Forbes drops Bermuda trip for entrepreneurs to escape Covid 'gloom'

Invitation for people on magazine's 30 under 30' list is dropped hours after Guardian inquiry

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A place on one of Forbes's 30 under 30" lists has long been a marker of status and potential for a group the magazine has proclaimed as the US and Canada's brashest entrepreneurs".

In a time of global crisis, they were offered an additional reward this week: a month-long trip to a five star hotel and beach club in Bermuda, one of the most desirable destinations in the world", to escape from the monotony and gloom" of the coronavirus pandemic.