Comments on: Bill Hanbury “Filled With Optimism About Future”

By: Warwick Wonder Woman

Warwick Wonder Woman — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:20:58 +0000

By: Warwick Wonder Woman

Warwick Wonder Woman — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:17:24 +0000

Yea, he “stuck it out” for how much $$$??

By: jiggs bda

jiggs bda — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:21:41 +0000

What you fail to understand is that the role of the BTA is to facilitate all of the events, advantages and upsides of Bermuda to show us in the best possible light.

Hanbury basically took all of the same people from the BDOT and re-purposed them and now we are successful… got to be good leadership.

By: Dependent

Dependent — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:04:44 +0000

Must have been a result of the fish sandwich competition.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:32:33 +0000

Better check your statement, Hanbury said “the most vacation AIR arrivals since 2008.”

By: just wondering

just wondering — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:36:19 +0000

The BTA may not be perfect (in fact I think its fair to say they are far form perfect) BUT they are a hell of a lot better than that shambles of a Department of Tourism that existed under previous Governments.

By: just wondering

just wondering — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:33:25 +0000

wow there are 19 people who didn’t like this – why? you don’t like the fact of increased air arrivals to benefit those of us (including me!!) who are in the tourism industry??

By: Sickofantz

Sickofantz — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 11:23:22 +0000

Last night spotted disgusting grease and fecal matter balls on grape bay again. How can we expect to have tourists here when there is raw sewage on the beaches?

By: Lois Frederick

Lois Frederick — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 03:47:10 +0000

As the statement said, the best arrivals since 2008. Amazing the amount of negativity out there.

By: Was There

Was There — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:12:11 +0000

Newport Bermuda Race – BTA funded and funded by the Department of Tourism as well. For years.

Heroes Weekend Bermuda Carnival – BTA funded since inception (despite outcry from the career naysayers)

Sporting Events – BTA funds many sporting events, has a sports tourism division and a partnership agreement with national sports centre

Reggae & Soca Concerts – vague and unspecific so cannot reply, but just as well. You don’t know what you’re talking about anyway.

By: Point boy

Point boy — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:25:14 +0000

What’s the plp?

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:33:50 +0000

I just keep hearing dumb people…Bermuda is on its last leg of its downward free fall…WHOEVER! y’all put into the leadership role…There is NO! coming back…destruction of 99%…only the 1% will survive…your financial status will be your protection…I ain’t got nuffin to protect me …how much YOU got..?

13 families…

By: JB

JB — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:31:30 +0000

Yes, and the BTA Part funded some of those events

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:12:33 +0000

Had my glasses on that is how I spotted discrepancy. Better than blindly following BTA’s spin.

By: Anbu

Anbu — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:39:04 +0000

Lmfao!!! And the pee el pee never lied to us?!!! Mercy. U really cant make this stuff up. Hahahaha . Stop lying. Uve never voted ubp or oba

By: Jus' Wonderin'

Jus' Wonderin' — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:50:25 +0000

Put on ya glasses next time bra!

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:00:40 +0000

Using BTA’s Q2 chart, total air arrivals in Q2 2008 = 85,416 and Q2 2016 = 75,730, does not appear to be significant increase. Who can explain this?

By: RBYC member

RBYC member — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:42:30 +0000

The BTA keep blogging about the same results over and over again for the last 2 weeks. Who are they trying to convince? Best thing to do is for the OBA to call a snap election while the PLP pants are down, or is the Premier going wait until next year when their stronger. The Cog on the wheel did that and look what happen when she lost the PLP and her seat.

By: Cow Polly

Cow Polly — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:31:31 +0000

Bermuda owes you a big thanks and an even bigger apology. You well and truly earned your bonuses, now go and enjoy them. I know you’ve put in place good strategies and procedures to keep us moving forward without you, so we will keep growing as long the BTA is kept away from political meddling in the future.

By: Black Bermudian swing voter

Black Bermudian swing voter — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:24:56 +0000

Total air arrivals for the quarter rose from 71,972 to 75,730. The extra 3758 visitors had nothing to with the BTA. What Mr. Hanbury fails to tell Bermuda is that from the start of the year the island experienced numerous independent sporting events that attracted competitors as well as spectators. The list includes the Newport to Bda yacht race, reggae and soca concerts put on during heroes weekend.

When someone lies to you! It is because they don’t respect you enough to be honest and they think you’re too stupid to know the difference. What I feel like now after I voted for the OBA.

By: Thank you Mr Hanbury

Thank you Mr Hanbury — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:43:36 +0000

Congratulations to you and your team for this impressive results!!!

Thank you for your perserverance and maturity when dealing with the nonsense that you did when you took your role to help Bermuda into the 21st Cenutry of tourism.

You became a lightening rod for criticism by those who failed Bermuda miserably over the years and knew it and their only recourse was to behave in a very childish and unprofessional manner. Bermuda is better than what you had to endure and I hope when you move on you will remember thos of us that are grateful for your work and not the noisey mouthpieces that tried to prevent your success.

You deserved far better treatment by this country than you received and you should be proud of the results you led your team to achieve.

You have a great team at BTA that will drive the strategy you implmented foward into the future.

Thank you so much for helping us get out of oour own way to move our tourism product forward.

By: Tourism Advocate

Tourism Advocate — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:31:23 +0000

This is a total confidence builder. Well done!

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:30:04 +0000

Good for you Bill Hanbury. You stuck it out inspite of the naysayers & underminers. A lessor person would have bailed out of here long ago. There are still too many ex DOT in the BTA but I guess you have to work with what you have.

Lets hope the foundation for recovery of the air visitor will be built upon. Success depends on everyone from the imigration officer to the airline counter agent checking the boarding pass.

By: Full Fuulish

Full Fuulish — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:47:51 +0000

Que the peanut gallery! Onion Juice, were you at on this one?

By: archy

archy — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:21:05 +0000

PLP must be squirming – how do they criticize this? LOL.