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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has urged the Bermuda Government to boost its funding in the upcoming Budget. Bill Hanbury, the chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, told The Royal Gazette that an increased budget figure was vital and woul...

A rise in group bookings and the success of the Pink Sale has prompted “cautious optimism” within the tourism sector for 2016. The recent Pink Sale is expected to bring $8.8 million into the local economy in direct visitor spending this year after ne...

The selling of overseas lottery tickets by local bookmakers is to come under scrutiny at two meetings to be held this month. The special sessions of the Betting Licensing Authority will be much more “extensive” than usual, according to chairman Juan ...

Michael Dunkley has hailed talks with JetBlue bosses as “very productive” and says the airline is looking to expand its presence in the Bermuda market. The Premier led a small delegation to New York last week to meet with JetBlue officials, including...

Potential casino developers may be able to apply to have property designated as a possible casino site before the end of the month. Richard Schuetz, executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, said that he hopes the application proces...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority will financially support new culinary, heritage and water sport activities for visitors as part of its 2016 tourism experiences investment process. Meanwhile, a spokesman said events such as the Bermuda Fly-fishing Inv...

Bermuda must strive to strike a balance between progress and preserving our national heritage. This will require a great deal of consultation over various projects that impact our limited space on a small island with demand for growth and development...

The final funding agreements for The Bermudiana development on South Shore are expected to be reached before the end of the month and construction work should start on the project in May. This according to Robert MacLellan, chief executive officer of...

New travel requirements for Bermudians going to Canada will come into effect next month. The Electronic Travel Authorisation, or eTA, which is a mirror of the electronic system for travel authorisation for the United States, becomes mandatory on Marc...

Beatnik Rubaine moved to the UK for what he jokingly calls “DJ world domination”. Reality hit when he arrived in London in 2005. The gigs he was hired for didn’t bring in enough money, and then he was turned down for a slew of menial jobs including ...

A new hotel development in St George’s is set to break ground no later than June, according to Shawn Crockwell. Mr Crockwell added that Desarrollos has reached agreement on all of its financing arrangements. However the Minister of Tourism Developmen...

“Hundreds” have objected to a proposal for a parking lot to be added at Shelly Bay park for a restaurant there. A public meeting at 6.30pm today at Francis Patton Primary School has been called by Hamilton parish MPs Derrick Burgess and Wayne Furbert...