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Hundreds of hospitality workers celebrated the best in their industry last night at the VIP Excellence Awards.
Betty Jean Gilbert, of the Fairmont Southampton, took home the evening's top honours, winning both the Best Server/Hostess/Room Service Awa...
DATE: Apr 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sportsmen who have won six Olympic gold medals, five of them gold, aren’t supposed to be unassuming-types, who shy away from the spotlight.
They are certainly not meant to have difficulty saying ‘no’, be uncomfortable speaking in public, or voice the...
DATE: Apr 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Shadow Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert is backing Government initiatives to revive the flagging industry — and is also taking credit for providing the sector with “a strong foundation”.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell announced on Tuesday that Govern...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The British town of Hertford received a taste of Bermuda this week, courtesy of a travel agency.
The Hertford branch of Thomas Cook Travel recently launched “Bermuda Day” in an effort to promote the Island as a holiday destination.
According to the H...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell is confident the industry can bounce back from a “disappointing” year in 2012.
At a press conference yesterday unveiling a raft of promotional initiatives and strategies planned for 2013, Mr Crockwell warned that the ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government officials were on hand at LF Wade International Airport yesterday afternoon to welcome the arrival of Delta Air Lines’ inaugural flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
The Boeing 737 jet touched down on schedule at 2.30pm and, in true a...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Television commercials promoting Bermuda as a top tourism destination in the US are also being aired on local television this month.
The So Much More advertising campaign, which targets the North America market, features a series of 15-second and 30-...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Mike Winfield wants Bermuda to become a place people aspire to visiting, rather than the mid-market destination it has gradually turned into.
Visitors must want to escape to the Island, and the Tourism Board member believes the fact that not everyone...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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At first glance, giving a bunch of celebrities and journalists an all-expenses paid trip to Bermuda to play in a golf tournament hardly seems like a reasonable use of the Department of Tourism’s dollars.
However, dig a little further, and the raison ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The month of April has been designated as Hospitality Month with a host of events on tap organised by the Department of Tourism and the Bermuda Hospitality Institute (BHI).
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell officially launched the events with students...
DATE: Mar 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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