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A streamlined visa process should make it easier for visitors arriving on the Island by yacht.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief told the House of Assembly that as a result of meeting with private sector partners, the Department of Border C...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It had all the makings of a fantastic beach party: girls in bikinis, free-flowing booze, a volleyball net and a gigantic water slide.
But the one thing yesterday’s Party on the Rock at Horseshoe Bay couldn’t quite deliver was sunshine.
Instead, the ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell claimed last night that his counterpart in Government put a “gloss” and a “spin” this week on the 2011 visitor arrival figures.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert reported on Monday that Bermuda recorded the second...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A short film about Johnny Barnes posted on the internet has received more than 100,00 views in just three days.
Filmmaker Mat Morris of Florida travelled to Bermuda in 2010 to make the film called ‘Mr Happy Man’.
It has since appeared in documentary...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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College Weeks kicks off in Bermuda this weekend for the first time since the boom years of tourism in years gone by.
The first batch of students from Canada and the United States will be flying in for the launch of a series of Spring Break Events sch...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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New Yorkers received a small taste of Bermuda in the heart of the city.
Bermuda Department of Tourism hosted “Experience Bermuda Day” at Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall.
Local musicians and gombeys were on hand at the event, which was decora...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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MP Kim Swan and Charles Swan believe the Country should not share the joy expressed by Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert as he announced last year’s bumper visitor figures.
Mr Furbert reported on Monday that Bermuda recorded the second highest number of...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Teenager Giles Lorimer’s video of cliff-jumping in Bermuda has made it onto popular website the Huffington Post.
The 15-year-old’s clips of summer island fun, featured in The Royal Gazette last week after attracting more than 130,000 hits on YouTube,...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Members of exclusive Coral Beach Club have been presented with an extraordinary plan to sell them the club facilities for some $28 million.
As part of the “equity conversion” plan members would have to make an investment of $35,000 (resident) or $20,...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda recorded the second highest number of visitors in history last year, and a 12 percent increase on 2010.
Minister of Tourism Wayne Furbert announced yesterday that 655,236 tourists came to the Island in 2011. That was second only to 2007 when ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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