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Applications Open: BTA Investment Programme

Applications Open: BTA Investment Programme

The Bermuda Tourism Authority announced that applications are open for its Experience Investment Programme. A spokesperson said, “In preparation for the upcoming fall and winter season the Bermuda Tourism Authority announced that the organisation will seek new applications for its Experience Investment Programme. During September, local tourism... Read more of this article

16 Approved For BTA Investment Programme

16 Approved For BTA Investment Programme

[Updated] The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] announced 16 successful candidates for the Experience Investment Programme’s first intake of 2023. A spokesperson said, “Launched in 2016, the programme is a vehicle to support tourism entrepreneurs to create innovative home-grown experiences that attract and elevate on-island experience for visitors. “Of... Read more of this article

Funding Available For Tourism Entrepreneurs

Funding Available For Tourism Entrepreneurs

The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] invites local entrepreneurs to apply for the Experience Investment Programme. A spokesperson said, “The programme will allow interested businesspersons to submit their application between February 1, 2023, and February 28, 2023. “Launched in 2016, the tourism experience investment programme is a vehicle... Read more of this article

Entrepreneurs Invited To Apply For Programme

Entrepreneurs Invited To Apply For Programme

Tourism stakeholders and entrepreneurs are invited to apply to the Bermuda Tourism Authority Experience Investment Programme [EIP]. A spokesperson said, “The initiative provides marketing or funding support for innovative tourism entrepreneurs and business owners whose proposals meet the programme criteria and align with the Bermuda National Tourism... Read more of this article

Experience Investment Programme Webinar

Experience Investment Programme Webinar

The Bermuda Tourism Authority is inviting tourism entrepreneurs to register for the Experience Investment Programme webinar, which will be held on Thursday [Sept 2]. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Tourism Authority has announced the renewal of the Experience Investment Programme [EIP] Fall-Spring edition. The programme creates opportunities... Read more of this article

Nine Entrepreneurs Approved For BTA Funding

Nine Entrepreneurs Approved For BTA Funding

[Updated with PDF] The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] announced funding approval for nine tourism entrepreneurs and marketing support for thirteen of the twenty-eight Experience Investment Programme [EIP] applicants. “The tourism entrepreneur programme, paused in the Fall of 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic, was developed by the BTA to support... Read more of this article

Tourism Experiences: Apply For Funding

Tourism Experiences: Apply For Funding

The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] is relaunching the Tourism Experience Investment Programme, allowing people to apply for funding to “support experiences that enhance the overall tourism product.” “Beginning this quarter, local entrepreneurs with actionable tourism concepts can apply for Experience Investment Programme [EIP] tourism... Read more of this article

March 31: Deadline For BTA Tourism Programme

March 31: Deadline For BTA Tourism Programme

The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] reminds local entrepreneurs that the deadline for applications to its Experience Investment Programme is on Tuesday, March 31st. A spokesperson said, “Despite Covid-19 uncertainty, the Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] is reminding local entrepreneurs the deadline for applications to its Experience Investment... Read more of this article

Tourism Entrepreneurs Invited To Workshops

Tourism Entrepreneurs Invited To Workshops

The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] Experience Investment Programme will re-open to applications from local entrepreneurs March 2. The purpose is to recruit tourism ideas ready for launch in the third and fourth quarters of this year. “The beyond-summer approach is consistent with the National Tourism Plan objective of creating more year-round... Read more of this article

Nine Approved For BTA Investment Programme

Nine Approved For BTA Investment Programme

Nine entrepreneurs and event producers have been approved in the latest round of the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s Experience Investment Programme this fall. “Another five participants performed favourably in the application process—decisions on those proposals have been deferred pending approvals or verification of information,” the BTA... Read more of this article

BTA Extends Deadline For Tourism Programme

BTA Extends Deadline For Tourism Programme

Entrepreneurs now have until Thursday, October 10 to submit ideas for innovative on-island experiences to the Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA]. The previous end-of-month deadline for applications has been extended due to interruptions caused by recent storms. “Home-grown ideas to enhance the island’s tourism product are invited—and, if successful,... Read more of this article

Process For Home-Grown Tourism Experiences

Process For Home-Grown Tourism Experiences

The popular Bermuda Tourism Authority investment programme which helps entrepreneurs get their new ideas off the ground will now accept applications twice per year, instead of once annually. The BTA said, “The Tourism Experiences Investment process will begin accepting applications from local entrepreneurs next month. The purpose is to recruit... Read more of this article

BTA: $655,000 To Support Entrepreneurial Ideas

BTA: $655,000 To Support Entrepreneurial Ideas

Innovative tours headline a crop of two dozen experiences and events set to receive investment funds as a result of the Tourism Experiences Investment process, with $655,000 assigned to supporting entrepreneurial ideas in 2019. The Bermuda Tourism Authority took in 52 completed applications for home-grown tourism ideas, approving 46 percent of them. Most... Read more of this article

Have An Idea For Tourism? Need Funding?

Have An Idea For Tourism? Need Funding?

The Bermuda Tourism Authority is seeking a new crop of entrepreneurs with ideas to improve the visitor experience in 2019, with the BTA saying that “applications best aligned with Bermuda’s overall tourism strategy could receive investment funds or marketing support as part of the Tourism Experiences Investment Programme.” The BTA said,... Read more of this article

BTA: $838,000 Investment Funding For 2018

BTA: $838,000 Investment Funding For 2018

More than 20 home-grown ideas, out of a total 55 approved experiences, will receive investment funding from the Bermuda Tourism Authority for the first time in 2018, with $838,000 allocated in total for the 55 experiences. “The 23 newly supported tourism experiences is the largest crop of successful new applicants since the process to find home-grown... Read more of this article

Tourism Application Process Closes Friday

Tourism Application Process Closes Friday

More than 50 submissions have been received so far in the Bermuda Tourism Authority Tourism Experiences Investment Process, with the application process closing on Friday [Sept 29]. A spokesperson said, “The applications best aligned with the overall tourism strategy receive investment funds or marketing support as part of a programme that helps... Read more of this article