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A team of Bermudian entrepreneurs has been chosen as the new leaseholders of the beachside café at Horseshoe Bay.
Delton Ebbin, Carl Vincent and Devon Simons – together, Horseshoe Bay Live – were unveiled as the winning bidders at a press conference ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Bermuda’s tourism sector will recover nearly fully from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic by 2023, a tourism economist said yesterday at the opening session of the Bermuda Tourism Summit.
Adam Sacks said tourism in Bermuda will operate at 20 per ce...
DATE: Oct 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Tourism spending in the second quarter plunged to only $70,000 compared with the $98 million recorded for the same period last year, the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Only 42 people visited the island by air from April to ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Hotel occupancy levels viewed through the lens of the Covid-19 pandemic have left a resort’s general manager J.P. Martens “excited”.
Mr Martens, of Grotto Bay Beach Resort, said: “If it was a regular year, I would be crying right now at the numbers I...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Covid-19 pandemic damage to the tourism industry has forced hoteliers to think long term, a resort general manager said yesterday.
Bushara Bushara, of Newstead Belmont Hills Golf Resort and Spa, said: “We are all planning for the future. It’s not...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A beach club is to reopen to guests a week on Friday, the managing director said yesterday.
Tom Lamb, of Pompano Beach Club in Southampton, said: “We are happy to reopen back up finally.”
He added: “The virus has been tough on all of us. It has been ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Inverurie Executive Suites hotel has reopened two weeks ahead of its target date.
The hotel, on Harbour Road in Paget, reopened just before Cup Match after it had scheduled an August 16 date to throw open its doors again.
Owner Philip Akeroyd sai...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Coco Reef Resort is to reopen next week on a limited basis, the property’s general manager said yesterday.
Rehanna Palumbo said the 60-room hotel on Paget’s south shore will operate from Thursday through Sunday.
She said: “That is the island’s leisur...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The island’s tourism industry has started to take off again after three airlines initiated limited services, with more flights scheduled to resume next month.
But industry executives warned that target dates for the reopening of hotels and resorts de...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Elbow Beach Hotel is to stay shuttered until the end of the year, it was confirmed yesterday.
But Jacky DiMeglio, the hotel’s general manager, declined to comment further.
The waterfront resort in Paget earlier announced a temporary closure until Sep...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall