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BERMUDA OPEN FOR BUSINESS; Hurricane Felix leaves little damage; clean-up begins and tourism industry prepares to get back to normal.


HAMILTON Hamilton, city, Bermuda
Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs.
, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 15, 1995--Bermuda's busy tourist season Tourist Season is a novel written in 1986 by Carl Hiaasen. It is set in and around Miami, Florida. Bookjacket tagline
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 will resume tomorrow, when full airline service to and from the island returns.

Hurricane Felix caused no personal injury and only moderate damage to property. Most hotels and island services are currently operational and sustained little or no damage following the hurricane's visit yesterday.

"We have some cleaning up to do but expect to be fully operational by tomorrow to welcome our visitors and returning residents," said Bermuda's Director of Tourism Gary Phillips Gary Phillips may refer to:
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. "Our hope is that Felix does as little damage to the East Coast of the U.S.--where many of our visitors come from."

All hotel properties will have full power restored tonight. Island transportation is expected to be fully operational by later today. Access has been restored to and from Bermuda's international airport via the causeway which was repaired after sustaining some damage.

For more information about travel to Bermuda, call the Bermuda Department of Tourism, at 1-800-223-6106, or your travel agent. Similar information is posted on commercial on-line services--including Prodigy An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail and a variety of databases. Launched in 1988, Prodigy was the first consumer-oriented online service in the U.S. , CompuServe and America On-Line--as well as on the Internet Internet

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