St. Pete’s Island Nautical is the go-to place for sails big and small
By Terry Tomalin Fro Tampa Bay Times The Royal Clipper harkens back to an era when an aristocratic elite traveled the Caribbean in style. With a waterline of 439 feet and an average speed of 10 knots, the Monaco-based Clipper…
Intricate drawings by François Schmidt
From Designer Daily François Schmidt is a French illustrator who works for local TV, editorials, and all kinds of other clients. He creates drawings that are full of surprises, richly illustrated. Go to François Schmidt website for more: http://schmidt.francois.free.fr/index.php Designer…
HMS Argyll to visit
Royal Navy Warship HMS Argyll will visit Grand Cayman 5-8 October 2014. The most capable Type 23 frigate will visit Grand Cayman to strengthen relations and conduct hurricane and disaster relief planning. HMS Argyll’s Commanding Officer, Commander Paul Hammond, said:…
International agency expands into Cayman Islands
By Adrian Bishop, Editor, OPP Connect Milestone Properties has become an associate of Chestertons, which now has 50 branches in 13 countries in five continents, as the Caymans market sees real estate sales rise 69% in the year to June…
Nevis Tourism Minister praises new Caribbean Junior Tourism Minister Rol-J Williams
From Nevis Pages NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS – Tourism Minister Hon. Mark Brantley on Friday September 26, 2014, showered praise on the Caribbean’s newest Junior Tourism Minister Rol-J Williams of the Gingerland Secondary School (GSS). The Minister went to the School…
Caribbean tourism: Focus on the needs of modern traveler
From eTN Global Travel Industry news ORANJESTAD, St Eustatius – The Regional tourism planners and policy-makers have been advised to stop catering to the visitor of yesterday and focus on the needs of the modern traveller in order to survive…
Spacious secures £500,000 seed round to match London startups to office space
By Steve O’Hear From techcrunch Spacious, the London property tech startup founded by Entrepreneur First alumni Tushar Agarwal and Tom Watson, together with ex-advisor to the British Prime Minister Rohan Silva, has closed £500,000 in seed funding. The round was…
Travel industry veteran to receive CMEX Leadership Award
From Caribbean American Passport Magazine (source Carinnean360) MIAMI, United States – Travel and tourism industry veteran Horace Hord will receive the 2014 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) Leadership Award next month in Miami. Organizers announced that Hord will receive the honor…
New questions as hospital changes story on Ebola patient release
From Newsmax Dallas doctors apparently never saw a nurse’s note that an emergency room patient with fever and pains had recently been in Africa, and he was released into the community while infected with deadly Ebola. It remains unclear why,…
Simmons paints a grim picture of Island’s future
By Simon Jones From The Royal Gazette Economist Craig Simmons has issued a stark warning to Government over its plans to privatise and outsource departments. Stating that income inequality in Bermuda was already high, Mr Simmons suggested that deficit reduction…
