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Luxury hotel The Loren at Pink Beach will reopen on the eve of the Bermuda Day public holiday in a bid to tempt residents to take a staycation.
The hotel said last night that it had deep-cleaned the premises and would also reopen its Pink Beach Club ...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Superyachts will be allowed to drop anchor in Bermuda waters despite Covid-19 restrictions, under a policy approved by Cabinet.
Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, said the Bermuda Tourism Authority estimated allowing luxury vessels into island water...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A bid to boost the hard-hit restaurant business will serve up a second course next week.
For the Bermuda Tourism Authority said it will promote the second Great Bermuda Takeout Day next Thursday.
Victoria Isley, the BTA’s chief sales and marketing of...
DATE: May 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three major cruise ship operators that sail to Bermuda have secured billions of dollars in public debt and through equity markets to help them stay afloat for the next 12 months.
The companies also reported a strong level of bookings for next year as...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Flights between Bermuda and five cities are expected to be available when the airport reopens to commercial flights, the Minister of Tourism and Transport said yesterday.
However, Zane DeSilva — who did not give a timetable for flight resumption — wa...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda may have to rethink its concentration on New York for tourism because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the island’s acting tourism chief has warned.
Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the organisation mi...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Key workers will be offered discounted trips on a luxury catamaran as thanks for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sail Bermuda, which charters the 47ft Wyuna, is run by Marilyn Zuill and her husband Caleb, who is a firefighter.
Mrs Zuill, ...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A reduced ferry service with “limited passenger capacity” will start on Monday, May 11, the Department of Marine and Ports Service said today.
In a press release, a Government spokesman explained: “In an effort to provide adequate physical distancing...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Another 16 cruise ship visits to Bermuda have been cancelled by Carnival Corporation. It means that one third of planned cruise ship visits to the island by all operators this year have now been called off.
Carnival, which operates Carnival Cruise Li...
DATE: May 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda’s tourism industry has already been dealt a $95 million blow by Covid-19.
Figures released by the Bermuda Tourism Authority yesterday show visitor air arrivals fell by 38 per cent in the first quarter while cruise ship arrivals plummeted by 4...
DATE: May 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes