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Bermudian students will again be working with the Department of Tourism and its international marketing agencies as part of the David Allen Memorial Internship Programme.
A total of four students will take part in the programme, established 15 years ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Blue Flag Ambassadors were honoured recently by the Department of Tourism for their service to the Island.
The Department hosted a reception at the Coco Reef Hotel to thank the ambassadors, and note 40 recent graduates of the programme.
Of ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has missed its self-imposed deadline to establish a Tourism Authority which it maintains is critical to rescuing the troubled industry.
But Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell says much progress has been made and he intends to table legislati...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Tourism chiefs are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past unless they change their mindsets and place the industry on a new footing, according to critics.
Independent MP Terry Lister and former Shadow Tourism Minister Kim Swan spoke out after Gove...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Visitor arrivals for the first three months of 2013 were down almost four percent on the year before, according to the latest statistics.
At a press conference yesterday Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell revealed that Bermuda played host to 33,256 to...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Norwegian Breakaway would happily visit Bermuda “forever” — if the Island would allow its on-board casino to run while the ship is in port.
As it is, however, Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Kevin Sheehan said Bermuda has thus far received “great revie...
DATE: Jun 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Millions of television viewers in the US will be getting a bird’s-eye view of several Bermuda beauty spots this summer when live shots of the Island are broadcast during a popular morning programme.
The scheme was set up by the Bermuda Broadcasting C...
DATE: Jun 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cruise ship passengers who visited Bermuda last week were keen to shout about the Island’s immense beauty from the rooftops — but their handwritten postcards almost never made it to their family and friends.
A batch of 68 stamped cards, addressed to ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A cruise ship scheduled to arrive in Bermuda this week has been damaged after a fire broke out on one of its decks early yesterday morning.
Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas was en route to CocoCay, Bahamas, from Baltimore, Maryland when the bla...
DATE: May 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Details of a major facelift for Bermuda’s oldest hotel have been unveiled by the new owners of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
And the Green family has also announced that it will be pumping more funds into the revamp than first planned, increasing i...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan