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It’s that time of year again when Bermuda vacationers are encouraged to nominate residents who have “gone above and beyond” to make a Bermuda vacation memorable.
The Visitor Industry Partnership (VIP), in association with the Bermuda Tourism Board ha...
DATE: Jul 22, 2013
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Tourism
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Developer Carl Bazarian will have to submit a fresh application if he wants to be considered as a potential developer for a new hotel in St George’s.
And he may also face competition from other developers after Premier Craig Cannonier suggested that ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Developer Carl Bazarian may yet build a new Park Hyatt Resort on the former Club Med site in St George’s — in partnership with the potential investors behind the Premier’s controversial private jet trip to Washington DC.
In an interview with The Roya...
DATE: Jul 19, 2013
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Tourism
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Lead developer for the Hamilton waterfront redevelopment project, Michael MacLean, is confident that Bermuda will legalise gaming in the near future.
He confirmed that his proposal for a redeveloped waterfront includes building a casino hotel on Whit...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel have applauded politicians for steering through legislation granting them tax breaks on a redevelopment programme for the flagship resort.
Last Friday Government pushed through the Hotels Concession ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas returned to Bermuda this week following a major fire in May.
The Grandeur arrived in port in Bermuda on Sunday for the first time since the fire and departed for Baltimore on Tuesday.
The ship was originally...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Independent MP Terry Lister maintains that the revised $14.2 million tax concession granted to Fairmont Hamilton Princess goes against the spirit and intent of the Hotel Concessions Act.
Ultimately, he said, it will cut the country short of revenue f...
DATE: Jul 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda needs to develop a master plan for hotel development on the Island that includes faster regulation, changes to labour practices and the offer of financial incentives.
That was the conclusion reached by attendees at the recent Hotel Developmen...
DATE: Jul 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A new Tourism Authority should be up and running by the end of the current Parliamentary session, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
In January, Mr Crockwell announced plans to create the new, non-political body which would be responsible...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
