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On the way back from Horseshoe Bay, sightseeing bus driver James (Jimi) Tweed always makes his passengers check to make sure their cruise ship hasn’t been sucked up into the Bermuda Triangle.
“Do you still see it?,” he asks them.
“Yes,” they answer....
DATE: Aug 19, 2013
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Tourism
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A financial guarantee to the developers of the proposed $2 billion resort at Morgan’s Point will be limited to $125 million, Government said yesterday.
Finance Minister Bob Richards announced last week that he was considering providing a sovereign gu...
DATE: Aug 19, 2013
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Tourism
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The $70 million renovation of the Hamilton Princess is set to break ground in September, The Royal Gazette can report.
A spokesman for the Green family confirmed reports reaching our newsroom that work on the marina will begin next month — exactly on...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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Tourism
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Government looks set to provide a financial guarantee to the Morgan’s Point developers.
Finance Minister Bob Richards announced yesterday that Government is looking at ways to help Morgan’s Point Limited obtain financing for the $2 billion project, a...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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An Order that will see the Pink Beach Club renovated by a locally incorporated group of investors has been approved by the Senate.
In return for the purchase and development of the Smith’s property, the Upper House granted five years of tax concessio...
DATE: Jul 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A lease for Fairmont Hamilton Princess to build a marina in Hamilton Harbour has been given the green light in the House of Assembly.
Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz conceded he wasn’t entirely happy with some aspects of the deal, which allows the...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Pink Beach Club is to be sold — and restored as a luxury hotel by 2015.
The deal, approved by MPs during Friday’s House of Assembly, comes three years after the Tucker’s Town resort was placed in receivership.
Sweeping concessions were offered fo...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A taxpayer-funded foundation set up to manage and promote Bermuda’s historic slavery sites has lost its charitable status — but neither it nor Government will say why.
The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Foundation has received at least $1.6 million ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The second phase of “So Much More” advertisements for the Island have begun filming, and are set to hit the air this fall.
The Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport said that Bermudian models and photography crews have been working with adver...
DATE: Jul 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is lending its full support to the St Regis hotel project in the City of Hamilton and plans to bring legislation that would help the developer secure full financing in the coming months, Premier Craig Cannonier said.
Michael MacLean of Par...
DATE: Jul 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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