Winners of inaugural Making Waves Awards

Winners of inaugural Making Waves Awards

Cayman Connection announces winners of inaugural Making Waves Awards Cayman Connection is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Making Waves Awards, which recognise Caymanians living abroad who have made outstanding contributions to, and excelled in, their...
Tourism Recovery Milestone Achieved

Tourism Recovery Milestone Achieved

The Cayman Islands has achieved an important milestone in efforts to rebuild stayover tourism arrivals. An airlift capacity report created by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism Research Unit that tracks flights to the Cayman Islands through Q1 2023 and compares...
Assistance for New Students in the UK

Assistance for New Students in the UK

Students from the Cayman Islands who possess passports other than a British passport require a student visa to study in the UK – this includes students with BOTC/Cayman passports. The latest information from Her Majesty’s Government is that the current...
The Backyard Farmer Event Highlights

The Backyard Farmer Event Highlights

CC Bush Club Leads Erik Leacock and Hannah Reid Ford lead tours at The Backyard Farmer property in Bodden Town on Sunday, 31 July along with owners Jennifer and George Bodden. This tour combined discussions on bush medicines, permaculture, biodiversity, traditional...
Cayman lifts COVID travel restrictions

Cayman lifts COVID travel restrictions

The Cayman Compass 19 August 2022 The Cayman Islands government has announced it is dropping all its remaining travel-related COVID restrictions, meaning travellers will no longer be required to obtain permission from Travel Cayman to enter the islands and...
Commonwealth Games 2022

Commonwealth Games 2022

Cayman Compass Aug 2022 Louis Gordon arrives at the Owen Roberts International Airport following the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Photo: Seaford Russell Jr Beaming with national pride, several Cayman Islands athletes returned home on Monday, 8 Aug., after recording...
Bloody Difficult Women and the Edinburgh Fringe

Bloody Difficult Women and the Edinburgh Fringe

How special to once again be able to share in and enjoy the successes of a fellow Caymanian overseas. We were delighted to be able to travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time this week – to enjoy the city, the comedy, theatre, street dance, the...
VYM & Socasize Event Highlights August 2022

VYM & Socasize Event Highlights August 2022

For the first time ever, we held a hybrid online/in-person Yard meet up! We had members as far away as Canada in the Virtual Yard mingling with our live crew hanging out at Snoozebox Hotel – the venue for Cayman Day 2022.  We introduced ourselves, reconnected...
YOUNG CHEF YOUNG WAITER CAYMAN ISLANDS

YOUNG CHEF YOUNG WAITER CAYMAN ISLANDS

Last chance to enter Young Chef Young Waiter Cayman Islands!Entries close 17 August 2022 The first Young Chef Young Waiter Cayman Islands competition will be open to chefs and waiters who are local Caymanians and are under 26 years old from any background working...
Webster Wins: Sailor Takes Top Honour

Webster Wins: Sailor Takes Top Honour

Caymanian sailor, Charlotte Webster has won a gold medal in the U19 Female International Laser Class Association 6 (ILCA 6) at the UK ILCA Open & National Championships.  Racing in an Olympic-class single-handed dingy, Ms Webster’s victory on Friday (22 July...
Hollywood Bound! LAX Reservations Open

Hollywood Bound! LAX Reservations Open

The Ministry of Tourism has today announced that travellers can now book their reservations for Cayman Airways (CAL) new service to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California. In celebration of the launch Cayman Airways is offering an enticing special...
Visa Grants for Scholarship Recipients

Visa Grants for Scholarship Recipients

The Ministry of Education (MoE) announces the award of one-time grants to Education Council Scholarship recipients newly accepted to study in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.    “We are aware of the high costs students traditionally incur when...
Ogier Sponsors Cayman Connection

Ogier Sponsors Cayman Connection

We are very excited to welcome Ogier as a Corporate Sponsor for Cayman Connection. THANK YOU OGIER!  Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our network of locations also includes Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai,...
Passin’ Tru

Passin’ Tru

Passin’ Tru Cayman Connection Video Series hosted by King Navassa & Friends Connecting with the Cayman Islands diaspora and sharing our stories is at the heart of we do at Cayman Connection. We invite you to enjoy Passin’ Tru – a video series...
Virtual Yard Highlights: July 2022

Virtual Yard Highlights: July 2022

July’s virtual yard chat was such a delight and we enjoyed seeing so many new faces! We could have used two hours to really delve deep into some of the topics raised, but even in the hour, we were able to touch on a range of topics including current UK politics...
UKOTA MENTAL HEALTH WEBINAR

UKOTA MENTAL HEALTH WEBINAR

Monday, 18 July 2022 15:00 (GMT)We are delighted to advise that next United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) Mental Health webinar will be held on Monday, 18 July 2022.  The webinar will focus on Mental Health in the Workplace. The programme and the...
Cayman Brac Poetry Retreat: April 2023

Cayman Brac Poetry Retreat: April 2023

Registration is now open for the Caribbean Poetry Retreat April 15-22, 2023 in Cayman Brac with Caymanian Poet Nasaria Suckoo Chollette Writing the Land will be joining CBRAC, a non-profit land protection organization on Cayman Brac for a Caribbean poets’ retreat! The...