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Bermudaโ€™s Hottest New Restaurant Gets An Opening Date

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Marcus’, the new restaurant by famed chef Marcus Samuelsson, opens at Bermuda’s Hamilton Princess & Beach Club (formerly the Fairmont Hamilton Princess) on May 27. The menu will feature the chef’s signature style of […]

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Bermuda Shipping Registry Opens New Office in London

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bermuda Registry of Shipping has officially launched a satellite office in London. The registry, which is officially known as the Department of Maritime Administration, is located at the Bermuda London Office. The […]

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S&P Affirms Bermuda Rating; Outlook Remains Negative

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff New York-based Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its AA-/A-1+ rating on Bermuda, the ratings firm announced this week. The British Overseas Territory’s outlook remains negative, however, it said. “The ratings on Bermuda are […]

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Chef Marcus Samuelsson to Open Pop-Up Restaurant in Bermuda

Above: Chef Marcus Samuelsson (photo: Staffan Johansson) By the Caribbean Journal staff Noted Chef Marcus Samuelsson will be opening a pop-up restaurant at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel in Bermuda. Samuelsson will be opening the eatery for a two-month period […]

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Bermuda Economy Contracted By 2-2.5 Percent in 2013: Report

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda’s GDP contracted by between 2 and 2.5 percent in 2013, according to estimates from the island’s Ministry of Finance included in the recently-released National Economic Report. That was lower than the economy’s […]


Bermuda Reports Drop in Crime

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff Crime in Bermuda continues to fall, according to data released by the Bermuda Police Service. For the first time in five years, all major crime categories are on the decline, the force said, […]


Bermuda Tourism Authority Names CEO

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bermuda Tourism Authority has appointed Bill Hanbury its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment took effect on Monday. Hanbury had previously served as the CEO of the United Way of the National […]

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Bermuda's Elbow Beach, Mandarin Oriental Parting Ways

Above: the Elbow Beach Bermuda Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Elbow Beach Hotel & Development Company will be taking over management at the Elbow Beach, Bermuda resort when the management contract of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group expires later […]


Bermuda, US Sign FATCA Agreement

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Bermuda and the United States have signed an agreement on the US’ Foreign Account Compliance Act Regulations. The deal, which is a model two intergovernmental agreement, was signed by US […]


Bermuda Swears In New Deputy Governor

Above: Ginny Ferson (centre) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda swore in Ginny Ferson as the territory’s new Deputy Governor on Friday. Ferson is the first woman to serve as Deputy Governor of Bermuda. She succeeds former Deputy Governor David […]

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Bermuda to Put Gaming Question to Parliament, Shelves Referendum Plan

Above: Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda’s government is shelving plans to put the question of gaming to a popular referendum, and will be moving the question to a vote by Parliament, the ruling One Bermuda Alliance party announced. […]


Bermuda's Fairmont Hamilton Princess Resort Set to Begin $70M Renovation

Above: the Fairmont Hamilton Princess By the Caribbean Journal staff A major renovation project is slated to begin in a few weeks at the Hamilton Princess Hotel in Bermuda, according to the government. The project, which will reportedly cost around […]


Owners of Bermuda's Fairmont Hamilton Purchase Site of Former Sonesta Hotel

Above: the former Sonesta in Bermuda By the Caribbean Journal staff The site of the former Sonesta Hotel in Bermuda has been sold, according to global brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle, which handled the transaction with Bermuda’s Rego Sotheby’s International Realty. […]