Bermuda Tourism Authority launches agreement with Airbnb
This year Airbnb entered into a partnership with the Bermuda Tourism Authority that involves marketing and the exchange of fees. Remarkable, because Bermuda is nothing if not an upmarket destination. What's more, Airbnb has now signed memorandums of understanding with a dozen or so Caribbean islands, creating a new era of cooperation between the governments and this company, which not so long ago was frequently accused of tax evasion. read post
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I love Bermuda - its beaches, its history and quaint architecture, its kind people. Well, some not so kind, because the government is now in the process of repealing the legalization of marriage equality instituted by the island's supreme court. It's been passed by the legislature and now awaits ratification by the UK territory's governor, who is legally a representative of the Queen of England. There's some question as to whether this final approval will be forthcoming, but if so, Bermuda will be seen as foolish and backward as the world's first territory to actually go backwards on this issue - and in a month where Australia and even conservative Austria have just finally legalized it.
Many opponents of repeal - including the Bermuda Tourism Authority - believe this would be a huge problem for the island's tourism industry and image. And if it does become law, I for one will do my small part to make it an even bigger problem among the travel media and industry. This kind of primitive, meanspirited discrimination in a society where historically discrimination has been so traumatic on the racial front is unworthy of Bermuda.
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We all have preferences, but to call the Caribbean Chuck E. Cheese is just not right.