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Senators approved a law to cut liquor licence fees during yesterday’s session of the Upper House.
The Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act was rushed through the House of Assembly on Friday in a bid to give the hospitality sector a...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A temporary cut in the cost of liquor licences for bars and restaurants was toasted by the trade yesterday.
Karl Massam, the general manager of restaurant group Yellowfin and chairman of the restaurant division of the Chamber of Commerce, said the 50...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The developers of a new hotel were caught off guard by Bermuda’s planning regulations, documents submitted as part of an appeal to get approval for changes admitted.
Hotelco, the firm behind the St Regis Hotel in St George’s, filed a retrospective pl...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One of the world’s largest privately-owned yachts has docked in Bermuda.
The $150 million Eos, named after the Greek goddess of the dawn, arrived in Bermuda last Sunday and is berthed at Penno’s Wharf in St George.
The 305 feet Bermuda-rigged schoon...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda will get extra cruises this summer, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Viking Cruises has announced that the Viking Orion, scheduled to home port on the island over the summer after high demand for its “Welcome Back“ collection, would make two ex...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest luxury liner is to dock in Bermuda after its launch next year.
The 3,215-passenger Norwegian Prima will visit the island on a five-day cruise from New York next October.
The ship, under construction in an Italian shipya...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Restaurants and stores saw a strong return to business during Phase 2 of the return to normality – but industry veterans warned that the sectors would need about six months to recover from the latest Covid-19 lockdown.
Business owners also pleaded fo...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Government is to revise plans to create an events area at a South Shore resort earlier proposals were rejected.
The original proposal, which included an events lawn, restrooms, storage areas and a 42-space car on land to the west of the Bermudiana Be...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Visitor arrivals nosedived in the first three months of the year because of the pandemic, it was revealed yesterday.
But tourism chiefs were optimistic that numbers could pick up later in the year as vaccination programmes around the world gather pac...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The developers behind a new hotel project have launched an appeal after an after-the-fact planning application was rejected weeks before the scheduled opening.
The retrospective application by Hotelco, the firm behind the St Regis resort in St George...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes