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Entrepreneurs providing food and beverages, sundries and souvenirs have been invited to operate vendor spots at Daniel’s Head Beach this summer.
The Bermuda Land Development Company is welcoming vendors from last year, but wishes to offer new amenit...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s 2019 tourism strategy includes a concerted focus on building air arrivals, and pitching the island’s merits for year-round tourism.
Meanwhile, an industry forum this evening heard that Bermuda has to prepare hundreds of its people for hospi...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New hotels will increase Bermuda’s room numbers by 240, the Bermuda Tourism Authority reported on Friday.
Kevin Dallas, the chief executive of the BTA, said the Azura, Caroline Bay and St George’s hotel developments would reverse a decades-long downw...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Ministry of Tourism and Transport, and the Bermuda Tourism Authority will be hosting an industry outlook on Wednesday covering challenges and opportunities in the year ahead.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and the Bermuda Hotel Association will...
DATE: Feb 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A couple who celebrated their honeymoon in Bermuda 60 years ago and came back almost every year since have been rewarded for their loyalty to the island.
Helen and Ernie Reigstad, from New Jersey, were presented with six red roses on St Valentine’s D...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of tourists tying the knot in Bermuda has rocketed in the past four years.
More than 7,500 people visited the island for weddings last year, compared with fewer than 4,000 in 2015, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The weddings ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda must focus on air arrivals to keep the tourism industry flying high.
Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, said increases in visitor numbers announced by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, were welcome.
He said: “When I consider that this is the t...
DATE: Feb 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has joined forces with agencies in New York and Rhode Island to promote a “Bermuda Triangle” of sailing events.
A BTA spokesman said the organisation had teamed up with NYC & Company and Discover Newport for a marketing ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A record number of tourists visited Bermuda last year and pumped more than $500 million in the economy, it was revealed yesterday.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority said that 770,683 visitors arrived in Bermuda in 2018, up by 84,775 people or 11 per cen...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A digital visitor information card has been introduced to help ease visitors arrival in Bermuda.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Tourism Authority said the new system will also assist in collecting information and could help to boost visitor spending.
Th...
DATE: Feb 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes