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Insurance firms yesterday backed the finance minister’s move to allow people struggling to make ends meet to take an extra $6,000 from eligible pension plans.
But the adminstrator of a hospitality industry pension scheme said said hotel workers who h...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The owners of Bermuda’s biggest hotel are expected to discuss finance arrangements for its refurbishment in the next month, the finance minister revealed yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the owners of the shuttered Fairmont Southampton, had s...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first cruise ship to come to Bermuda in more than a year, anchored off Dockyard yesterday in what was hailed as a landmark moment in the island’s recovery from Covid-19.
The Viking Orion, which arrived off St David’s on Friday, moved to Grassy Ba...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The St Regis Bermuda resort in St George’s has welcomed its first guests after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the weekend.
David Burt, the Premier, said the opening of the luxury hotel on Saturday was “another major step forward in the start of the tou...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bad smells have forced efforts to market a disused resort to be put on hold, MPs heard on Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that the decision to halt the bid to get the former 9 Beaches r...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Royal Caribbean has cancelled plans to homeport its Vision of the Seas ship in Bermuda for seven-night cruises to the Bahamas.
But Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said it was hoped that the cruise company would be able to resume normal schedu...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Tourism leaders reacted with disappointment yesterday after news broke that a Royal Caribbean cruise ship will not be based in Bermuda over the summer.
Charles Jeffers II, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the announc...
DATE: May 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Viking lines’ cruise ship Orion will drop anchor tomorrow to complete quarantine before it homeports in Bermuda.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said today the ship will remain in the Great Sound for six days so the 460 crew members can compl...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Extra support to boost the struggling tour boat industry is being considered by the Government, it was revealed yesterday.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said the Bermuda Tour Boat Association had approached the Government for help to tackl...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of free workshops designed to improve accessibility across the island has been launched by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The online workshops, organised with OBMI Bermuda Accessible Solutions, were designed to help participants learn more a...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes