Our friend Bill Ostroy is looking to rent his timeshare apartment at the St George’s Club in Bermuda for the week June 12 – 19, 2010.
The unit has a balcony, queen bed, TV, sofa bed, full bath, and kitchenette (with microwave, coffee machine, toaster, sink, plates and silverware). The balcony overlooks The Club with St. Georges Harbor in the background. Sleeps 3. Great for a couple or a small family! Asking $150 per night.
We’ve stayed at the apartment and can verify that it is very nice and clean. The St George’s Club is situated in the historic town of St George, one of the nicest areas in Bermuda. It offers many facilities including a restaurant, beach, tennis courts, swimming pool, bike hire shop, reception etc.
For more details email billostroy@aol.com.
The videos below show many of the attractions in St George (all within easy reach of the apartment), Fort St Catherine, Tobacco Bay, plus the club’s beach, Achilles Bay.
NBC Sports will be on Island later this month to film their brand new TV show Global Golf Adventure at the Port Royal Golf Course.
Director of Tourism Mr. William Griffith said, “We are delighted that NBC has chosen Bermuda and our newly renovated Port Royal Golf Course to film this new program. I am sure that we will see an increase in the number of golf vacations to Bermuda after the show airs.”
Global Golf Adventure is a ground breaking, first of its kind golf and travel show for US Network television. The show is a 30 minute fast paced golf and travel show hosted by NBC Sports’ Mark Rolfing. Each show highlights a unique destination and its adventures for active golf travellers, including an interview with a celebrity guest. The celebrity guest for the Bermuda segment is 2009 Open Championship winner Stewart Cink.
“I am happy to create a show that is long overdue for network television. I am especially excited to showcase Bermuda. This will be my first visit but I’ve heard so many great things about the island from the participants in the Grand Slam.” said Rolfing.
NBC Sports will film in Bermuda March 27th – 30th, 2010 and the show will air on NBC on May 8, 2010 at 2:30pm (AST).
In an exciting initiative from the Department of Tourism, ten of the top taxi drivers in London will be feeling the love and spreading the warmth of the Bermudian sunshine in pink taxis.
To ensure that passengers get to enjoy the full Bermuda experience, the ten lucky drivers will come to experience our Island’s pink sand beaches and crystal blue waters first hand. These drivers will return to London ready to be Bermuda’s newest ambassadors.
“This is the first time we’ve undertaken anything like this in the UK,” says William Griffith, Director of Tourism. “The British market is of significant importance to us and this year, we intend to renew our efforts and bring a little slice of our beautiful island to the UK.”
Painted pink and adorned with the phrase ‘Feel the love’ and Bermuda’s famous shorts, these taxis will bring a piece of island life to the city. The taxis will be further supported from April to June and September to November with an additional 100 taxis with the feel the love branding on the side panels.
The Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, will honour 12 residents for deeds of heroism at the Bermuda Bravery Awards ceremony at Government House on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 6 pm.
In addition to a highly dangerous rescue during the high speed Round the Island Race, this year’s list features other dramatic feats, involving both young and old.
Examples include:
• The life-saving of two female cruise ship passengers caught in a dangerous rip current.
• The successful rescue of a toddler drowning in a swimming pool.
• Two Botanical Gardens workers who valiantly tried to save a co-worker by performing CPR after finding the man unconscious..
• Two boaters who risked their own lives in saving a fellow boater after his craft exploded in flames.
Since its re-birth 14 years ago, the Bermuda Bravery Award Association has recognized more than 200 individuals for bravery or life-saving.
Association president Mark Selley pointed out that his committee is not empowered to nominate names for heroism and that under the constitution of the Bermuda Bravery Award Association; all names must be submitted by members of the public.
The 12 recipients this year will receive a cedar-framed certificate from the Governor, listing their feat of heroism.
Their names were submitted by the public and emergency organizations and were judged by a cross-section of Bermudians who comprise the Bermuda Bravery Awards Association.
The Bermuda Bravery Awards Association was re-formed in 1995 after lying dormant for a number of years. Its mission is to establish a more positive and caring approach to recognizing those who go above and beyond the call of duty in helping others during life-threatening situations.
Copies of award proposal forms are available from Mark Selley.
For further information call Mark Selley on 334-8487 or 293-3121.
Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport Dr. the Hon. Ewart Brown, JP, MP said, “Although snow caused some flight cancellations in the US and prevented many couples from attending, the visitors that were able to get here had a great time. I have to say that this year was one of the best!”
The weekend’s activities kicked off with a Welcome Reception, hosted by the Premier and the Best of the Best Awards, sponsored by Robb Report at the Tucker’s Point Club. The Wycliffe Gordon Quartet’s rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” was a big hit with attendees.
