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Cruise ships steering away from visits to Bermuda could cause a huge hit to some already-suffering retailers.
Next year, Carnival Cruises will only visit the Island once, while the Holland America Line’s Veendam is not scheduled to visit the Island a...
DATE: Nov 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert is hopeful new cruise ships will be brought to the Island to soften the blow of losing the Veendam from 2013.
The new Cabinet member also backed Transport Minister Derrick Burgess’ efforts to find a way of ensuring the ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda needs to target busy professionals who are in need of a quick getaway, which is “just hours away, but world’s apart”.
This is the view of hotelier Brian Young who believes the key to Bermuda’s tourism success lies in the Island being seen as...
DATE: Nov 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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An expansion of Rosewood Tucker’s Point remains on the cards as bosses hope to cash in on the hotel’s increase in popularity.
About 50 rooms look set to be added to the “area immediately around” the hotel’s main building at Castle Harbour.
It comes ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Business Development and Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert has been thrown in at the deep end with a business trip to the UK just days after he was appointed.
Mr Furbert flew to London at the weekend to fly the flag for Bermuda at the annual World Trave...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Hamilton’s waterfront development needs to be an iconic structure that is seen on magazine covers across the world.
This is the view of Elbow Beach general manager Frank Stocek who wants people to instantly associate pictures of the multipurpose deve...
DATE: Nov 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Workers at The Reefs downed tools yesterday in protest of three Bermudians being axed instead of guest workers.
Tempers flared as the three maintenance workers were told they were immediately out of jobs at the cash-strapped hotel because their depa...
DATE: Nov 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Carnival Cruise Lines slashing its presence in Bermuda is nothing short of “an abject failure” by Government.
The One Bermuda Alliance and the United Bermuda Party have pointed the finger at the Ministry of Transport for losing the cruise ship compan...
DATE: Nov 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Tourism veteran Frank Stocek who heads up the Elbow Beach Resort is leaving the Island after more than ten years.
Mr Stocek, who is well known for promoting Bermuda’s tourism industry, has been transferred to another Mandarin Oriental property in Mal...
DATE: Nov 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Carnival Cruise Lines has apologised for the last-minute change of heart, but says it’s done nothing wrong by axing 11 out of its 12 planned visits to Bermuda.
Government has little choice but to accept the cancellation as a huge financial loss to t...
DATE: Nov 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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