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Government said yesterday that construction of a new St Regis hotel and residences in the City of Hamilton will create some 600 jobs — but still no date has been given for groundbreaking on the proposed resort. Minister of Business Development and To...

It was chilly under the bright lights at Boston’s Fenway Park — but singing the US national anthem there was “terrific” and “one of the greatest feelings of my singing career”, Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert said. A seasoned gospel singer from the ag...

Students have it drilled into them at endless events that they should “aim for the sky if they wish to reach the rooftops”. There’s nothing wrong with ambition, or setting goals which are slightly out of reach. But ambition also needs to be tempered ...

Bistro at the Beach owner Rick Olson is taking over the former Silk Thai restaurant on Front Street. Mr Olson confirmed yesterday he and a partner from the Beach had bought the assets of Silk and were planning a new bar and restaurant concept at the ...

The multimillionaire owner of Lantana is speaking out against a local bank after two attempts to buy Newstead Belmont Hills golf club and fractional resort fell through at the last minute. New York-based investor Lawrence Doyle said: "I have bought a...

The National Tourism Strategy Plan has created five “overall objectives” including returning air arrivals to 1980 peak levels and get tourists spending to $1.4 billion in the next decade, Parliament has heard. Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert told the ...

May 9, 2012 Dear Sir, I just heard a radio ad here in NY about Sizzling Summer Offers. Drove home and ran to the computer. GoToBermuda.com. These are sale prices? Sizzling? No wonder the hotel business stinks! The Fairmont Hamilton Princess $299/nigh...

This was sent to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert and copied to The Royal Gazette May 5, 2012 Dear Mr Furbert, I am writing to you as a concerned citizen. In the current climate of declining tourism, I would have thought that your Department of Touris...

Three Bermuda hotels have made Condé Nast Traveler’s Top 20 Foreign Golf Resorts list. The 2012 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Poll lists the Top 121 properties that promise “gorgeous golf for all skill levels coupled with unrivalled lodgings, food an...

There will be no meaningful growth in the Caribbean tourism market until 2014 at the very least. That’s the worrying conclusion of KPMG’s annual Caribbean Region Financing Survey unveiled at the recent Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conferenc...

Even without a cruise ship, 2012 is proving to be a busy season in St George’s Harbour. Yesterday the Old Town hosted a record number of visiting luxury motoryachts, according to Mark Soares of Bermuda Yacht Services (BYS), demonstrating the potentia...