The weekend wind and rain disrupted some of the planned outdoor activities however the quick-thinking Love Marshals saved the day, arranging a tour to the Crystal Caves and offering movie tickets to the romantic comedy, Valentine’s Day. Saturday night guests enjoyed a private dinner at the Port O’Call restaurant and then were whisked away on the Love Buses to the Fairmont Southampton to be serenaded by local entertainers and R&B crooner Babyface at the Kappa Valentine Night.
On Sunday afternoon, Love Festival attendees were treated to brunch at Masterworks with entertainment by Bermuda songbird, Toni Robinson. The Premier and his wife, Wanda Henton Brown honoured two couples who have attended the Love Festival each year since its inception five years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Tuzo, a local couple, have been married for sixty years, said they have a great time every year. Mr. and Mrs. Mikan vanZanten flew all the way from Holland the first year of the festival and have since moved to New York City, but they make sure the Love Festival stays in their travel plans as this weekend coincides with their wedding anniversary.
Sunday night was for lovers only and guests dined in the Harbourview Ballroom at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess on an exquisite meal especially prepared by the chef for Valentine’s Day. Guests were treated to a romantic dessert collection prepared by the ‘Chef of Love’ Jernard Wells. The evening ended with entertainment by legendary baritone legend, Chuck Jackson and guests danced the night away to hits such as ‘Any Day Now’ and ‘I don’t want to Cry’.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has announced its Bermuda cruise schedule for 2011.
NCL will sail two ships from the Northeast to Bermuda weekly from May through October calling at Kings Wharf.
Norwegian Gem, one of Norwegian’s newest and largest Freestyle Cruising ships carrying 2,400 guests, will replace Norwegian Dawn sailing from New York on Sundays to Bermuda, staying for three full days. In Boston, the 2,224-passenger Norwegian Dawn will homeport there for the first time, replacing Norwegian Spirit which sailed from Boston for two years. The ship will depart on Fridays with three days in Bermuda.
The Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) is advising that the Island will experience severe and unsettled weather conditions over the course of tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday.
Late this afternoon, the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) met to discuss public safety precautions. Residents are advised that starting late Wednesday morning, wind and rain will steadily increase throughout the day and into the evening.
It is anticipated that throughout Wednesday the Island will experience wind gusts over 50 knots.
Severe weather will continue into Thursday, and the Island can expect to experience storm force winds, gusting to hurricane force, until around midday on Thursday.
The public is advised that the Causeway remains open. At the onset of the severe conditions, the Causeway will be closely monitored by the Bermuda Police Service and the Ministry of Works and Engineering.
All Government offices will be open for business on Wednesday morning.
In the interest of public safety the Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing, Sen. the Hon. Lt. Col. David Burch encourages all motorists, particularly cyclists to use “extreme caution” over the next two days when moving about the Island.
Additionally, residents are being advised to secure all boats, as well as outdoor furniture, garbage bins and any other items that could be blown about by the wind.
The public will be updated regularly throughout Wednesday and Thursday on further weather related developments.
To get the latest weather updates and advisories this weekend the public is encouraged to visit www.weather.bm or watch the local weather station on CableVision channel 4 or WOW channel 100. Alternatively members of the public can call the following numbers:
• For the Public Forecast Dial 977
• For the Current Observation Dial 9771
• For the Marine Forecast Dial 9772
• For latest Warnings & Tropical Information Dial 9773
Premier Ewart Brown and Mrs Brown were the official honoured guests last evening as HRH Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud hosted the Third Annual Khalediah Horse Show outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Prince, who owns the Elbow Beach hotel, is an avid horse breeder and owns more than 1000 Arabian horses around the world.
“Wanda and I were honoured to have been invited by His Royal Highness to this important event. Prince Khaled reminded us of his long association with Bermuda and seemed excited about the future of Elbow Beach,” Premier Brown said.
The horse show will run through Friday. The Premier will have a lunch meeting with Prince Khaled on Thursday before departing for the United States on Friday.
Today, the Ministry of Tourism and Transport held a consultation meeting with licensed taxi operators servicing the mobility impaired on the Island.
Junior Minister of Tourism and Transport Sen. Marc Bean said, “The purpose of the meeting was to seek taxi operators’ views on the proposed Paratransit Strategy and Business Plan. The goal is to establish paratransit service that will provide transportation to Bermuda’s mobility impaired population. The meeting was informative and the taxi operators gave invaluable information that will be used going forward in establishing this service for the people in our community.”
The proposed plan clearly establishes a proposed framework for the paratransit system that will be customized to suit the needs of Bermuda’s mobility impaired. The plan was presented to the taxi operators by Ms. Jane Bret, Policy Analyst for the Department of Human Affairs and Mr. Marc Drew who have worked closely with the Paratransit Taskforce.
