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Gaming should be legalised and a casino opened in Hamilton within two years, according to the Tourism Board. This is one of a whole raft of wide-ranging recommendations included in a newly released report, which addresses the key issues needed to mak...

Plans to sell the Coral Beach Club to its members were revealed in a letter yesterday from the New York developer that holds a longterm lease on the South Shore property. Brickman Associates earlier this year scrapped much-heralded plans to redevelop...

American Airlines flights servicing Bermuda should be unaffected by the company filing for bankruptcy protection at least for now. AA spokeswoman Martha Pantín told The Royal Gazette: “American Airlines continues to operate normally. Our customers wi...

Willowbank staff remain hopeful that the cash-strapped hotel will “find the funds” to reopen again in time for the summer. The 70-room hotel in Sandys closes its doors today as the downturn in the economy takes its toll on the tourism industry. The ...

The Bermuda Department of Tourism has won an international award for a creative marketing event at New York’s Grand Central Station. The advertising push took place on March 30 in the historic Vanderbilt Hall and included a live band, on-air intervie...

Bermuda’s tourism decline is the result of its snotty and arrogant past, according to Cambridge Beaches Resort president Michael Winfield. He believes only by thinking outside the box will the Island be able to shed its image of being old, boring, an...

Government is on the lookout for an advertising agency to carry out its media plan in the US and Canada. The Department of Tourism has lodged a Request For Proposal, indicating in the Official Gazette it’s seeking a firm to create, develop and execut...

Visitor arrivals have increased for the third quarter running, an “excited” Tourism Minister announced yesterday. Wayne Furbert said that all visitor arrival segments had recorded an increase in numbers for the third quarter of 2011. “Total visitor a...

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...

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 ...