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The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s efforts to claw back air arrivals for Bermuda have yet to match the high enjoyed under the Progressive Labour Party government, according to Jamahl Simmons, the Shadow Minister of Tourism.
It drew a swift response from...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Victoria Isley, chief sales and marketing officer at the Bermuda Tourism Authority, has been named one of the top minds in the global destination marketing business by an international body.
Ms Isley has been included in a list of the “Top 25 Extraor...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Railway Trail is being given a new nickname and higher profile to make it a bigger part of the island’s tourism experience.
It will now be known as the “Rail Trail” to make it snappier for hashtags, according to a press release from the Bermuda T...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Thank an influx of younger and first-time visitors for the “strong growth” experienced by the country’s tourism economy last year.
Such was the message from Bermuda’s Tourism Authority at a press conference to discuss the 2016 Visitor Arrival Statis...
DATE: Feb 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Bermuda Government is contemplating “a ground-breaking proposal for partnership” with the online home-sharing vacation network Airbnb, according to tourism minister Senator Michael Fahy.
The news was welcomed by the Progressive Labour Party, whic...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first two cruise ships of 2017 arrived this morning in the West End: the Oriana and Queen Victoria.
According to a press release from the Bermuda Government, it is “possibly the first time” two very large, Bermuda-registered cruise ships ha...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Senator Michael Fahy has hailed a 90 per cent rise in visitors to the island last November compared to the same month the previous year.
Stephen Todd, the president of the Bermuda Hotel Association, echoed the tourism minister’s sentiments, saying th...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Transport companies and other small businesses are benefiting from a strategy to attract sports teams for training in the shoulder season, according to a Bermuda Tourism Authority press release.
A swim team of 74 visiting Bermuda has hired Titan Expr...
DATE: Jan 04, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermudian hotelier and developer John Jefferis has been voted the Premier Hotelier of the Year by the International Caribbean World Awards.
The only other previous recipients of the award were Butch Stewart from Jamaica and Professor Kevin Morley fro...
DATE: Dec 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Hotels have hailed the news that Bermuda will host three international triathlon events.
The island will welcome thousands of race competitors, back room staff, international media as well as spectators for the events in April 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Th...
DATE: Dec 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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