Time to Kill….on Grand Cayman Island
By Anna Wallner From Anna & Kristina If someone ever invites you to come along while they’re on business in the Cayman Islands, even if it’s only for three days and requires you to fly diagonally from one end of…
View from George Town, Cayman Islands
By Maria Smith From Architectural Review The architecture of the Caymans reflects its curious history and secretive offshore economy, asserts Maria Smith On a island off the coast of Jamaica live 70 architects and 56,662 civilians. Astonishingly, the tiny Caribbean…
Nominations now open for Best of Cayman Awards
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 6, 2015: This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the official Best of Cayman Awards, and Caymanians, local residents, and Cayman visitors are invited to nominate their favourite places in the Cayman Islands. Nominations are…
CITA, NWDA working together for industry, Caymanians
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Government and the Cayman Islands Tourism Association met recently to discuss issues raised in relation to getting Caymanians employment in the tourism sector. Those at the Wednesday, 4 March, 2015, meeting developed the following goals:…
Hotel room prices rising [Caribbean enjoys highest]
From Travel Pulse The cost of renting a hotel room climbed in 2014 for the fifth year in a row, according to the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI), rising by an average of 3 percent around the world. Hotels…
Nasa’s Dawn probe achieves orbit around Ceres
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent From BBC The Dawn probe will spend just over a year mapping and sensing the dwarf planet The US space agency’s Dawn probe has gone into orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the…
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas to support Earth Hour 2015 with memorable guest experiences
Luxury resort to host ‘Candlelit Beach BBQ’ and stargazing activity ST. THOMAS, US VIRGIN ISLANDS, Mar 04, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — On Saturday March 28, The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas will stand in support of Earth Hour, one of the…
Digicel and Marriott open Haiti hotel
Port-au-Prince Hotel Gives Boost to Business Travel, Tourism and Local Economy The new Marriott Port-au-Prince Haiti Marriott Hotel yesterday checked in its first guests. Among the 200 new Haitian hotel workers who welcomed them were young people from disadvantaged backgrounds,…
Jilted John has an “amazing time” in the Caribbean and sells the story to That’s Life
By PA_Warzynski From Leicester Mercury Jilted fiance John Whitbread is back from a dream holiday in the Dominican Republic after finding a complete stranger to take his ex-partner’s place. The brick-maker, from Donisthorpe, raffled his spare ticket in February after…
Cayman Islands Marketing Professionals Association appoints 2015 board members
George Town, Grand Cayman, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – The Cayman Islands Marketing Professionals Association (CIMPA) is pleased to announce its 2015 Board of Directors with five returning board members and four new board members. • Lynne Byles, – Chair…
