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A restaurant owner with 31 years’ experience in the industry predicted it would take several years to regain ground lost in the Covid-19 crisis. Maz Shabdeen, who was forced to close his Dockyard restaurant early in the crisis, warned that even with ...

MEF Ltd, better known as The Little Venice Group, launched a pilot trainee programme in November, and this week seven recipients graduated and received job placements in the company, and three received certificates of participation. An awards ceremon...

Dear Sir, Looking at your newspaper online , as I do here in Byron Bay, New South Wales twice a week usually, I noticed the item on the reopening of The Spot under new management. While I certainly wish the new owner and team well in their business ...

Licensed trade professionals yesterday welcomed the lifeline of loosened Covid-19 restrictions – but warned that more needed to be done to ease the plight of a sector hammered by health precautions. Philip Barnett, the president of the Island Restau...

The Governor on Monday signed legislation allowing indoor dining – if restaurants verify that people have a Covid SafeKey. Rena Lalgie signed the amendments to the Public Health (Covid-19 Emergency Powers) (Phased Re-Opening) Regulations 2021. David ...

Restaurants and stores saw a strong return to business during Phase 2 of the return to normality – but industry veterans warned that the sectors would need about six months to recover from the latest Covid-19 lockdown. Business owners also pleaded fo...

Legislators today slashed liquor licence fees in half in a bid to lift the spirits of a hospitality sector hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance agreed to fast-track the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendm...

Hamilton Princess & Beach Club has a staycation offer for locals looking to step off the pandemic treadmill. Its new “Staycation a Little Longer” package offers rooms for $249 per night, and a $50 hotel credit per day for those staying three nights o...

Restaurant owners warned yesterday the pandemic-hit industry is now “hanging by a thread”. Now members of the trade have banded together in a bid to stave off the threat of closures. The move came in the wake of an indoors dining ban until June 24 ...

The Government’s decision to shut down the island and its economy for the next two months as part of the battle against Covid-19 yesterday got a mixed reaction from business leaders yesterday. The Bermuda Employers’ Council said that Government’s pla...

Shawn Lekki nabbed his dream job in hospitality just as the coronavirus pandemic hit. Like businesses everywhere, the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club was shuttered indefinitely by Covid-19. He was weeks into his role as interim food & beverage directo...

After 27 years as a residential property, Leamington Caves in Hamilton Parish, is now under commercial redevelopment. Mo Hamza and wife Clare Dominguez, of Ethos Bermuda, hope to have the place operating as a boutique hotel by next June. The Leamingt...