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Videos: Premier/Ministers Town Hall
Premier Paula Cox hosted the final of a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss the upcoming National Budget last night [Feb.1] at the Francis Patton School in Hamilton Parish. Premier Cox was joined by Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport Derrick Burgess, Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith, Minister of Business Development and Tourism Wayne... Read more of this article
Furbert Attends Florida PGA Show
The Minister of Business Development and Tourism Wayne Furbert was in Orlando, Fl. yesterday [Jan.26] to tee up awareness for Bermuda’s golf product at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show, with a mission to drive business to the destination. The PGA Merchandise Show attracts 1,000-plus vendors representing every business sector of golf from market leaders... Read more of this article
Minister To Attend Bahamas Conference
Minister of Business Development Wayne Furbert will be travelling to Bahamas this weekend to participate in the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s [CTO] Council of Ministers meeting. The CTO meeting will be taking place at the Atlantis Hotel tomorrow [Jan.22]. The agenda will focus on such issues as the as the airline passenger duty tax imposed... Read more of this article
Furbert: Spring Break Itinerary
The Bermuda Department of Tourism is providing North American students with a full-fledged party itinerary for Spring Break 2012. Released yesterday [Jan. 18], Bermuda Spring Break offers special hotel deals and island-wide events in February and March for students looking for an escape from their university studies and let loose on the island. Partygoers... Read more of this article
Minister Kicks Off Restaurant Week
Tourism & Business Development Minister Wayne Furbert today [Jan.18] joined Philip Barnett, owner of Victoria Grill in Hamilton, to highlight Restaurant Week. Victoria Grill is one of 31 local eateries participating in the Bermuda Department of Tourism’s [BDOT] first ever Restaurant Week, which is taking place now through February 6, 2012. Bermudian... Read more of this article
BEST: Why Decisions Were Wrong
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] said they are “concerned that the public is being led to believe there was nothing wrong” with the planning appeal decisions made by former Environment Minister Walter Roban last month. Mr Roban resigned from his position as Minister for Public Works in November, after coming under... Read more of this article
Videos: College Weeks Reunion Planned
Bermuda was where the girls were. During the island’s annual College Weeks festivities — a tourism pernennial from the 1950s through the late 1970s — up to 10,000 students would spend their spring breaks in Bermuda, the overwhelming majority of them female. “There are so many girls you can take your time to pick one ho’s... Read more of this article
‘Bermuda Can Be Year-Round Resort’
Minister of Business Development & Tourism returned to Bermuda yesterday [Dec.7] after a trip to New York City that saw him deliver the island’s tourism message to a high profile group of media and influencers and lead a sales and marketing meeting designed to review 2011 activities and upcoming initiatives for the first quarter of 2012. At the... Read more of this article
New York Enjoys A Taste Of Bermuda
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert brought a taste of Bermuda -– literally — to New York City today [Dec. 5], as he teamed with award-winning chef Jean-Claude Garzia of Beau Rivage restaurant to showcase the island to more than 50 top media figures at the prestigious James Beard House. Chef Garzia and two members of his acclaimed culinary team,... Read more of this article
Disabled Visitor Thanks Tourism Minister
[Updated] A wheelchair-using American visitor’s unhappy experience on a Bermuda bus brought tears to the eyes of Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert – and he has offered to bring her back to the island at his own expense if necessary to make amends for her ordeal. In a recent post on the social network site Facebook, New Jersey resident Jeannette... Read more of this article
Tourism Board’s Report Completed
[Updated with video] Earlier today, Minister of Business Development and Tourism Wayne Furbert said the Tourism Board’s report – “Establishing the foundation for the National Tourism Plan” – is completed and will be tabled in the House of Assembly tomorrow [Dec.2] The Report summarizes “Hot Buttons” issues,... Read more of this article
OBA’s Qualified Apology To Minister
The One Bermuda Alliance issued a qualified apology to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert today [Nov.24] after the Progressive Labour Party claimed the Opposition “struck below the belt” and called into question his empathy for the victims of violence. Earlier the OBA’s Shadow Board on National Security spokesman Jeff Baron told the Royal... Read more of this article
