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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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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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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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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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Tourism
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A senior who took it upon himself to tidy Government property so it looks better for tourists has been honoured with a new award.
Wilfred Furbert, 73, was named yesterday as the first recipient of the “Unsung Heroes” awards, which are the brainchild ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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Tourism
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An increased focus is being placed on social media and the Internet to market Bermuda as a destination, according to Minister of Tourism Wayne Furbert.
“We continue to look at the way our customers like to communicate with us and with each other. In ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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Tourism
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Government is in talks with developers and unions to help bring down the cost of building new hotels, according to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
He also revealed that talks are taking place about travel restrictions and plans are being made to put ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Tourism
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Bermuda’s popularity with golfers is being marketed by the Department of Tourism, with an incentive for visitors to get in a couple of free rounds.
The ‘Tee for Free’ deal offers two free rounds of golf plus $100 credit at any of eight local spas. Th...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government is making steady progress toward meeting its goal of reducing by 100 the number of work permits for waiter/servers, thanks to a new training course.
And, according to Karla Lacey, CEO of the Bermuda Hospitality Institute which plays a coor...
DATE: Jan 26, 2012
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Tourism
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Millions of potential visitors to the Island are being targeted by the Tourism Department’s latest media campaign.
A press release issued by the Department announced the launch of a campaign involving radio, television commercials, billboards and wra...
DATE: Jan 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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