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Property owners who want to register holiday accommodation were left baffled after there were no official forms available. In a bid to comply with the new Vacation Rental Act 2018, which introduced a 4.5 per cent tax on Airbnb-style rentals, landlord...

A boom in Airbnb-style rentals may have slashed the number of affordable properties for Bermuda residents, it was warned yesterday. Agents and property hunters believe there has been a marked drop in the number of homes offered for long-term lease si...

Made in Bermuda Nights will bring live island music to Hamilton Harbour’s White’s Island this week. And a total of eight restaurants are to celebrate the event with special menus. The restaurants will offer special Bermuda-themed menus on Thursday ev...

A homely Devonshire restaurant is set to be recognised by the Travel Channel for its tasty cassava pie. Flame, a family-owned business located on North Shore Road, Devonshire, was launched by owners Jennifer and Greg Seymour. The family opened part o...

Funworx, which has a pop-up location at Gombey’s Restaurant and Bar in St Davids, is providing electric scooter tours to guests. The company rents watersports products as well as their newly URB-E electric scooters, which can be used for scavenger hu...

Somerset Bridge Watersports has earned a place in TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame after achieving certificates of excellence for five consecutive years. The family-run business is now in its 30th year and provides waterskiing and jet-skiing options, kayak...

Government House has stonewalled a question about whether it knew the sale of American lottery tickets in Bermuda was branded a potential breach of “numerous” laws in the United States by a top American gambling lawyer. The Royal Gazette reported la...

A 4.5 per cent charge on guests at Airbnb-style holiday rental properties will level the playing field for Bermuda’s hotel industry, the Bermuda Hotel Association said yesterday. Vacation rental property owners said they did not oppose the new levy b...

A 4.5 per cent fee on guests using Airbnb-style holiday rental properties could raise up to $750,000 this financial year, MPs heard on Friday. Jamahl Simmons, the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, told MPs the new levy would be given to t...

A scheme to get around the expiry of a restaurant’s liquor licence by use of a private members’ club next door was slammed by the Liquor Licensing Authority yesterday. Juan Wolffe, chairman of the LLA, said Mad Hatters restaurant in Hamilton had serv...

Proposed legislation to tax and regulate people who rent their homes to visitors was welcomed yesterday by the Bermuda Tourism Authority. But Michael Cranfield, of Vacation Rentals Bermuda, said the Vacation Rentals Bill 2018 is “alarming” to some ow...

Electric vehicle charging stations have been installed at Clearwater Beach to encourage visitors to make a trip to the east end location. Twizy electric car rentals can be charged at the eight stations while visitors enjoy themselves at the beach in ...