Minister Lightbourne’s Trip To Miami Cost $3,110
A trip in May 2025 by Minister of Home Affairs Alexa Lightbourne to Miami, Florida cost $3,110.56, according to a recent listing on the Government’s travel webpage.
The trip duration was listed as from May 7, 2025 – May 9, 2025, and the web page listing said, “Minister of Home Affairs, the Hon. Alexa N.H. Lightbourne, JP, MP represented Bermuda at the Caribbean Energy Forum [CREF] 2025 which was held in Miami Florida from 7-9 May 2025. This year marked the Forum’s 17th year.
“‘CREF’, which is the largest annual gathering of the regional energy market is hosted annually by New Energy Events and continues to be a key event bringing together ministers, regulators and investors united by a shared commitment to climate resilience and energy affordability.
“Minister Lightbourne’s participation included:
- “Women in Renewable Energy Luncheon
- Ministerial Roundtable
- Bilateral meeting with the UK’s Under Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, Under Secretary McCarthy”
Expenses
- Air Travel: $1,707.00
- Ground Transportation: $124.21
- Accommodation: $849.16
- Meals: $430.19
- Total costs: $3,110.56
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“Air Travel: $1,707.00″
The Minister booked a First Class seat.
It was about 20 years ago that our Premier sought to shame airlines into giving PLP Government Ministers fee upgrades by claiming that they did so when the UBP was in power and there was a change of policy when the PLP Government came to power.
What happened to those fee upgrades?
The airlines were subsidized and assisted by the UBP and Doc Brown of the PLP. All of that came to an end under every PLP and OBA Premier. With the previous governments helping the airlines, they in turn would also step in and cut ticket prices and place all gov officials in first class.