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The owners of the island’s biggest resort lobbied the Government for a delay to $11 million in redundancy payments to staff until a year after they were laid off. Karim Alibhai, the founder and principal of Gencom, warned David Burt, the Premier, tha...

Unexpected losses at two Bermuda hotels were predicted to hit about $30 million by last spring, the head of the company that owns them told the Government. Karim Alibhai, the founder and principal of Gencom, apparently attached “pre and post- Covid-1...

Dog owners were today warned to get their pets vaccinated against the deadly parvovirus. A spokesman for the Ministry of Home Affairs said a special clinic will be held at the Fairmont Southampton between 9am and 1pm on Sunday where dogs can get the ...

Efforts to secure the refurbishment of the island’s largest hotel, closed since last October, remain in the pipeline according to David Burt, the Premier. Mr Burt closed this week’s Covid-19 press conference by thanking the Fairmont Southampton resor...

Changes to the way Special Development Orders are granted could pave the way for a mass sell-off of land for real estate development at the Fairmont Southampton, an environmental group fears. Yesterday the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskfo...

The owners of Bermuda’s biggest hotel are expected to discuss finance arrangements for its refurbishment in the next month, the finance minister revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the owners of the shuttered Fairmont Southampton, had s...

Manders Tennis Management accepts that its days may be numbered at the Fairmont Southampton, despite the programme providing a rare bright light for sport in Bermuda during a dark 13 months dominated by Covid-19. Gavin Manders, the MTM principal, spo...

The owners of the Fairmont Southampton plan to replace tennis courts with cabanas as part of its bid to revitalise the resort. A planning application said the hotel wanted to demolish tennis courts and offices at the South Shore property in favour of...

The Government is considering a request to provide a multimillion-dollar guarantee in support of the stalled redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton. The request is the second after hotel owners Gencom last year failed to meet a number of condition...

Payment from the owners of the Fairmont Southampton to cover redundancy payments to staff by Government have been handed over, the finance minister confirmed today. Curtis Dickinson said the closure of the island’s biggest resort last October had cre...

The owners of Bermuda’s biggest hotel has paid $11 million to the Government, which stepped in to cover redundancy payments to hundreds of staff after it shut last year, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Westend Properties, a subsidiary of US-based firm ...

As you all know, the world is facing the coronavirus pandemic, which has drastically changed the way we live. This pandemic has also affected me, a former hotel executive, with more than 40 years of experience in the hotel industry, and the first per...