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Superyachts are setting course to Bermuda as a safe haven during the Covid-19 crisis, the owner of ships’ chandlers Bermuda Yacht Services said yesterday. Mark Soares added: “This is not our normal season for superyachts, most would be in the Med at ...

The Government has made it mandatory that visitors to the island have a clear pre-departure coronavirus test if they are travelling from a country with community transmission of Covid-19. Officials said if they did not have a clear result, they would...

Elbow Beach Hotel is to stay shuttered until the end of the year, it was confirmed yesterday. But Jacky DiMeglio, the hotel’s general manager, declined to comment further. The waterfront resort in Paget earlier announced a temporary closure until Sep...

A survey of cruise ship travellers suggests more than three quarters intend to book a cruise again, despite the pandemic’s impact on the industry. Cruise Critic launched a worldwide survey of its readers in April, since when the industry has ground t...

Bermuda welcomed its first scheduled commercial flight for more than three months yesterday. Karla Aitken collected her daughter, Ashley, 23, who had at last managed to return from college in Denmark — but the joy of homecoming was marred by sadness ...

Bermuda benefited by an estimated $22.6 million from the inaugural PGA Tour Bermuda Championship last year. That is based on a direct economic impact of $7.8 million, which is said to have generated an additional $10.6 million impact on the economy t...

Bermuda is losing nearly $250 million in visitor spending this year as a result of Covid-19. The estimates made by the Bermuda Tourism Authority were revealed yesterday in a webinar on the industry’s preparedness to restart, ahead of commercial fligh...

Hotels will lose more money by reopening than they would if they remained closed this year, a leading hotelier said. David Dodwell, president of The Reefs, said this view was the consensus of a group of hoteliers from medium-sized properties who met ...

Bermuda must go beyond black people in advertisements to attract African-American tourists, the head of the island’s tourism quango has warned. Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said that diversity in the orga...

A top hotel has announced that it will remain shut until next year because of the Covid-19 crisis and that staff would be made redundant. Scott Kitson, a co-owner of the Rosedon Hotel, in Pembroke, said hotel staff already laid off would lose their j...