Our friend Bill Ostroy is looking to rent his 2-bedroom timeshare apartment at the St George’s Club in Bermuda for the week June 12 – 19, 2010.
The full unit has two bedrooms, a full kitchen, living room, two full bathrooms and two balconies. The rooms are very large and include two sofa beds. It can sleep 6 very comfortably. It can also be ‘locked-off’ into two units (a studio/hotel type room, plus a full one bedroom apartment) -- for two couples travelling together. The price for the week is $2200.
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.
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.
Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport, Dr. the Hon. Ewart Brown said, “This is great news! Hats off to the leadership of the Bermuda Track and Field Association (BTFA) for their stellar work. With the support of Tourism, they have produced a record number of visitors for the Race Weekend. This is what we have been looking for and we are delighted. The results are even more impressive when one considers the condition of the global economy.”
The Bermuda Department of Tourism (BDOT) partnered with Bart Yasso Chief Running Officer from Runners World; Jan Seeley the Publisher of Marathon & Beyond magazine; Skip Cleaver from coolrunnings.com; and Douglas Wakihuri, Dick Beardsley, Jay Glassman, Thom Gilligan and Brooks Johnson who are all well recognized in the running community for their work in race promotion. Dr. Joe Vigil and Andy Ferrara came to the Island to add their knowledge and expertise for the clinics held as an added value to visitors and residents.
Director of Tourism William Griffith said, “Race week is the perfect mix of sports and tourism in Bermuda. The athletes have the chance to test their skills in Bermuda’s temperate climate and scenic yet challenging terrain; while their friends and family have the opportunity to explore our premier shopping establishments, exceptional restaurants, award winning golf courses or one of our many spas. Mr. Griffith went on to say, “The partnerships BDOT has built over the years will ensure Bermuda International Race Week evolves into an event that is the envy of the world. We expect the event to be even bigger next year”
International Race Week could not happen without the strong support of the local community, the Race Weekend volunteers and additional sponsorship. In that respect, the Department of Tourism has offered their congratulations to BTFA President Ms. Donna Watson, Race Director Anthony Raynor, Race Operations Manager Clarence Smith as well as Mrs. Joanne Macphee from KPMG.
BDOT acknowledged Mr. Sid Howard, who has chosen to return to Bermuda and compete in the International Race Weekend for the 31st time. Mr. Howard and many others come back time and time again. Their commitment and dedication to this event and Bermuda has not gone unnoticed.
The Bermuda Department of Tourism is delighted to announce that Bermuda has won first place for Wreck Diving and third place for both Snorkeling and Diving for Beginners in Scuba Diving magazine’s 2010 Reader’s Choice Awards.
Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport Dr. the Hon. Ewart Brown said, “We consider it an honour for Bermuda to be recognized by the readers of Scuba Diving magazine. This is also reminder to all Bermudians that we must respect and preserve our beautiful reefs and wrecks for all to enjoy.”
The survey was conducted in 2009 with over 5,000 Scuba Diving readers from all over the globe submitted their rankings.
Bermuda has over 400 historic wrecks, with some dating back to the 15th century. Popular sites include:
• The Constellation – 4-masted wooden schooner built in 1918. She sank in 1943 while en route from New York to Venezuela with a cargo that included cement, whisky, and drug ampoules. She was the inspiration for the Goliath in Peter Benchley’s novel The Deep.
• L’Herminie – French 3-masted wooden warship that sank in 1838 while sailing from France to Cuba.
• Hermes – US Navy freighter built in WWII and scuttled by the government in 1985 for use as a dive site.
Two of the best places for snorkelling in Bermuda are Church Bay in Southampton Parish and Tobacco Bay in St George’s Parish.
Premier Ewart Brown issued a statement yesterday concerning issues with Bermuda’s taxi industry. Government is particularly concerned that taxi drivers are not using GPS services as required by law and have not been delivering services on public holidays such as Cup Match and Remembrance Day.
Here’s the statement in full:
Good afternoon,
Over the past few years we have been working to resolve the challenges with the taxi industry; specifically the issues with the GPS requirements.
In January 2009 we made amendments to Section 35B of the Motor Car Act:
- No person shall operate or cause or allow any other person to operate a motor taxi unless the mobile data terminal and the global positioning device that the motor taxi is required to be equipped with are in working order and are switched on.
- When a motor taxi is being operated for hire, the person who operates the motor taxi shall—
- (a) use the global positioning device for the purposes of indicating the location of the motor taxi to the taxi despatching service with which the motor taxi is registered; and
- (b) use the mobile data terminal for the purposes of receiving messages from, and sending messages to, that taxi despatching service with regard to the hiring of the motor taxi.
- Except in the case of emergency, no person who operates a motor taxi shall use any equipment other than the global positioning device and the mobile data terminal for the purposes of communication, with regard to the hiring of the motor taxi, between the motor taxi and the taxi despatching service with which the motor taxi is registered.”;
These amendments mean it is an offence not to have the GPS device switched on and in working order when operating a vehicle.
Over the Cup Match Holiday and during the Remembrance Day holiday we expressed our extreme displeasure with the calibre of service being provided by taxi operators at the airport and the ongoing complaints of lack of available taxis and non-compliance with GPS generally. At that time we said the taxi industry was forcing Government to take corrective steps.
Effective immediately taxi operators can expect Traffic Officers will be implementing more aggressive enforcement measures. Throughout Bermuda where taxis are plying for business, the Traffic Officers will be checking and verifying that taxi operators are compliant and in instances where operators are found not to be compliant the appropriate action will be taken.
In addition, Traffic Officers at Bermuda’s ports of entry who are charged with assigning taxis to passengers will not allow taxis to take passengers in instances where GPS is not switched on and in working order.
It is our goal to ensure that residents and visitors receive the best service for their transportation needs; we feel these amendments and the subsequent enforcement measures move us closer to this goal and the overall goal of general compliance with the laws of Bermuda.
One of the best known restaurants in St George has closed.
The Carriage House Restaurant & Bar is the latest victim of the economic slowdown affecting the historic town.
In 2010 only one cruise ship, the Veendam, will call at St George. It will only spend one night there and, and as announced last month, will anchor at sea rather than dock.
