Vexed Bermoothes

BEST is encouraging Bermudians to comment on the plans for the Bazarian development in St George’s, calling it “un-Bermudian” looking.  With 122 condo/townhouses for sale versus 100 hotel rooms, this is not a tourism development.  It’s an extension of Tuckers Town. We have some screwy priorities in this country.  We refused to plan for housing [...]

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You may recall that Dr. Brown and entourage jetted off to India a few times to develop links between Bollywood and Bermuda’s blazing hot film industry. There was much hype about a movie that would be shot here. Guess what? It wasn’t. Surprised?

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Back in the day, the first PLP tourism minister David Allen had a plan to turn around Bermuda tourism in 100 days. Heh, that didn’t quite work out did it?  Ten years later, the Bermuda tourism industry is decimated.  There never really has been a plan:  just a long list of vanity projects.  Vain, costly [...]

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One of the big criticisms of Dr. Brown’s time as Tourism supremo is that there has not been a well thought out business plan … instead he’s raced from one opportunistic headline to the next.  Lots of media coverage but few tourists actually served. Morgan’s Point has certainly suffered from this mismanagement.  And despite the [...]

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Does anyone else feel the jarring disconnect between: Government’s punitive actions against Bermudians who are married to foreigners, saying they need to protect the Bermudian land for future generations of Bermudians; and Government’s announcement hyping the creation of literally hundreds of new properties for sale to foreigners?

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FinMin Cox has announced that exempt companies could be allowed to buy hospitality units on hotel properties for use as residential units.  The developers are celebrating, but is this a good “sustainable” idea for Bermuda? In my opinion, it’s totally schizophrenic.  Just think: The PLP has been bullying Bermudians with foreign spouses saying Government needed [...]

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The Premier alleges that advertising firm GlobalHue was only criticised because it’s owned by a black man. I won’t waste too many words on his obvious cynical diversion. The criticism is not directed towards GlobalHue as much as it is directed towards the Minister of Tourism, aka The Premier. The GlobalHue deals have come under [...]

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We’ve tried to feel the love.  We’ve tried to pop and sizzle.  Now with a sense of wonderment, the Department of Tourism has hit on a new idea: In a statement today, Director of Tourism William Griffith emphasised the new strategy highlights one of Bermuda’s strongest selling points – paradise in under two hours.   “The [...]

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The Veendam is in Hamilton for the first of 24 scheduled visits this year.  For the first time in ages, Hamilton seems alive and the stores are busy. All morning there have been locals standing on Front Street, just looking happily up at the ship. While I understand it may be difficult to attract smaller [...]

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