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Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert has announced the formation of the Bermuda Tourism Board, a statutory body.
The development is in keeping with a recommendation by the current Tourism Board which has agreed to resign, said the Minister.
“With the recom...
DATE: Mar 29, 2012
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Tourism
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Fuseideas, a Boston-based advertising agency, has been handed one year contract through to March 31, 2013, to promote Bermuda.
Among the agency’s plans for the Island is a campaign that will be based on selling ‘authentic Bermuda’, which will be des...
DATE: Mar 24, 2012
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Tourism
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Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert this afternoon revealed that Boston-based Fuseideas has been appointed as the advertising agency in North America with a one-year budget of $13 million.
According to a Mr Furbert, Fuseideas “impressed the search committ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2012
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Tourism
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A Tourism Ministry event intended to attract former College Weeks visitors back to the Island was quietly cancelled due to a lack of interest.
The 2012 College Weeks Reunion, announced by Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert last year, was hoped to attract...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of workers employed in the hotel industry in the final quarter of last year increased by 112 over the same period in 2010, despite a drop in guest occupancy levels.
There were 2,581 workers employed in the hotel industry at the end of Oct...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Tourism
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College Weeks exceeded expectations according to the Tourism Department about 250 visitors were drawn by the event’s relaunch.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert had earlier expressed hope that as many as 200 students from universities and colleges in No...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda tour operator is hoping to show visitors a different view of Dockyard from hundreds of feet in the air.
Michael Heslop, owner of Fantasea Bermuda, has sought planning permission to install an AeroBalloon attraction in Dockyard near the Clo...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert announced a new initiative yesterday that will see live images of Bermuda beamed across the US on the CBS Early Show.
Describing the move as an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ the minister said the live inserts will also fe...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Public transportation in three major markets have been transformed into bright pink mobile billboards as part of a marketing push for Bermuda.
Between now and April, two Toronto street cars will be wearing Bermuda pink, along with a trolley in Boston...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A floating condo for the world’s well-heeled is set to visit Bermuda in October.
Minister of Transport Derrick Burgess listed a number of glitzy ships to visit Bermuda this year when he outlined the budget for Tourism in the House of Assembly.
On the...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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