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Construction at the St Regis hotel project in St George’s has continued to progress.
Developer Hotelco Bermuda Holding Ltd said yesterday that 55 workers are employed at the site and 70 per cent are Bermudians.
Crisson Construction completed piling w...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Reefs has been listed among the top hotels in the Caribbean region by Travel & Leisure magazine readers.
David Dodwell, the owner of The Reefs, said he was happy to see the hotel in the list — and to see a picture of the hotel used as the lead pi...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Horseshoe Bay is a major hit on social-media site Instagram after more than 90,000 pictures of the beach were shared.
TravelSupermarket said the South Shore, Southampton, beach was the third most shared beach in the world, behind Whitehaven Beach in ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A video game tournament could be held in Bermuda, the Minister of National Security said yesterday.
Wayne Caines posted on Facebook that he wanted to talk to local gamers.
He wrote: “I have recently been approached by a company who wants to partner w...
DATE: Jun 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 4.5 per cent charge on guests at Airbnb-style holiday rental properties will level the playing field for Bermuda’s hotel industry, the Bermuda Hotel Association said yesterday.
Vacation rental property owners said they did not oppose the new levy b...
DATE: Jun 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A 4.5 per cent fee on guests using Airbnb-style holiday rental properties could raise up to $750,000 this financial year, MPs heard on Friday.
Jamahl Simmons, the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, told MPs the new levy would be given to t...
DATE: Jun 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Proposed legislation to tax and regulate people who rent their homes to visitors was welcomed yesterday by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
But Michael Cranfield, of Vacation Rentals Bermuda, said the Vacation Rentals Bill 2018 is “alarming” to some ow...
DATE: May 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sailor Mustafa Ingham met with David Burt, the Premier, at the Cabinet Office.
Ingham signed a sponsorship deal with the Bermuda Tourism Authority this week, after qualifying as a Volvo Ocean Race sailor.
Mr Burt said: “It was great to meet this you...
DATE: May 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A tourist couple who thanked people in Bermuda for helping them to search for their lost passports have found their travel documents.
Corinne and Steve White said the passports had been found in a bag after they had slipped down a tear in the lining....
DATE: May 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Colin Selley, a former Director of Tourism during the island’s golden years of the industry, has died. He was 90.
Mr Selley was also a keen tennis player, umpire and founding president of the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association.
He championed Bermuda a...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell