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Hotel occupancy levels viewed through the lens of the Covid-19 pandemic have left a resort’s general manager J.P. Martens “excited”. Mr Martens, of Grotto Bay Beach Resort, said: “If it was a regular year, I would be crying right now at the numbers I...

An outdoor dining festival, staycation promotions and sports events help to signal the island’s attractions are open for business, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday. Glenn Jones, the organisation’s interim chief executive, added that the a...

Black-owned tourism businesses have been put in the spotlight on a website promoting travel to Bermuda. The online hub, A Guide to Black Culture & Heritage, was launched by the Bermuda Tourism Authority on the GoToBermuda.com website. BTA interim chi...

A potential deal between hotels and unionised staff was rejected by the workers in the unionised hotel division, it was revealed yesterday. Stephen Todd, the chief executive of the Bermuda Hotel Association and the Hotel Employers of Bermuda, confirm...

Dear Sir, We just booked our 64th trip to Bermuda. We read the government regulations regarding Covid-19 testing/arrival protocol before booking. We are required to bring the test results taken within seven days of arrival. The problem is that here o...

Dear Sir, Yesterday (August 22, 2020), we were in a small town in Connecticut talking to a local business owner. He relayed to us that he had been in Bermuda once, 15 years ago. They stayed at Cambridge Beaches, which, as he recalled, “was not inexp...

Bermudian chef Alexandria Dowling is the kind of person who always likes to give “150 per cent” of herself. Back in April when she found out her employer Goddard Catering Group would be closed during the Covid-19 crisis, she asked the Open Your Hear...

The Covid-19 pandemic damage to the tourism industry has forced hoteliers to think long term, a resort general manager said yesterday. Bushara Bushara, of Newstead Belmont Hills Golf Resort and Spa, said: “We are all planning for the future. It’s not...

A charter tour boat operator that was down to zero business after tourists stopped arriving on cruise ships or staying at hotels due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has found a new market. The Excellence is now offering socially distanced dinner cruises, c...

A restaurant in Hamilton has closed its doors on a temporary basis after a tourist who ate there twice tested positive for the coronavirus. Now The Terrace on Front Street has decided to cease operations until all 18 staff have clear tests for the co...

Hamilton fixture the Hog Penny said goodbye yesterday to “the best server in Bermuda”, who has retired after a 41-year history with the bar. Phil Barnett, the president of the bar’s owner, Island Restaurant Group, said Joanna Wellman, then Easton, th...

For more than half a century charter boat operator Nigel Prescott has taken thousands of convention visitors on water tours around Bermuda. Now, with the convention season cancelled due to Covid-19, the owner of tour boat company, Tam-Marina, is app...