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The Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) has added an innovative new feature to its website to help travellers to the island see which local enterprises are now open for business.
The BTA created a visual cue on GoToBermuda.com that clearly signifies to ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Superyachts are setting course to Bermuda as a safe haven during the Covid-19 crisis, the owner of ships’ chandlers Bermuda Yacht Services said yesterday.
Mark Soares added: “This is not our normal season for superyachts, most would be in the Med at ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government has made it mandatory that visitors to the island have a clear pre-departure coronavirus test if they are travelling from a country with community transmission of Covid-19.
Officials said if they did not have a clear result, they would...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Elbow Beach Hotel is to stay shuttered until the end of the year, it was confirmed yesterday.
But Jacky DiMeglio, the hotel’s general manager, declined to comment further.
The waterfront resort in Paget earlier announced a temporary closure until Sep...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A survey of cruise ship travellers suggests more than three quarters intend to book a cruise again, despite the pandemic’s impact on the industry.
Cruise Critic launched a worldwide survey of its readers in April, since when the industry has ground t...
DATE: Jul 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda welcomed its first scheduled commercial flight for more than three months yesterday.
Karla Aitken collected her daughter, Ashley, 23, who had at last managed to return from college in Denmark — but the joy of homecoming was marred by sadness ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is losing nearly $250 million in visitor spending this year as a result of Covid-19.
The estimates made by the Bermuda Tourism Authority were revealed yesterday in a webinar on the industry’s preparedness to restart, ahead of commercial fligh...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Hotels will lose more money by reopening than they would if they remained closed this year, a leading hotelier said.
David Dodwell, president of The Reefs, said this view was the consensus of a group of hoteliers from medium-sized properties who met ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda benefited by an estimated $22.6 million from the inaugural PGA Tour Bermuda Championship last year.
That is based on a direct economic impact of $7.8 million, which is said to have generated an additional $10.6 million impact on the economy t...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A top hotel has announced that it will remain shut until next year because of the Covid-19 crisis and that staff would be made redundant.
Scott Kitson, a co-owner of the Rosedon Hotel, in Pembroke, said hotel staff already laid off would lose their j...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes