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A Michael Jackson impersonator was detained by Immigration after landing in Bermuda without a work permit but released after Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert intervened. The entertainer, called MJX, from New Jersey, was hired by the organisers of a lar...

Visitor arrivals fell by one percent for the second quarter of 2012, after a large dip in convention business tourists. About 240,000 visitors came to Bermuda in April, May and June this year, down from 243,000 in the corresponding period of 2011. An...

The new Rubis gas station on South Shore, Warwick officially opened yesterday, with a food concession operated by MEF Ltd. Gold Coast Express serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and operates whenever the gas station is open, from around 6.30am to at l...

The owners of O-Bar have put the Bermudiana Road coffee and cocktail bar up for sale. Associated Cuisine has listed the bar with Firm Advisory, a business brokerage joint venture with Bermuda Realty. The bar, formerly known as Opus, was at one time p...

The Bermuda Department of Tourism recently unveiled their latest efforts in attracting visitors to the Island with a $4.8 million advertising campaign. Only time will tell whether the ads have been effective with overseas residents. In the meantime, ...

August 18, 2012 Dear Sir, As a regular visitor to Bermuda and a US ad agency exec for over 20 years, I think the new tourism campaign is utterly useless. I can’t imagine anyone choosing to visit Bermuda as a result of seeing these ads. By contrast, w...

August 18, 2012 Dear Sir, Just wondering if the artists in the community need any sea glass? If so, better get crackin’ to the west end beaches. The visitors’ are removing the stuff by the bucketload. There are websites telling people where to go and...

August 18, 2012 Dear Sir, David Allen, as Tourism Minister, had a vision and passion for Cultural Tourism. It was his vision to establish tourist links throughout the African Diaspora. He envisioned that those in the Diaspora would travel to experien...

August 14, 2012 Dear Sir, As a frequent visitor to the Island, I wanted to share my thoughts with you as to how the Island looks to me. I know that unemployment is at an all-time high, but having said that, I'm disappointed that items such as rust on...

August 11, 2012 Dear Sir, While going through my archives last week, I found a pre-1985 Bermuda hotel guide. As I thumbed through it, I was amazed at how many hotels are gone: Castle Harbour, Belmont, Ariel Sands, Glencoe, Bermudiana, Lantana, Loughl...

Many young Bermudians exhibit little work ethic and are barely suitable for employment, restaurant owners believe. They say their efforts to hire locals fail because they aren’t punctual, have no service skills and frequently don’t show up for work. ...

Bermuda’s hotels were virtually packed out over the Cup Match holiday weekend. Island residents enjoying a short break for the midsummer holiday boosted business for hoteliers in what is also peak season for foreign visitors. The trend was particular...