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A cruise ship scheduled to arrive in Bermuda this week has been damaged after a fire broke out on one of its decks early yesterday morning.
Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas was en route to CocoCay, Bahamas, from Baltimore, Maryland when the bla...
DATE: May 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Details of a major facelift for Bermuda’s oldest hotel have been unveiled by the new owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
And the Green family has also announced that it will be pumping more funds into the revamp than first planned, increasing i...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Residents randomly polled on whether Bermuda should relax it’s liquor licensing laws, or sell alcohol in grocery stores and other outlets every day including Sundays, unanimously answered ‘yes’.
Irie FM executive Ben Fairn said: “I think we need to l...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The need to create new tourism products for Bermuda dominated discussion in the House of Assembly on Friday night.
One member sounded a clear warning to the new One Bermuda Alliance Government that without the creation of jobs “everything will come t...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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St George’s retailers have mixed views of the summer season so far, but visitors offered the town a glowing review.
Mayor Garth Rothwell said yesterday that the town has been busier then it has been in a while, due in large part to a large group of v...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Visitor Information Centre is to open in the Ferry Terminal in Hamilton.
Unitl recently the VIC was operated by Destiny Tours Limited, and based out of the Juice ‘n’ Beans Cafe on Front Street.
However, the Tourism Department have now awarded the ...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda tourism officials are travelling the US East Coast as part of a six-city marketing blitz.
Information on the Island has been presented to more than 210 travel agents in Boston, New Jersey and New York City.
“We are extremely pleased with the ...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Royal Naval Dockyard burst into life yesterday as thousands of cruise passengers from two luxury liners — including the record-breaking mega-ship Norwegian Breakaway — flooded into the historic fortress port.
On a day described by Premier Craig Canno...
DATE: May 16, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Although tomorrow’s arrival of thousands of cruise passengers is seen as a boost to a flagging tourism industry, questions have been raised over whether Bermuda’s infrastructure is capable of handling so many visitors at one time.
Government has been...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda is gearing up for the largest flood of tourists ever to visit the Island in a single day tomorrow, when two cruise ships will deliver almost 7,500 passengers and crew to our shores.
Tourism chiefs are optimistic that the invasion of visitors...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan