Tag: Cayman Islands Department of Tourism
UCCI students take second place at tourism competition
(CNS Local Life): Students from the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI), earned second place in the annual Caribbean Student Colloquium held in New York. The team tied for second with the University of the West Indies Mona Campus team at the colloquium, which was part of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) Caribbean Week […]
Cayman tourism officials receive awards
(CNS Local Life): Cayman’s minister and director of tourism have both recently received awards at separate events in New York. Tourism minister Moses Kirkconnell accepted the Caribbean Journal Travellers’ Choice award which named Cayman Airways the best airline in the Caribbean. Harris received the Jerry Award from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) for “her passion […]
Cayman named best Caribbean island
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands has been ranked first in the Caribbean Journal’s roundup of “The 19 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2019”. The destination’s sophistication, infrastructure and “unparalleled comfort and ease” were heralded as the determining factors for recognition, stated a Cayman Islands Department of Tourism press release.
Tourism delegation visits Jamaica
(CNS Local Life): Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell recently met with Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett in Kingston to discuss possible opportunities for both countries to collaborate, with a regional focus on tourism and aviation connectivity. At the Wednesday, 24 January meeting Kirkconnell and Bartlett shared the strengths of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, looking to […]
Retiring DoT officer honoured for service
(CNS Local Life): Alma McKenzie, senior tourism training and development officer for the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (DoT), has retired after 27 years of service which focused on the development of youth and infusion of tourism education into schools’ curriculums. To commemorate her legacy, a luncheon was recently held in her honour.
Grace Byers features in DoT ad campaign
(CNS Local Life): Cayman native Grace Byers, star of the hit television series, “Empire,” is appearing in a new print, online and digital ad campaign for the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (DoT). The ads, which will run through September 2018, promote Cayman as a romantic vacation destination. The collection of photos, shot entirely on-island, […]
Southwest launches flights to Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Southwest Airlines began nonstop daily service from Ft Lauderdale to Grand Cayman with its inaugural flight Sunday, 4 June 2017. On hand to celebrate the departure were Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (DoT) officials, who threw a surprise gate party at the southern Florida airport, with the celebration continuing upon touchdown at […]
DoT targets millennials with trip for travel agents
(CNS Local Life): The Department of Tourism kicked off 2017 hosting a group of millennial-focused travel agents for a familiarisation trip to the Cayman Islands, part of Travel Agent magazine’s “30 Under 30” programme. Nominees for the initiative must be employed at any level as travel consultants and have completed a significant project for their […]
Public invited to nominate diving pioneers
(CNS): For the first time, members of the public are being asked for nominations for a local honouree at this year’s International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame (ISDHF). The Ministry of Tourism is looking for local trailblazers in the sport of scuba diving to join the esteemed group of more than 30 members who have been […]
