She played a major role in the development of the nascent tourism industry of the colony of Bermuda, 770 miles south-east of Nova Scotia. In 1883, because of her fragile health, she spent the winter in Bermuda (arriving on the 29 January 1883 from Charleston, South Carolina, aboard , popularising a trend for wealthy North Americans to escape to Bermuda's relatively mild climate during the winter months. Her visit brought such attention to Bermuda that a palatial hotel, which opened in 1885, intended to cater to these new visitors, was named after her; the Princess Hotel was built on the shore of Hamilton Harbour, in the parish of Pembroke (the Princess herself having occupied "Inglewood", the home of JH Timingham, in Paget Parish, during her visit).