Premier & Ministers Visit Fairmont Renovations
Premier David Burt and Cabinet Ministers held their weekly meeting at the Fairmont Southampton before touring the property to view the ongoing hotel renovations.
A Government spokesperson said, “Earlier this week, the Premier, the Hon. David Burt, JP, MP and Ministers of the Cabinet held their weekly meeting at the Fairmont Southampton property and were then taken on a tour to view the ongoing renovations at the hotel.
“The Cabinet meeting was held at the Boundary Sports Bar and Grill, with Ministers then escorted to view the property by Westend Properties Limited representative, Mr. Chris Maybury and representatives from the Fairmont Southampton, Gencom/Westend Properties Limited and project contractors.
“The tour started at the main hotel where extensive renovations are taking place in the lobby, ballroom, pool, spa and restaurants. The exterior of the hotel is being stripped, refinished and repainted and all 593 guest rooms are being refurbished.
“Cabinet members were transported to the Beach Club where work to transform the beach-side facilities is already well advanced. Renovations to the Ocean Club, formerly the Whaler Inn, are substantially complete. The works included a full roof replacement and structural repairs, along with foundation work to support new facilities such as an open-air beachside restaurant, pool area, changing rooms, and maintenance room spaces.”
Premier Burt said, “The work taking place at the Fairmont Southampton, one of Bermuda’s most iconic resorts, has progressed significantly. It was an informative tour for Cabinet members to see how the revitalised property will assist in ensuring that Bermuda remains a leading luxury destination in the region. Once completed, the new Beach Club promises to be one of the best ocean-front amenities in the world.”
The spokesperson said, “There are currently approximately 320 workers on site and since the start of the renovation project more than 400 skilled individuals have been involved, including 18 local contractors and sub-contractors.
“The hotel is scheduled to re-open in 2026, providing more than 600 permanent employment opportunities for Bermudians.”
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“The hotel is scheduled to re-open in 2026, providing more than 600 permanent employment opportunities for Bermudians.”
While the reopening of the Fairmont Southampton Princess will be a momentous achievement, can you say how many of the 600 permanent employment opportunities will, in fact, be filled by Bermudians?
“The hotel is scheduled to re-open in 2026, providing more than 600 permanent employment opportunities for Bermudians.”
I would like to hold Southampton Princess to that. No work permit applications until all “600 permanent employment opportunities for Bermudians” have been filled.
Well looky there! Must have been a slow day at the office for all of them so they all hopped in their GP cars, no cost savings car pooling for them, and went for a little photo op out west.
A very productive day of taxpayers money well spent.
Hopefully they hire the ubpobaeers TROLLS first. They desperately need a win since they lose every election.
That’s just sad. Why are you so jealous of them…is it because they already have jobs, and skills…that you miserable trolls will never have?
LMFAO..You jealous bigots are hilarious.
Thank you representatives for the interest and monitoring of a key tourist site. As you know, tourism is so key to Bermuda, building a middle class, and its use of housing etc.is less as an industry.
Please be sure we have a “monitor” in place to review the taxpayers investment in this project, assuring funds are best used, and the property is not leveraged and proceeds not used to “cashed out” on this project.
Before closing for renovations, what was the headcount of Bermudians vs. non-Bermudians? What was the breakdown by job category? Management, non-management, housekeeping, grounds keeping, kitchen, etc.?
How come they didn’t show the hundreds of foreign workers that reside in the hotel?