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Bermuda was recently highlighted on a BBC Travel website, listing it as one of several ideal places to own a Caribbean home.
The article acknowledges the high cost of living here and also remarks on the advantages of Bermuda’s isolation. “The cab dri...
DATE: Mar 01, 2011
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Tourism
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Tourism Minister Patrice Minors said an aggressive marketing campaign was taking place in the United States to boost visitor numbers to the Island.
She said Government was moving away from advertising agencies and going directly to overseas media, l...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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Tourism
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The Minister of Tourism should outline Bermuda's advertising strategy, and its cost, after members of Government made contradictory statements this week.
Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier said it was important Minister Patrice Minors...
DATE: Feb 25, 2011
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Tourism
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An online petition has been created, calling for an SDO for the Rosewood Tucker’s Point Resort to be abandoned.
The petition, which appeared online yesterday, asks the Ministry of the Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy to reverse the d...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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Tourism
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Shadow Tourism Minister Cole Simons believes Bermuda suffered a 30 percent drop in air arrivals over the past decade through poor planning and brand awareness.
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors announced on Wednesday that 232,262 people arrived on the ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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Tourism
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Bermuda must undo the “winter effect” and court high-end visitors to save its hospitality industry, according to restaurant manager Philip Barnett.
The acting chairman of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce nightclub and restaurant division told Sandys R...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A sub lease agreement for the 9 Beaches resort was approved in the Senate yesterday morning.
The lease agreement between the Bermuda Land Development Company Ltd and IRC-Sandys Limited, will pave the way for an $80 million redevelopment of the resort...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda recorded the lowest number of air visitors in 30 years last year, but had one of the best years ever for cruise ship visitors. Cruise arrivals accounted for 60 percent of Bermuda's visitors in 2010, Minister of Tourism Patrice Minors revealed...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Tourism
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The public should demand the Rosewood Tucker's Point development be scaled back, former conservation officer David Wingate said yesterday.
He said the proposed special development order (SDO) would build on virgin land equivalent to Yellowstone Natio...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Tourism
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Winter occupancy levels at Bermuda’s larger hotels could be the worst in decades, an industry head said yesterday.
Between January and March 2010 the seven largest hotels on the Island reported 35 percent occupancy, down from 37 percent in 2009.
Tho...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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