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Visitors to vacation rental properties plunged by 3,000 in a nine-month period in 2019.
Mike Cranfield, of Cranfield’s Property Group, said the decline coincided with the introduction of a 4.5 per cent tax on vacation rental bookings through services...
DATE: Jan 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
International sporting events have put Bermuda in the spotlight, and money into island tills, the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s chief executive said.
Kevin Dallas said that MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda may have generated less buzz on the island bec...
DATE: Dec 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of new tourism jobs are expected to come online in the next two years — and efforts have begun to prepare Bermudians to fill those posts.
Kevin Dallas, BTA chief executive, said: “When we look at future demand, the Azura is opening around no...
DATE: Dec 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Direct employment in Bermuda’s tourism industry rose by more than 200 jobs in 2018, while visitors spent $544 million purchasing tourism products on-island, a report released yesterday revealed.
The Tourism Satellite Account Report shows that direct ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Representatives from the Hilton hotel chain visited Bermuda this week to discuss the Bermudiana Beach Resort.
The vacation hotel/residential development, to be open next summer, will be a part of the hotel’s Tapestry Collection.
Jenna Hackett, global...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of 14 entrepreneurs and event producers could receive up to $210,000 in investments, the Bermuda Tourism Authority has announced.
The BTA has already approved funding for nine applicants to its Experience Investment Programme.
Another five pa...
DATE: Nov 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Hospitality stakeholders are encouraged to engage with the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) industry portal to access news and data, benefit from exclusive content, and manage events and listings on GoToBermuda.com.
Launched a year ago, BTAConnect is...
DATE: Nov 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Tourist air arrivals have dropped 6 per cent compared with the same time last year, but spending in the sector went up, figures from the Bermuda Tourism Authority revealed yesterday.
Reduced capacity and storms were thought to have affected the numbe...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A speed-networking event to help tourism businesses battle red tape could help to turn bright ideas into reality, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said this week.
Glenn Jones, the BTA’s chief experience development officer, said the event tapped into a ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Theatre fans will be able to cruise to Bermuda next autumn with a glittering cast of Broadway stars as part of a theatre-themed cruise on the Norwegian Pearl.
The inaugural Broadway Cruise, set to sail from New York next October, will feature perform...
DATE: Oct 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes