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Overall tourist numbers have dropped 3.5 percent with fewer people visiting the Island on cruise ships and yachts in the last three months of this year.
However, air arrivals, who traditionally spend more than cruise visitors, rose almost four percen...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Tourism
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Teacher Nelsalene Lespere was in the grocery store when she got the phone call telling her that her voice was to be transported into millions of homes across North America.
Mrs Lespere said she was “shocked and excited” to be told she had beaten off ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2011
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Tourism
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East-end residents are calling for “guarantees against failure” and “complete transparency” before development moves forward with the proposed Park Hyatt Resort.
A St George’s Residents’ Group, made up of around 300 concerned individuals, have said ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Tourism
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Environmentalists have called for the public to voice last-minute concerns over Park Hyatt’s “starkly un-Bermudian” development plans for St George’s.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said it supported the idea of a hotel at ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Work on the $80 million redevelopment of 9 Beaches is expected to start by the end of the summer as the resort eagerly awaits the return of guests.
The “expansion, upgrade and redevelopment” of the resort at Daniel’s Head, Sandys, is now a step clos...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Tourism
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A miscalculation in ferry passenger numbers caused tourists to be left behind in St George’s, Government has said.
King’s Square was the scene of lengthy queues, as well as irate visitors, when Monday’s 3.45pm ferry back to the West End turned many a...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
St George’s residents have met with representatives from Government and the proposed Park Hyatt resort over plans to put a sewage treatment facility in their backyard.
David Hillier, a member of a group called the Old Military Road Task Force, said h...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Pink Beach Club is just “a few weeks away” from being sold to a buyer with an international reputation.
The new owner is in the “final acquiring stages” and those involved are “very hopeful” that the sale will be complete by the end of July.
The ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda needs to leave its tourism heyday memories in the past to be able to move into the future, according to hotelier Jon Crellin.
Mr Crellin, who steps down as general manager of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel this week, has spoken out abou...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda’s Tourism Board has suffered the loss of four of its original members in its first six months.
The high turnover of members has left gaps in the group at a time when strategies to revive the flagging industry are desperately needed.
Quinton ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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