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Government is listening to people’s concerns and wants to return the Island to “its pinnacle place in the global tourism market”.
This is the message from Tourism Minister Patrice Minors who is calling on those in the tourism trade to work together t...
DATE: Apr 21, 2011
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Tourism
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The United Bermuda Party believes the Department of Tourism’s renewed focus on gateway cities helped increase the first quarter air arrivals this year.
Yesterday, Shadow Tourism Minister Cole Simons said the 6.79 percent increase in air arrivals betw...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Tourism
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Tourists aboard a luxury cruise ship ranked Bermuda their favourite destination.
Minister of Transport Terry Lister announced that visitors on the Queen Victoria, which visited the Island on April 2, said Bermuda ranked the best destination on their...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Tourism
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What Toby Dillas thought was a weekend getaway to Bermuda turned out to be a top-secret operation to recognise his lifetime dedication to tourism.
The veteran hospitality worker had “absolutely no hint of an idea” what had been planned behind his bac...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Tourism
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Weekly summer street festival Destination Dockyard has been scrapped this year and replaced by Royal Naval Nights.
Destination Dockyard had been organised by the Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the West End Development Corporation (Wedco) and Go...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hotel doorman Carvel Van Putten is a self-confessed talkaholic, so he wasn’t about to let anyone stop him having his say on his big night.
The veteran employee at The Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel won the ‘best of the best’ award at this year’s VI...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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Tourism
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Bermudians, and fans of the Island, are being encouraged to promote it as a destination of choice through a new cash incentive programme.
The Feel the Love Rewards campaign was launched yesterday by Tourism Minister Patrice Minors. Any individual wh...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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Tourism
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The Department of Tourism will pick a UK public relations firm by June.
Yesterday, Minister Patrice Minors said the Department had put the contract out to tender.
She added: “After more than four years of association with our Public Relations compan...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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Tourism
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The dedicated workers who make our visitors feel welcome will be awarded at Bermuda’s very own ‘Oscars’ of the hospitality industry.
Tomorrow night’s VIP Excellence Awards will see the who’s who of the tourism industry getting together to celebrate a...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda’s winter air arrivals this year increased for the first time since 2008.
Tourism Minister Patrice Minors announced yesterday that air arrivals from January to March were up seven percent compared to last year the worst on record.
The figure...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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