Letter from Dubai to Nantucket

Greetings from Dubai! Finding the Cool in the Dessert Heat Colin Stanfield I moved here to Dubai in September with my wife Christina and our two-year old son Porter. ene asked me to write a short piece about my impressions of this fabulous city in the Gulf and I told him I’d get on it [...]

Nantucket: Where Are You Now?

Earlier in the week, we sent out a query: “Where are you now?” Nantucketers have always been known for traveling far and wide, and February is the time when most of us get off the island. We wanted to know where you were, and the following maps answer that question. Some of the more interesting [...]

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Nantucket Hotel and Restaurant News

TRAVEL NEWS Travel and Leisure’s 2009 World’s Best Awards include the White Elephant as the #15 resort in the U.S. and Canada, and the #1 resort in New England. A Conde Nast Traveler 22nd Annual Readers’s Choice Award went to Nantucket as the third best island in North America, behind Kiawah and Vancouver Island. The [...]

Nantucket Tourism and the Economy

Steamship Authority passenger traffic between Hyannis and Nantucket for 2009 through July 31 was down 0.4% from last year (Fast ferry was up 0.9%; regular ferry down 1.2%). Auto traffic was down 4.1%, trucks were down 16.8%. (Thanks for Flint Ranney for these figures.) Enplanements (number of ticketed passengers departing Nantucket Memorial Airport reported by [...]

Nantucket Economy

On August 1, the state sales tax and meals tax will increase from 5% to 6.25%. Following are the traffic statistics for the Steamship Authority between Hyannis and Nantucket for 2009 through June 30 compared to the first six months of 2008. Thank you Flint Ranney for providing these numbers. Passengers: Fast Ferry, 51,869, down [...]

Nantucket Airport Terminal Opening

The Nantucket Memorial Airport Terminal Opening Ceremony took place on Friday, May 29, 2009, with tours of the new facility, music, food and soft beverages, and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Some of the people we saw there: State Representative Tim Madden, Al Peterson, Andy Ravins, Amy MacPhetres, Tatiana Tsepkova, Mike Gear, Mary Fee, Phillip & [...]

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