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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...

The Inverurie Executive Suites hotel has reopened two weeks ahead of its target date. The hotel, on Harbour Road in Paget, reopened just before Cup Match after it had scheduled an August 16 date to throw open its doors again. Owner Philip Akeroyd sai...

Two of the island’s largest hotels are scheduled to open to guests within the next three weeks. The Royal Gazette understands that the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club intends to reopen on August 24, while the Fairmont Southampton plans to start welc...

Hotel workers are expected to hear plans this week designed to help kick-start the industry after it was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. The Bermuda Industrial Union was granted large group exemptions for four meetings to be held tomorrow and...

Police will be able to shut licensed premises for 24 hours if they breach Covid-19 regulations. A police spokesman said the Public Health (Covid-19 Emergency Powers) Amendment (No 3) Regulations were amended last week to introduce the new powers. He ...

South Shore hotel The Reefs Resort and Club reopened on Friday. David Dodwell, the owner, said The Reefs had seen enough bookings, including many from locals booking staycations, to give some of its employees a chance to get back to work. He added th...

An Airbnb host has been accused of “profiteering” from the Covid-19 pandemic over the booking site’s refunds policy in case of cancellation. Patricia Symonds-Powell planned a trip to Bermuda to stay at Seven Arches on Hill View Lane, Warwick, over Cu...

After closing the doors on the Beau Rivage restaurant, award-winning chef Jean-Claude Garzia is staying focused on serving up tasty food for customers at JC’s Bistro and JC’s Café in Hamilton. And the bistro, which was previously a French dining expe...

Owners of the Ten Café and Bar plan to reopen the eatery — but only when enough of its regular customers have returned to their city workplaces. George Heracleous, president of Yellowfin Ltd, which owns the café on Dundonald Street, said the return o...

A fundraising drive by the Bermuda Visitor Services Centres has aided a community effort to support restaurant workers hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The “Purchase with a Purpose” campaign kicked off May 20 in the run-up to Bermuda Day and ran th...

The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club’s summer hotspot, 1609 Bar and Restaurant, reopens on Thursday. And the hotel has used the months of closure during the pandemic to freshen its menu. Restaurant favourites such as golden fried shrimp with wasabi ma...