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A Tourism Development Act will broaden concessions to tourism investors, and will make provisions for training Bermudians and for the development and hiring of Bermudian entertainment while replacing the Hotels Concession Act 2000, it was announced i...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Air arrivals for October were up more than five percent compared to the same month last year, according to preliminary figures released by the Tourism Ministry.
However Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert said the final figures for the month may be less p...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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CATEGORY:
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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