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Harbour Nights has been given an unexpected cash boost for the rest of this summer.
The City of Hamilton has pledged an extra $15,000 of sponsorship to Front Street’s weekly late night of shopping and entertainment.
The donation was announced at the ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Transport Minister Terry Lister is in talks to attract “a new and exclusive” cruise ship line to Bermuda next year.
He told the House of Assembly he met with two executives from the unnamed cruise ship line last week.
The men were “very impressed wit...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda has been highlighted on CNN’s website as a top honeymoon destination.
The Island is featured alongside French Polynesia, Fiji, Italy and Bali in the Five Hot Honeymoon Destinations article, which contains praise from Brides Magazine travel ed...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The “ego and political pride” of Government is a stumbling block to tackling our struggling tourism industry, according to opposition MPs.
OBA Shadow Tourism Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and UBP leader Kim Swan say Government “do not know what th...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Residents last night had their first glimpse of the new $1.8 billion Morgan's Point resort a dream facility which will “put Atlantis in the shade”.
Developers Nelson Hunt and Craig Christensen of Southlands Ltd promised their project will create vast...
DATE: Jun 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Entertainer Tony Brannon said yesterday that he was fired from the Bermuda Tourism Board following conflicts with Tourism Minister Patrice Minors.
While Minister Minors said in a letter directed to Mr Brannon that his input was not as “constructive” ...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolchildren have learned the importance that people “who ride around on rental bikes” have on Bermuda’s economy.
Eight to ten-year-olds at Harrington Sound Primary have gone from knowing nothing to everything about tourism in just a couple of mon...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The tourism veteran who heads up both of Bermuda’s Fairmont hotels is leaving the Island after 13 years.
Norman Mastalir, who is well known for promoting Bermuda’s tourism industry, is heading back to Canada at the end of July. He has been transferre...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Tour boat owners yesterday claimed their livelihood has been threatened by new regulations preventing them from soliciting customers.
They were equally angry about rules prohibiting them from remaining at port or on Corporation of Hamilton property f...
DATE: Jun 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Canadian radio station has been broadcasting live from the Island after giving 25 lucky listeners the chance to feel Bermuda’s pink sand in between their toes.
CHFI-FM has broadcast its breakfast show from Grotto Bay Beach Resort for two days in a...
DATE: Jun 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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