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Local entertainers and promoters are being urged to submit ideas to be considered for grants from the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Pat Phillip-Fairn, the BTA’s chief products and experiences developmental officer, said: “We’re looking for new entertain...

The search for a successor to Bermuda Tourism Authority CEO Bill Hanbury will begin this summer. Mr Hanbury’s three-year contract with the BTA concludes at the end of 2016, and his replacement is expected to be identified by the fourth quarter of thi...

News that St George would again play host to a regular cruise ship next year has been roundly welcomed by the town’s business community. Community leaders also hailed the deal between the Bermuda Government and Norwegian Cruise Line that will see at ...

Grateful tourists have praised taxi drivers and staff at The Fairmont Southampton for coming to the rescue when they lost their backpack and passports. Lori Imbesi was visiting Bermuda with her family on board the Norwegian Breakaway last month when...

Twelve extra cruise ships are to call on St George from 2017 to 2022 as part of a deal announced yesterday with Norwegian Cruise Line. The agreement with the Bermuda Government includes bringing two catamaran ferries to the island for a run from Dock...

After years of stalled plans to redevelop the defunct 9 Beaches resort, the Bermuda Land Development Company is preparing to seize the property off its tenant. Francis Mussenden, chief executive officer of the BLDC, said the quango had “exhausted all...

Younger travellers from the United States fuelled the rise in air arrivals for the first quarter of 2016. For the first three months of the year, 83 per cent of the growth in the number of visitors flying into Bermuda was attributed to travellers you...

An unpopular transport policy for Dockyard has been reversed, enabling visitors to buy tokens and two-day passes for the island’s public transportation. The switch came as the Anthem of the Seas, the biggest cruise liner ever to call on the island, m...

Tourism chiefs have reacted with “cautious optimism” to news that air arrivals for the first quarter of 2016 hit their highest level for seven years. Between January 1 and March 31, 18,189 leisure visitors flew to Bermuda — an increase of nearly 14 p...

The largest cruise liner ever to visit Bermuda, Anthem of the Seas, was welcomed by a local delegation as it berthed at Dockyard this morning. Carrying 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crew, the ship boasts 16 public decks and even has a jewel-shaped capsu...