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US Customs and Border Control transitioned to the new airport terminal yesterday with new technology on board.
Cletus William, Port Director at CBP Bermuda, said the new terminal includes Simplified Arrival – a touchless international arrival process...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
· Almost $400 million invested in the Bermuda economy
· Almost 400 Bermuda businesses, including vendors and suppliers, contracted for the project
· 885 Bermudians employed as part of the project during the construction phase
· 1.6 million constructi...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Smiles and cheers replaced “anxiety, questions” and controversy yesterday when Delta flight 615 taxied through water cannon blasts and became the first aircraft to officially attach itself to a jetway at the new passenger terminal at LF Wade Internat...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Our Royal Gazette video got a sneak peak today at the new $250 million air terminal which will welcome its first flight tomorrow morning.
Please take a look at the video by Owain Johnston-Barnes, Kyle McNeil and Raina Barbosa and visit www.royalgaze...
DATE: Dec 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Air visitor arrivals plunged by 90 per cent between July and September, it was revealed today.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority said just 5,711 air visitors came to Bermuda over the period.
Estimated visitor spending sank by 89 per cent from $111.9 mill...
DATE: Dec 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Government is to foot the legal bill for any court action over its bailout of laid-off Fairmont Southampton Hotel workers.
This was revealed yesterday in the Government’s extensive loan agreement with the hundreds of ex-staff who lost their jobs ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s chief operating officer will step down later this month, it was announced today.
Karla Lacey has spent almost seven years as a founding member of the organisation’s executive.
A BTA spokeswoman said that Ms Lacey “tend...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Businessman Paul Scope and former police officer Mark Clarke are to take the helm of a SailGP Bermuda steering committee set up to involve the public with the event.
Mr Scope, the chairman of Willis Bermuda and the Bermuda Business Development Agenc...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government paid out $11 million to redundant hotel workers at the Fairmont Southampton without an agreement from owner Gencom that the money would be paid back, it was revealed today.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, added that the Governm...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A team of Bermudian entrepreneurs has been chosen as the new leaseholders of the beachside café at Horseshoe Bay.
Delton Ebbin, Carl Vincent and Devon Simons – together, Horseshoe Bay Live – were unveiled as the winning bidders at a press conference ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall