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Four destination hubs on the Island, and a fifth offshore, will be set up as part of an effort to reinvent Bermuda’s tourism industry.
St George’s and St David’s, the City of Hamilton, South Shore and Dockyard will all receive special focus under the...
DATE: Jun 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Tourism Board Amendment Act 2012 was passed in the House of Assembly last night, but not before a lengthy debate with questioning by the Opposition on specific clauses.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert told his parliamentary colleagues that “every ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A burglar who broke into a hotel room and fought a tourist had his sentence more than doubled in a Supreme Court appeal.
Stanley Davis, 46, had been sentenced to 12-months imprisonment for the 2010 incident, but Chief Justice Ian Kawaley found that t...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The National Tourism Plan will be tabled in the House of Assembly today, according to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
The plan, which has been developed over the last five months, is said to lay the groundwork for Bermuda’s tourism strategy over the ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda came in for a bit of priceless free publicity as a tourism destination by way of The Bachelorette which aired on the US network ABC on Monday night.
Emily Maynard, ‘The Bachelorette’ treated eight men vying to become the ‘apple of her eye’ to...
DATE: Jun 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Visitor arrivals were up by nearly nine percent for the first quarter of 2012, according to statistics released by the Department of Tourism last night.
A total of 34,571 people visited the Island from January to the end of March this year, up from 3...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Visitor arrivals were up by nearly nine percent for the first quarter of 2012, according to statistics released by the Department of Tourism this evening.
A total of 34,571 people visited the Island from January to the end of March this year, up from...
DATE: Jun 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A popular YouTube clip of cliff-jumping in Bermuda is the inspiration for a new video competition to promote the Island.
Residents have the chance to win $5,000 by submitting their own films in a quarterly contest being arranged by the Bermuda Depart...
DATE: May 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Transportation Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday said he was “excited” by the prospect of a new flight from the US.
He was speaking at a press conference yesterday held to confirm that Delta plans to launch daily flights between Bermuda and New York...
DATE: May 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Delta Air Lines will operate daily flights between Bermuda and New York’s LaGuardia Airport, beginning next year.
The service will run year-round, beginning April 8.
Flights are scheduled to leave LaGuardia at 9.55am, arriving in Bermuda at 1.05pm.
T...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
