Topic: Cayman Islands Tourism Association

Consultants have been hired to review taxi rates in the Cayman Islands amid debate about the fairness of prices. Options, including the use of taxi meters, will be considered as part of the review. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association raised concerns last month about high prices and lack of consistency of fares.

Government offices and services will be closing throughout the Christmas and new year period.

Older workers in the Cayman Islands private sector will still be eligible to access their pension funds when they reach age 60 under the newly amended National Pensions Law, whether they have actually retired or not.

Tourists are frequently left feeling ripped off over taxi fares in Grand Cayman, according to multiple business owners who warn that high prices are putting off customers and damaging the reputation of the destination.

In Grand Cayman, people have complained for decades about taxis deviating (upward) from the standard rate of fares, picking and choosing who they pick up and where they will take them, and sometimes outright ripping passengers off who have no alternative.

New figures released by the Tourism Department show tourist arrivals by air and on cruise ships ticked up for the third quarter and for the year so far.

Eight years in the family business was enough for Peter Hillenbrand to be sure it was not for him. He turned his back on the 9-to-5 life and took the plunge on a risky business venture, taking over a run-down Little Cayman resort.

Sixty-one people in 10 categories have been nominated for the annual Cayman Stingray Tourism Awards, which recognize the dedicated and talented workers in the hospitality sector.

The Cayman Islands Tourism Association will elect a new board of directors and possibly a new president at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

Taste of Cayman’s Best of Competition winners and the event’s major sponsors were recognized by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association at a reception Wednesday afternoon.

To mark the fifth anniversary of the sinking of the USS Kittiwake, the wreck has been transformed into an underwater museum.

The Cayman Islands Tourism Association is calling for nominations for members to its board of directors.