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Chef Daamian Simmons is well known for his culinary skills, but most don’t know how faith has contributed to his success in the kitchen. As the executive chef at Coco Reef Resort Bermuda, he has been “cooking up a storm” as the hotel begins to offer ...

Coco Reef Resort is to reopen next week on a limited basis, the property’s general manager said yesterday. Rehanna Palumbo said the 60-room hotel on Paget’s south shore will operate from Thursday through Sunday. She said: “That is the island’s leisur...

A hotel worker’s wrist was slashed by a robber who stole the man’s phone and wallet, police said yesterday. The 24-year-old employee was in a back office at the Coco Reef Resort in Paget when he was attacked. Police said that an intruder came into th...

Two armed robbers stole cash from Coco Reef hotel in the early hours of yesterday. The pair, who were wearing helmets, brandished bladed articles and demanded money after entering the premises on Stonington Circle, Paget, at about 2.25am. They left w...

Police are hunting a man who assaulted two officers this afternoon while being interviewed then fled. The incident took place at around 3.40pm at the Coco Reef beachfront hotel in Paget. The officers involved have been taken to hospital with minor in...

Bermuda must do more to promote itself internationally, according to Coco Reef owner and managing director John Jefferis. Mr Jefferis, who also owns the multiple award-winning Coco Reef Tobago, said that Bermuda is an excellent destination which need...

Hotelier John Jefferis started his career in hospitality as a schoolboy working in a fish-and-chip restaurant in London’s tough east end — but now he’s become only the second member of the Tourism Hall of Fame in Trinidad & Tobago. Mr Jefferis, who n...

He is celebrating 50 years in the hospitality industry, yet Coco Reef owner John Jefferis is showing no signs of slowing down as he announces an expansion of the hotel and the opening of a new restaurant. Mr Jefferis, who opened the doors to Coco Ree...

Bermudian hotelier John Jefferis has won a prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award, it was revealed yesterday. Mr Jefferis — who owns Coco Reef in Paget, as well as a hotels of the same name in Tobago and Panama — won the accolade from the Interna...

Bermuda College received a share of profits from the Coco Reef resort for the second year running this year. But mystery surrounds the status of the next phase of development which was to see 66 units built on the South Shore property. In November la...

For the seventh consecutive year, Bermudian hotelier and owner of Coco Reef Resorts, John Jefferis, accepted the award for “Caribbean’s Leading Hotel” at the World Travel Awards (WTA) on behalf of his property in Tobago. Mr Jefferis, who also owns s...