Tourism & Lifestyle

How the Zika Virus affected Caribbean Tourism

Hotel and property performance in the greater Caribbean region declined ever so slightly in 2016 following several years of dramatic upward improvement across most metrics. (more…)

7 Mile Beach and The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman Receive Accolades

The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman recently received the AAA Five Diamond award (its fourth in a row). The greater Seven Mile Beach as a whole has also been internationally recognized as one of the best beaches in the world according to the website TripAdvisor’s voters. The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman is among ninety or so hotels and resorts in the North American/Caribbean...

Cayman Islands Tourism Industry Expects A Big Year

The Cayman Islands Tourism Department recently released some figures that indicated tourist arrivals via airplane and visitors on cruise ships have increased in the the third quarter and for the overall year to date. (more…)

Cayman Kimpton Seafire Resort Ramps Up Operations with Hiring Blitz

Several hundred excited people recently queued-up outside the Craft Bar and Restaurant on West Bay Rod in Grand Cayman to begin the interview process for unfilled jobs at the new and highly anticipated Kimpton Seafire Resort. (more…)

An Open Cuba & It’s Effects on Caribbean Macro Tourism.

The United States has recently started opening up Cuba to U.S. tourists following the bridging of relations between the two close-proximity former rival nations. (more…)

Cayman Brac’s Possible Pirate Caves Yielding New Scientific Research ‘Booty’

Whether you are aware of it or not, there are caves in the sister island of Cayman Brac. (more…)

Tourism In Cayman: An Island Nation’s “Bread And Butter”

The Cayman Islands are one of the Caribbean's crown jewels. These three picturesque atolls jut up out of the western Caribbean Sea to form a beach tourist's dream. (more…)

Living In Cayman: A Real Day-to-Day Perspective

Grand Cayman living is painted in many unique ways. In our tiny island nation’s tourism materials we see Cayman as a sun-drenched Caribbean paradise of jet setters and sunbathers idly strolling the white sand beaches. In the James Bond film franchise and blockbuster movies we are shown as a place where the world’s wealthy hide their millions (or billions). When...

Psssst the secrets out, Kimpton Hotel breaks into the Caribbean market in the Cayman Islands

Last night, we were fortunate to attend the cocktail reception for the new Kimpton Hotel held for brokers and select real estate agents. The highly anticipated Kimpton Hotel project in the Cayman Islands is the first Kimpton Hotel to be located outside the United States as well as being the first Kimpton Hotel offering made available to the Caribbean market....

What Makes Cayman Special? The People, The Place, The Potential

Grand Cayman is a western caribbean tropical isle that is special and one-of-a-kind. Unique and with a style all its own, Cayman is a true gem and here's why. (more…)

Sunshine & Sutures: Cayman’s Bid for Medical Tourism

Construction is nearly completed on Grand Cayman's ambitious effort to break into the highly lucarative worldwide medical tourism industry. (more…)

A Major Brand Returns to Cayman

After a twenty-year hiatus, the InterContinental Hotels Group and Grand Caymanian Ltd. are proud to announce that they have brought the world-renowned Holiday Inn brand back to the Cayman islands. Located next to the North Sound Golf Club, the former Grand Caymanian Resort has gone through updating, extensive renovations and has been re-opened as the Holiday Inn Resort Grand Cayman....

A New Hotel to Get Excited About

Tourism facilities in Cayman take a fashion step forward with the announcement that the new Dart hotel at the reconfigured Public Beach area of Seven Mile Beach will be a Kimpton hotel. (more…)

Air Cruising – A Fab New Travel Option

Grand Cayman was the destination for a very special group of tourists back in March. (more…)

A Great Beach Gets even Better

We went to dinner last night at Duke's, a great crab shack styled joint on Seven Mile beach that has the island's absolute best music play list. (more…)

Celebrities in Cayman

Cal Ripken Jr. is on island today. (more…)

Wonderful Winter Weather in Cayman

We have had such a lovely winter this year.  The temperature dropped earlier than usual and has remained cool.  (more…)

Sunday Afternoon – Football, Quilts and Heavy Cake

We went to our friends Dane and Laurie's house yesterday in Savannah to watch the playoff game between Seattle and Atlanta. (more…)

A Family Day Trip, Cayman Style

Trying to organize an exciting family vacation in the relatively small island of Cayman might seem to some like a breeze. It's tiny, right? How much could one little 264 kilometer speck on the map possibly have in store for a week, let alone longer? Only the mos coral vacation you could ever dream of! Grand Cayman is one of...

Bright Lights

It's that most wonderful time of the year, when the Christmas lights come out all over Cayman. (more…)