Vexed Bermoothes

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the demise of Bermuda’s retail district. 
There’s the Government that would not listen to the warnings on the need to reform tourism approaches, tax structures, hiring laws, etc.  There’s the Corporation of Hamilton that is just … incompetent.  There’s the economic incentive for landlords to convert their retail [...]

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Due to the sagging tourism sector, the collective salaries of hospitality employees dropped by almost 40 percent during the first quarter of this year, according to the latest Government statistics.
Meanwhile the collective salaries of international business workers rocketed by 51 percent.
Ouch.  That divide was already big - and it’s getting more divisive.

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The following is a telling slip of the tongue from the developer of the Sonesta/Wyndham site.
Scout Real Estate Capital CEO Alan Worden announced today that work on its new 5-star resort hotel on the site of the old Wyndham Beach Resort in Southampton Parish is progressing on schedule. Scout intends to present its proposed plans [...]

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The news today reveals that the Bermuda Department of Tourism is making staff of its New York City office redundant, having outsourced operations to an unnamed company.
We hired a US company to sell to US people … Their agreement is that the more they sell, the more they get paid. The less they sell, the [...]

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Explaining the huge sums being spent on Beyoncé and others for the Bermuda Music Festival, thus spinneth the Disco Doc:
This festival like most music festivals in the world are not done to make a profit but they have an effect far beyond the show itself…
He added that anyone focused only on how the [...]

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The Department of Tourism has announced that the tourism statistics will now only be released quarterly as part of the Minister’s luncheon.  For the past eight months (wrapped around an election and amidst claims that the tourism numbers were being artificially boosted with business arrivals), they had been handed out monthly.  The schedule and content [...]

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It is remarkable that Dr. Brown & Cabinet would allow the cruise ships to open their shops while in port in competition with Bermuda retailers … without ever making any effort at all to talk about it with Bermudian businesses.
You know, the ones that employ Bermudians and pay Bermudian taxes.

At a press conference yesterday, Chamber [...]

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The Premier has announced that he will happily go back to the Playboy Mansion doing the people’s business. Happily.
I guess he likes their editorial policy. There are no hidden agendas. They lay it all bare. It’s all there right up front. There’s none of those boobs like back at home.
Hey, do [...]

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Bermuda should just get over it and pass whistleblower legislation. You see, the political forces have offended and abused the civil service so much in recent years that the public sector bounces between CYA secrecy and leaking like rusty bucket.
I assume that’s how these titillating stories end up in the press … like the [...]

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The Sun reports that Bermuda has been pitching to host the Island Games in 2013, and our competitor Prince Edward Island has pulled out.
If this means we have it, Bermuda’s finally going to complete National Stadium, including the pool that’s been promised for a generation. It would be the biggest sporting event [...]

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