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Bermuda may have been rated as the eighth friendliest place in the world in a recent survey — but that’s not good enough for politician Kim Swan.
Mr Swan, of the United Bermuda Party, said the Island should be striving for the top spot.
The survey sa...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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Tourism
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Spending on sports tourism is to be raised 20 percent as the Island aims to ramp up hotel numbers during the season’s traditionally quieter months.
Reversing last year’s more than $500,000 cut to the budget for sports marketing, the Tourism Board yes...
DATE: Oct 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda will see 24,000 fewer cruise visitors next year, according to Government forecasts.
Meanwhile, the final tally for 2012 is expected to come in at 360,000 — largely due to the loss of the Carnival Cruise Lines visits that propelled 2011 to its...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island's forthcoming cruise ship schedule shows a sharp drop in the number of overall calls to Bermuda, according to a shipping source.
Next year's cruise schedule will deliver 35 less ships for the season, from 163 this year down to 128.
However...
DATE: Oct 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A year into his role as head of Fairmont Hamilton Princess, Len Czarnecki is focused on a $50 million renovation of the property.
Work on a new marina and upgrades to the Pitts Bay Road hotel’s rooms and public spaces is expected to start within the ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A floating condo for the world’s well heeled is visiting Bermuda.
The World arrived yesterday, and will be docked on Front Street for three days.
The ship serves as a residential community owned by its residents. They live on board as the ship slowly...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The latest air arrivals figures are no endorsement for Bermuda’s tourism marketing strategy, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Calling the third-quarter figures “volatile”, Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell said they showed a lack of clear...
DATE: Oct 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Members of the Norwegian Star show band, Nightwatch, buried a time capsule packed with many markers of life in 2012 at Warwick Long Bay on Wednesday.
The group members decided to bury a time capsule to mark their final voyage to Bermuda in 2012, and...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Island’s new brand image was given an upbeat appraisal by Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert, in light of a modest increase in air arrivals.
Two months after Bermuda was rebranded as ‘So Much More’ for tourists, Mr Furbert presented a two percent ris...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Developer Carl Bazarian has formally applied for permits to start work on the first phase of a proposed Park Hyatt resort in St. George’s.
He says he is seeking to break ground in just six weeks on excavation and a foundation for the resort’s beach c...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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