American Airlines is to offer daily flights between Miami and Bermuda, commencing November 19 2009.
The US airline currently operates direct flights five times per week in the summer and three times per week during winter.
The Bermuda Department of Tourism has announced that its tourist office at LF Wade International Airport is now a self-service facility.
Previously the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) at the airport had been staffed. However from April 1 2009, new arrivals will only be able to collect brochures, maps, and other printed material.
Manned tourist offices are available in St George, Hamilton, and Royal Naval Dockyard.
USA3000 will resume its direct flight service from Baltimore to Bermuda this summer.
The airline will commence flights from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport (BDA) on June 11 2009. The service will run until August 16 2009.
Flights are scheduled on Thursdays and Sundays with one-way fares starting at $99.99.
USA3000 are based in Pennsylvania and operate a fleet of Airbus A320 airplanes.
The Phoenix Store will open a new pharmacy at the Royal Naval Dockyard in April.
The new store will cater primarily to cruise ship passengers docking at the former naval base.
The company also plans to move its store in the Clarendon Building to the new Victoria Place development on Victoria Road, Hamilton.
The Bank of Bermuda has announced that it will close its branch at LF Wade International Airport on February 6 2009.
Staff from the airport branch will be located to the branch in St George.
The bank has reassured the public that their ATMs and cash deposit services at the airport will remain operational.
Passengers departing Bermuda can now surf the internet for free at the airport.
Rock Media, the company responsible for advertising signage at LF Wade International Airport, have installed a wireless internet hot spot in the departure area.
The announcement was made yesterday by Ewart Brown, the Bermuda Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport.
Hundreds of travellers have been left stranded in Bermuda and elsewhere following the collapse of the low-cost transatlantic airline Zoom. The UK and Canada-based firm suspended all operations yesterday blaming the credit crunch and hefty rises in fuel bills.
The airline was founded in 2001 by Scottish brothers John and Hugh Boyle and employed over 700 staff in the UK and Canada. The airline has advised passengers to contact their credit card companies for refunds and seek alternative flights with other airlines.
A 39-year old American tourist has become Bermuda’s third road fatality of 2008. Martha Hoopes died on Monday after loosing control of her rental moped and crashing into a van. Her nine year old daughter, a pillion passenger, is recovering in hospital. Ewart Brown, Premier and Transport and Tourism Minister, has promised a review of procedures for training tourists to ride mopeds.
Ewart Brown, Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport, has announced improved tourism statistics for 2007. Total visitor arrivals were 663,767, up 3.4% on 2006. 305,548 visitors arrived by air (up 2.2%) while 354,024 (up 5.3%) came by cruise ship. Hotel occupancy rates rose to 67.1%, compared to 63.8% in 2006.
He also emphasized that with cruise ships moving from Hamilton to Dockyard in 2008 there would be a significant reduction in the number of cruise arrivals during the transition period.
The first Harbour Night of 2007 got off to an unfortunate start yesterday. A horse and carriage bolted from their owner and rampaged down Front Street injuring around 20 people. Harbour Nights are held on Front Street in Hamilton every Wednesday evening throughout the summer. The street closes to traffic and becomes the setting for a celebration of Bermudian taste, culture, and shopping.