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Tucker’s Point president Ed Trippe has accused campaigners of having “one-track minds” as they “turn a blind eye” to the benefits of the hotel’s expansion plans.
The hotel boss has hit out at protestors, including green group BEST and anti-racism gro...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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Tourism
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Former Premier Sir John Swan yesterday urged Senators to back the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO as environmentalists stepped up their campaign against the project.
The former United Bermuda Party leader whose party opposed the Special Development Order...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Air arrivals for January and February are down 35 percent compared to 2007.
Shadow Tourism Minister Michael Dunkley said Bermuda was facing one of the slowest winter hospitality seasons in recent memory despite the fact the number of tourists arrivin...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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Tourism
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Approximately 600 additional tourists flew to Bermuda in January and February this year Tourism Minister Patrice Minors announced yesterday.
And she said that hotels are reporting a 30 percent increase in advanced bookings through August this year.
H...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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Tourism
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”.
He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Democratic Alliance is calling for Bermuda Hospitals Board to ensure waiting times for locals don’t go up as a result of medical tourism.
Candidate Michael Branco said the BDA is keeping an open mind on the topic, and criticised Shadow He...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
February's air arrivals were not impacted by the cancellation of the Love Festival Minister Patrice Minors told Parliament on Wednesday.
Ms Minors delivered a three-hour speech on her tourism portfolio outlining how the 201½012 Budget would be spent....
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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Tourism
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The Ministry of Tourism will not have an advertising agency for most of the year because a new contract was not prepared in time for the summer season.
Minister Patrice Minors, who took over from former Minister of Tourism Ewart Brown in November las...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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Tourism
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Bermuda was recently highlighted on a BBC Travel website, listing it as one of several ideal places to own a Caribbean home.
The article acknowledges the high cost of living here and also remarks on the advantages of Bermuda’s isolation. “The cab dri...
DATE: Mar 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Tourism Minister Patrice Minors said an aggressive marketing campaign was taking place in the United States to boost visitor numbers to the Island.
She said Government was moving away from advertising agencies and going directly to overseas media, l...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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