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Bermuda’s eco-friendly outlook is being used to lure visitors back to the island from the UK and continental Europe, travel chiefs have said.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority said it was carrying out a push into the British market after having a “fluctu...
DATE: Oct 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Hoteliers have called for the $40 entry fee to Bermuda to be abolished now that most of the controversial Travel Authorisation regime has been abandoned.
Tourism leaders said that although delays in being granted permission to arrive were the main po...
DATE: Oct 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Nearly $12 million was driven into the economy last year by the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, a report has revealed.
With this year’s tournament teeing off today at Port Royal Golf Course, the study found that the previous event attracted media ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
St George’s business owners are celebrating an injection of life in the old town thanks to the recent return of the public ferry service and visits from cruise ships.
Kristin White, owner of Long Story Short, an award-winning retail store and tour co...
DATE: Oct 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has named new vice-presidents of experiences, operations and finance after a series of internal promotions.
Tashae Thompson has been promoted to the position of vice-president of experiences, Jakai Franks has been named ...
DATE: Oct 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pubgoer who said they took a mug without paying for it from Hamilton’s “oldest licensed establishment” more than half a century ago sent $10 last month to cover the cost.
The money arrived at the Hog Penny Restaurant and Pub yesterday – 52 years af...
DATE: Oct 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Air service to Miami is scheduled to resume next month, while service to New York and Toronto will be bolstered.
According to Skyport’s November flight schedule, American Airlines is expected to resume daily service to Miami and New York on November ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A full economic recovery plan must include the reopening of the Fairmont Southampton, the leader of the island’s largest trade union said.
Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president, speaking two years after the hotel closed for renovation...
DATE: Oct 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is seeking to extend the existence of a Front Street visitor hub that cost $1.3 million and was due to be removed next February – less than four years after it opened.
It got the go-ahead in 2017 for a structure made of ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hamilton will benefit from a boost in cruise ship visits next year as the island expects a record number of cruise calls.
Last week Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the Government would soon publish the first draft of the 2023 cru...
DATE: Oct 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes