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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
Thousands of dollars worth of sand is expected to be imported to fill bunkers before the first PGA Bermuda Championship in the autumn.
A notice on the government website invited proposals for the supply and delivery of 4,000 metric tonnes of sand to ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
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
Tourism minister Zane DeSilva described the announcement of the Bermuda Championship, the island’s first mainstream PGA Tour event, as “a very exciting development for sports tourism”.
To read Zane DeSilva’s statement to the House of Assembly in full...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
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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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two Bermudian brothers, aged 5 and 7, claimed glory in a chess tournament in New York.
Odin and Dylan Flanagan were crowned champions in the under-8 category in the first Grace Church School and Brooklyn Friends School Chess Tournament.
The youngster...
DATE: Apr 18, 2019
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Other
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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
Bermuda will learn their next Concacaf Nations League opponents at a gala draw in Las Vegas tonight.
Kyle Lightbourne’s side already know they will face one of Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica or Honduras after qualifying for League A of the com...
DATE: Mar 27, 2019
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Five young chess players proved their worth at a tournament that attracted its largest player turnout to date.
The Bermuda Youth Chess Championship saw 22 youngsters test their chess skills at a two-day tournament at the Elbow Beach Hotel.
The event,...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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The Youth Speaker of the House led his team to triumph in a Youth Parliament debate on the merits of the sugar tax.
Robert Thomas, 16, and his team argued the proposition that the tax was a benefit to Bermuda and would improve public health.
However,...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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