InterContinental Hotels Group to acquire Kimpton Hotels for $430 Million
By Dennis Schaal and Jason Clampet, From Skift Boutique and lifestyle properties are the hottest segment in the hotel industry and with the acquisition IHG gets a foothold for an enhanced position in the segment. InterContinental Hotels Group agreed to…
Cayman begins to see a rise in hybrid funds
From hedgeweek UBS Fund Services has had one of its strongest years in terms of winning new clients according to Monette Windsor (pictured), who heads up the Cayman Islands business. “We’ve invested heavily in our business development team this year…
Cayman Golf Club Founders membership sells out
The Cayman Golf Club, an integral part of the forthcoming Ironwood Development and designed by the Arnold Palmer Group, opened their “Ironwood Founders” golf membership program and sold out within a week. The founding memberships, across individual, corporate and non-resident…
Butterfield & Cayman Gift Certificates.com give back to Cayman Charities
Launched late 2013, Cayman Gift Certificates™ is the only website where you can purchase gift certificates from Caymanian vendors from anywhere in the world. The process is simple: online shoppers visit www.caymangiftcertificates.com, select a participating vendor, and immediately send an…
Latitude, a Blockchain startup accelerator, set to launch in the Cayman Islands
By Diana Ngo From Cointelegraph A newly announced accelerator program for blockchain ventures is set to launch in January in the Cayman Islands, aiming to take advantage of the location’s heavenly landscapes and favorable tax regime. Cayman Islands-based accelerator program…
Cayman 123 Travel raises the bar with Digicel
New travel app give customers best value thanks to mobile advertising Kingston, Jamaica: Cayman 123 Travel is an independent travel agency based in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands offering a wide variety of travel services including accommodation, air travel…
Dispute breaks out over title of ‘First Regulated Bitcoin Hedge Fund’
By Joon Ian Wong From Coin Desk In July, a hedge fund in Jersey issued a press release announcing that it had become the first regulated fund to deal in bitcoin. The Jersey fund, called Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund…
Clifton Hunter High School Students give back to East End Community in Cayman Islands
Leading into the Christmas holidays, a science class from Clifton Hunter High School takes to a local beach to share in the spirit of giving. What they gave was what any one of us can spare; time and effort. On…
United States-Cuba news hailed by Caribbean governments/Cayman Islands Premier’s message
From Caribbean Journal It will be some time before the impact of the United States’ thawing with Cuba on the rest of the Caribbean becomes clear. For now, the Caribbean’s leaders have officially welcomed the move, something for which CARICOM…
This little USB necklace hacks your computer in no time flat
From Techcrunch Quick! The bad guy/super villain has left the room! Plug in a mysterious device that’ll hack up their computer while an on-screen progress bar ticks forward to convey to the audience that things are working! It’s a classic…
