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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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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While large hotels are facing poor occupancy levels and offering special packages to entice tourists, some of the Island's smaller properties claim to be faring well.
Bermuda's larger hotels have reported between 35 and 37 percent occupancy over the...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A sub-lease agreement for the 9 Beaches resort was approved in the Senate this morning.
The lease agreement between the Bermuda Land Development Company Ltd and IRC-Sandy's Limited, will pave the way for an $80 million redevelopment at the resort.
Th...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The stark realties facing the Island’s tourism industry make further development at the Rosewood Tucker’s Point property necessary the hotel president said yesterday.
Ed Trippe said he appreciated that many in the public had strong opinions about a ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Corporation of Hamilton filed a writ against the developers of the St Regis hotel near Par-la-Ville park last week.
Mayor Charles Gosling told The Royal Gazette he could not expand on the issue yesterday, as it was now a matter for the courts. Th...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Giving permission for Tucker’s Point to extend its five-star resort is not a “slap in the face” to the original residents of the land or their descendants, Government insisted yesterday.
It released a statement in response to the claim made last week...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A special development order proposed for Tucker’s Point is seen as a desecration of the land by many in Bermuda’s East End, according to CURB president Lynne Winfield.
CURB (Citizen Uprooting Racism in Bermuda) condemned the SDO as “a slap in the fac...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
