the health service in Bermuda has been unveiled by the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals will no longer need to travel overseas to further their s...
DATE: Feb 13, 2006
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Four candidates have come forward to contest the final vacant common councillor seat on the Corporation of St. George.
There were originally only four nominations for the five councillor seats during the Corporation election last month, which saw Mar...
DATE: Feb 11, 2006
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A Devonshire family is today coming to terms with the loss of 18-year-old Ryan Burgess who become the first road fatality of 2006 after the motorbike he was riding left the road and collided with a tree on a lonely road in Devonshire.
The crash happe...
DATE: Feb 11, 2006
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