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Visitor air arrivals increased by more than 10 per cent in the first half of the year, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Figures released yesterday show a total of 201,084 visitors came to the island between April and June this year, compar...
DATE: Aug 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Designs for the highly anticipated St Regis hotel in the East End are now before the Department of Planning.
Building the 122-key St George’s resort is expected to take three years, as part of the development’s first phase.
Assuming that a licence is...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Air arrivals, one of the coveted indicators for the Bermuda Tourism Authority, rose 11.3 per cent for the first quarter of the year according to the Department of Statistics.
Bermuda hosted 32,233 air visitors during the first quarter of 2016, althou...
DATE: Jul 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Visitors arriving in the West End were not faced with transportation chaos this morning despite some a withdrawal of labour from taxi drivers.
Although many went ahead with their protest, the impact was reduced when minibus associations dropped their...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The president of the Bermuda Taxi Owners and Operators Association has defended the industrial action taken by taxi drivers this weekend in protest over legislation that would let tourists rent minicars.
Taxi drivers pressed ahead with their protest ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s public relations officers generated editorial content worth more than $26 million in advertising during 2015.
The BTA said yesterday that much of that content came from 108 journalists who visited the island last year ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Tourism Authority issued a progress report on its corporate objectives after Parliament’s discussion of its incentive programme.
Kenneth Bascome, Junior Minister of Tourism, informed legislators during Friday’s session that every member o...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
When Jack Murphy first came to Bermuda in 1966, he thought the island was the perfect honeymoon destination.
Three years later, he followed up on that thought with his wife, Mary Beth — the second of around 40 trips to the island.
Returning to the is...
DATE: Jun 25, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Michael Dunkley described Caroline Bay as “a sign of greater things on the horizon” at a groundbreaking ceremony for the luxury resort yesterday.
Attending the event at Morgan’s Point alongside the Premier were representatives from the Ritz-Carlton ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Almost $15 million of tax concessions have been approved by the House of Assembly to allow the redevelopment of two hotel sites.
A total of $11.8 million in concessions for the Elbow Beach Hotel were approved to support a $38 million redevelopment, i...
DATE: Jun 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes