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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...

Last week Friday during a brief speech in Parliament, I spoke on the issue of the deal to begin redeveloping the Fairmont Southampton hotel. After more than two years of endless delays by one entity or another, there is now an agreement to redevelop ...

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 Progressive Labour Party is delivering on its promise to get Bermudians back to work with the Agreement in Principle announced by the Premier and Minister of Finance on Friday. The agreement between the Bermuda Government and Westend Properties ...

Curtis Dickinson’s statement on Friday on why he resigned as finance minister is a textbook example of statesmanlike conduct. It is also a reminder of how badly Bermuda needs someone of Mr Dickinson’s calibre managing the finance ministry. Mr Dicki...

What follows is the full text of Curtis Dickinson’s statement to the House of Assembly on Friday, March 25, 2022 outlining his reasons for resigning as Minister of Finance Mr Speaker, on the 14th of February 2022, after having served for almost ...

Disagreements over concessions for the Fairmont Southampton triggered Curtis Dickinson’s resignation as finance minister

Financial guarantees will be given by the Government to the developers of the Fairmont Southampton after they secured $190 million investment for the project. The Premier remained vague on how much the Gencom/Westend Properties companies would get in...

Finances to start the much anticipated redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton are now in place

Government is to provide a guarantee for the Fairmont Southampton redevelopment, the Premier told MPs

MPs are expected to debate the Cannabis Licensing Act this afternoon, a year after it was turned down by the Senate