Tag: Department of Tourism

DoT scoops multiple awards for PR

DoT scoops multiple awards for PR

| 03/03/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism recently received top honours at the 2015 annual Adrian Awards in NYC, taking home a platinum, gold and bronze award for their superior marketing, public relations and advertising initiatives. 

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Cayman wins Best Diving award

Cayman wins Best Diving award

| 24/02/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands have been recognized by the scuba diving industry as one of the Caribbean’s premier dive destination. SCUBA DIVING magazine has released its “2015 Reader’s Choice Awards” and named the Cayman Islands as the Caribbean/Atlantic region’s “Best Overall Diving” destination.

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Air arrivals soaring to new heights

Air arrivals soaring to new heights

| 29/01/2015 | 4 Comments

(CNS Business): With 382,816 visitors to the Cayman Islands in 2014, the tourism industry is celebrating yet another record-breaking year. Statistics from the Department of Tourism reveal an almost 11% increase over 2013, which was also a record breaker. The arrival figures for 2014 are the best since records began in 2000 and demonstrate a massive […]

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Bumper year for cruise passengers

Bumper year for cruise passengers

| 21/01/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): After years of falling cruise passenger arrivals, the Cayman Islands witnessed a significant boost in the number of ships and passengers calling on the jurisdiction in 2014. Despite not having the cruise piers, 1,609, 555 people on 562 ships arrived in the jurisdiction over the 12 months, according to Port Authority statistics — a […]

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Cruise tourism continues to grow

Cruise tourism continues to grow

| 17/12/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): As promised by the tourism minister, the dire decline in cruise ship numbers has been reversed with figures suggesting that 2014 could be the best year for the sector for a decade. In October 111,951 passengers arrived in George Town on 37 ships the best numbers for this month since 2003 and 32.44% […]

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Cayman picks up inaugural media travel gong

Cayman picks up inaugural media travel gong

| 17/12/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands has been named the ‘Destination of the Year’ by The Caribbean Journal in their inaugural Caribbean Travel Awards. The on-line regional media selected the destination based on criteria that included “the efforts of its tourism sector” and “simply good marketing work”. Deputy Premier and Minister of Tourism, Moses Kirkconnell said it […]

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DoT helps local wedding planners

DoT helps local wedding planners

| 25/11/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): As the leading luxury wedding business summit, ‘engage!14 :: Cayman Islands’, got underway last week at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, local experts and service providers in the community were invited to a special complimentary ‘mini-engage!14’ symposium, which was tailored to their needs and where they had the chance to engage with colleagues and experts […]

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Cayman Cook-Off promoted in NY

Cayman Cook-Off promoted in NY

| 03/11/2014 | 1 Comment

(CNS Business): Representatives from the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism visited New York City this week to promote Cayman Cookout, the highly anticipated culinary festival which will be hosted by Chef Eric Ripert from January 15-18. While they were in the Big Apple, they also took the opportunity to leverage news of tourism updates and […]

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August cruise arrivals up 57%

August cruise arrivals up 57%

| 22/10/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): So far this year, cruise ship passenger arrivals are up 17.27% on last year’s figure, with the numbers for August showing a significant rise of 56.78% to 105,936 passengers (up from 67,571 in 2013) from just 16 ships. Year to date cruise arrivals are 17.27% higher in 2014 versus 2013. Air arrivals for the month […]

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Tickets now on sale for Cayman Cookout 2015

Tickets now on sale for Cayman Cookout 2015

| 22/10/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Tickets are now on sale for the Cayman Cookout, which will be hosted by Chef Eric Ripert from 15-18 January 2015. The seventh annual event, hosted by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, and Food & Wine Magazine, will celebrate the Cayman Islands’ dynamic food scene with some of […]

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Tourism apprenticeship programme final graduation

Tourism apprenticeship programme final graduation

| 09/09/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): With the establishment of the School of Hospitality Studies (SHS), the Tourism Apprenticeship Training Programme (TATP) run by the Department of Tourism is being discontinued and so the recent graduation service recognising the last six apprentices who completed the programme was the final one. The TATP, which began in 2006, was designed to […]

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Cayman cruise arrivals up 80% in July

Cayman cruise arrivals up 80% in July

| 05/09/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): While stay-over tourism figures showed healthy growth for July 2014, cruise ship arrivals for the month rose by 79.63% over the figure for July 2013, with more than 120,000 passengers, up from almost 67,000 last year, according to the last statistics from the Department of Tourism (DoT). There has been a steady rise […]

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Cayman hospitality school graduates will be job ready

Cayman hospitality school graduates will be job ready

| 04/08/2014 | 1 Comment

(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands School of Hospitality Studies (SHS) will launch in September with its first group of 25 students. Applications are still being accepted for the programme, which is designed for young people between the ages of 17 and 23 and will provide by the end of the first year not only skills […]

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Harris takes tourism reins

Harris takes tourism reins

| 13/07/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Government officials have revealed that industry veteran Rosa Harris has been formally appointed as the director of tourism after seven-and-a-half years at the department and some 14 years in the sector. A Caymanian from George Town, Harris who is a graduate of Ivy League school Cornell University with an MBA from Manchester University, […]

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