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A plan for “well over 300” units at the Fairmont Southampton was presented to environmental groups last year, a conservation charity said. The Bermuda National Trust added that the scheme would “saturate the property with villas” if it went ahead. Ge...

The Government has defended its plan to extend tax breaks to boost tourism despite concerns raised by a former finance minister. Curtis Dickinson, who quit the post in February, warned that he generally did not support concessions for hotel developme...

Resort owners have confirmed that residential units are planned for land surrounding the Fairmont Southampton hotel. Gencom, a Miami-based investment firm, added that the construction of villas was not expected to start until after the completion of ...

Redundancy payments to Fairmont Southampton workers were written into budgeted costs for the hotel’s redevelopment even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the head of the company that owns the resort said. But Karim Alibhai, the founder and head of Ge...

A package of tax incentives is expected to support the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton

About $150,000 is to be spent on each of the 593 guest rooms as part of a “gut-out” at Bermuda’s largest hotel, the head of the company behind the development said. Karim Alibhai, the founder and principal of Gencom, which owns the Fairmont Southamp...

The first cruise ship of the year berthed in Bermuda yesterday when the Norwegian Epic arrived in Dockyard

Plans to build a funicular railway at a resort created out of a failed affordable housing project have been scrapped. The showpiece funicular at the Bermudiana Beach Resort on South Road, Warwick would have connected the clifftop site with the beach....

More than $400 million is expected to be spent on the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton by the time it reopens next year, its owners said last night. Gencom added that the figure included the acquisition of the landmark resort by its subsidia...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority hopes to get people in the water next month as part of its inaugural Bermuda Dive Month event. The event – created in partnership with the Bermuda dive community – will offer a range of diving classes, aquatic adventures...