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Can you all please stop being so negative

24 November, 2014 Dear Sir, I watched the new video put out by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and loved it. Loved the music and more importantly hope we can get there. I think we can if the media would be cooperative in not spewing and twisting every...
Dec 01, 2014
Other

Hotel gets $5 million funding boost

Plans to build a new luxury hotel and marina at Morgan’s Point moved a step closer last night with news that developers have received financial backing for the project. Morgan’s Point Ltd announced it had received an initial $5 million commitment in ...
Dec 01, 2014
Local Business

New takeout restaurant offers wings in wild flavours

Dakia O’Brien’s new takeout restaurant Wild Wing Wednesday will celebrate its grand opening tomorrow when Member of Parliament for the area Michael Weeks will cut the ribbon and officially launch an already successful and popular business, in an even...
Nov 28, 2014
Tourism

Tourism grant deadline extended

Entrepreneurs seeking funding to launch tourism-related ventures should hear next week whether their proposals have been successful. The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s Tourism Experiences investment scheme offers grants totalling hundreds of thousands o...
Nov 27, 2014
Other

America’s Cup racing could come to Hamilton

Hamilton Harbour could host America’s Cup World Series racing next year, Dr Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development, confirmed yesterday. But whether or not the one-design AC45 wingsail catamarans, which have foiling capabilities like th...
Nov 18, 2014
Other

DeSilva accuses OBA of doing ‘cut and paste’ job

Zane DeSilva has accused the One Bermuda Alliance of doing a “cut and paste” job in its Throne Speech, effectively taking credit for policies and projects put in place by the Progressive Labour Party. Referring to the Government’s claim that there h...
Nov 18, 2014
Other

New marketing for Bermuda tourism

Courting air arrivals is the top priority for the Bermuda Tourism Authority, with air visitor numbers down almost four percent for the year to date. Marketing the Bermuda experience by encouraging online pictures and videos is part of the organisatio...
Nov 14, 2014
Other

PLP takes issue with Ariel announcement

Shadow Minister of Environment Glenn Blakeney has accused Michael Dunkley of trying to “score cheap political points” by saying Ariel Sands redevelopment had “broken ground”. He said that despite the groundbreaking announcement on Wednesday morning, ...
Nov 14, 2014
Other

A vote of confidence in Bermuda

Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has promised that Bermudians will continue to be instrumental to the success of his hotel Ariel Sands after it opens its doors for business. Speaking to The Royal Gazette after ground was broken on the $85 million red...
Nov 13, 2014
Tourism

Hollywood star Douglas to promote Bermuda

Michael Douglas, Ariel Sands’ part-owner and Hollywood actor, is to actively promote the Island to a global audience, according to Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman Bill Hanbury. Mr Hanbury said the authority had held conversations with Mr Douglas a...
Nov 12, 2014
Other

Tourism goals welcomed by BTA

Bermuda Tourism Authority has welcomed the legislative goals put forward in the Throne Speech in relation to casino gaming and the cruise industry. Tourism featured heavily in the Speech, and included the announcement that Government will introduce ...
Nov 08, 2014
Tourism

Air arrivals and visitor spending both go down

Springtime arrivals from cruise ships were up ten percent on the previous year’s figures, but air arrivals in the second quarter dropped by 2.5 percent, with a total of 73,122 visitors coming through LF Wade International Airport. The figures, releas...
Nov 07, 2014
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