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Extended construction work on the controversial Heritage Wharf at Dockyard has claimed its first cruise ship casualty.
Government tonight has confirmed that the scheduled April 29 visit by the Emerald Princess has been scuppered while work on the te...
DATE: Mar 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Spring Break 2013 looks set to exceed the numbers recorded last year with 200 college students currently in Bermuda for week three.
The total for this week alone is just 50 short of the estimated 250 students who visited during the entire period last...
DATE: Mar 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Island ambassadors who go the extra mile to ensure holidaymakers enjoy their stay in Bermuda are to be recognised at an awards ceremony next month.
The annual Visitor Industry Partnership (VIP) Excellence Awards has received hundreds of nominations f...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The significant role hotel concierge staff play in the Island’s tourism industry is to be celebrated in a new National Concierge Day.
It is hoped the event — which will be held for the first time on Wednesday — will enable key front line employees to...
DATE: Mar 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Hospitality workers will be certified as Blue Flag Ambassadors as part of a course designed to improve customer service to tourists.
The five-week course is specifically designed for persons who have direct contact with visitors taxi drivers, retaile...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Organisers of the annual Bermuda Regional Bridge Tournament saw a record number of participants this year.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell said more than 326 visitors came to the Island for a week of bridge, sightseeing and socialising.
The tourname...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Government plan to repeal the 2008 Act that gave Carl Bazarian the right to build on the former Club Med site in St George’s, and make the land available for another developer.
The former PLP government’s agreement with Mr Bazarian, which gave the de...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A new Product Development Bureau within the Department of Tourism will allow for “good, common-sense ideas” from ordinary people to be turned into action, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
Peter Wilson, chairman of the Chamber’s Tourism Division,...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda is to be recognised for having the sunniest arrival port by Porthole Cruise Magazine.
The Island was named as a “preferred destination for cruise ships” by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Bill Panoff due to its seclusion, its “beautiful beache...
DATE: Jan 31, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Several Bermuda hotels are offering rooms for half price between now and May 7 as part of a “Pink Sale.”
The Department of Tourism announced yesterday that six hotels are participating in the programme, including both Fairmont Hotels, the Grotto Bay ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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