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The Cabinet Office has refused to release records of correspondence to and from the Premier about the investment firm Gencom. Major Marc Telemaque, the Secretary to the Cabinet, found that the documents were exempt from disclosure under the Public Ac...

The owners of the island’s biggest hotel were this week locked in talks with the Government in a bid to get the Fairmont Southampton up and running again. David Burt, the Premier, told news site TNN that getting financing in place for a major renovat...

Plans to build new tourist accommodation at a hotel have been given the green light. The Coral Beach Club in Paget was given permission by planners to develop a maintenance yard and build eight new tourist units in six new buildings. The club said in...

The Covid pandemic axe has fallen on a major cruise ship line. Representatives for its principals are this week in Bermuda’s Supreme Court scrambling to save the company from going bust. Crystal Cruises, the subsidiary, had its ship Crystal Serenity ...

A major US health watchdog has advised travellers not to travel to Bermuda because of Covid-19 dangers. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention moved Bermuda up a tier yesterday from Level 3 – high risk – to the top Level 4, classed as very h...

More than $800,000 in contracts have been awarded as part of a bid to transform a failed affordable housing development into a hotel and condominium complex. A notice in the Official Gazette said the Bermuda Housing Corporation had paid Brunel Lt...

Lillian Minors, my godmother, has always described herself as a “mover and a shaker”. Her early years were as busy and industrious as her later years, and her skills as a businesswoman were identified very early in life. Lily, as she was fondly known...

A leading airline yesterday delivered a fresh blow to Bermuda after it said it would end its year-round service from New York. JetBlue, which had flown to Bermuda from NYC 12 months a year, said it would downgrade Bermuda to a “summer seasonal market...

Outbound travellers who need a fast antigen test inside 24 hours of departure will be able to get screened at Hamilton’s Washington Mall from today, it was announced last night. The new test site, at 16 Church Street, will be open from 10.00am to 4....

Marcus’ Bermuda, the restaurant opened by acclaimed celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson on the island in 2015, has shut its doors for good. The landmark eatery at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club closed to diners in March 2020 during the early stages ...

A plan by a global media company to bring dozens of young entrepreneurs to Bermuda is expected to go ahead this year after it was scrapped in 2021. A notice published in the Official Gazette said the Bermuda Tourism Authority had signed a $27...

As a challenging year in the hospitality sector comes to an end, a leading restaurateur has warned that a fifth or more of the island’s eateries could close in the first quarter of 2022. Dennie O’Connor, whose properties include the iconic White Hor...