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Representatives of more than 600 Bermuda vacation rentals have called on the Government to scrap the Travel Authorisation form, saying it is negatively impacting tourism.
Bravo, the Bermuda Rental Association of Vacation (Home) Owners, penned a join...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A cruise line has listed Bermuda on its 2023 summer schedule.
MSC Merviglia, of MSC Cruises, will offer year-round voyages from New York to Bermuda, with the first one to start in April.
Itineraries will vary from six-night stays to eleven nights...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A charity wants to recruit a team of “weekday warriors” to help with restoration work on an historic fort.
Work has already started at Fort Cunningham on Paget Island, St George’s Harbour, with members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment helping to clear u...
DATE: Apr 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 76.5m super yacht owned by an American billionaire docked today at Pennos Wharf in St George.
Boardwalk arrived in the East End at about 9.45am and will stay until the weather clears up.
The yacht, which weighs 1,848 tons, is a luxury Feadship ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
More than 2,500 people have now signed an online petition calling on the Government to drop the Travel Authorisation Form.
The TAF, introduced in June 2020 and expected to continue until March 2023, has been denounced by the Opposition as a “stealth ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition yesterday challenged the Government to give details on 15 years of concessions for developers refurbishing the Fairmont Southampton Hotel.
The remarks from Craig Cannonier, the Shadow Tourism Minister, followed the tabling on Friday of...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Economic benefits to Bermuda sparked by the reopening of the Fairmont Southampton will “far outweigh” the value of concessions designed to support the hotel’s redevelopment, the tourism minister insisted yesterday.
Vance Campbell earlier tabled legis...
DATE: Apr 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Delays to travel authorisation approvals are usually because people submitted their forms too late, a government spokeswoman said.
She added that many recent travellers filled out applications in the evening before their planned departure for Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parliamentarians will return to the House of Assembly today when legislation is expected to be tabled to enshrine government support for the Fairmont Southampton redevelopment.
The Fairmont Southampton Hotel Act 2022 is listed for tabling before MPs,...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A yacht used in an alleged bid to smuggle a Pablo Picasso painting out of Spain was seen in St George’s over the weekend.
Jaime Botin was convicted of trying to traffic the art work Head of a Young Woman on his 65m schooner Adix in 2015.
Megayacht Ne...
DATE: Apr 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter