Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

Tuesday,  February 21, 2006

Cayman tends to attract more mature travelers

WASHINGTON, USA: The Washington Post, February 17, 2006 – Q. Twenty moms are looking for an all-inclusive resort for next March where we can avoid the spring-break crowd but keep costs down. We’re mainly focusing on the Caribbean. Any suggestions?

A. To avoid spring-breakers, stay away from the Sun and Sin Belt. Among the red flags: The destination is easily accessible by car or plane, its hotel rates fit a ramen-and-Schlitz budget, and the town strings a “Welcome Spring Breakers” banner across Main Street. With that in mind, John Beach, owner of John Beach Travel, says to steer clear of Florida’s west and gulf coasts, Cancun and Cozumel in Mexico, Jamaica (from Montego Bay to Negril), the Bahamas and Corpus Christi, Tex.

For party-free zones, Beach says, “I would think the Cayman Islands would not welcome spring-breakers. They tend to attract more mature travelers and families.” For example, a reservationist at the Spanish Bay Resort on Grand Cayman describes the all-inclusive as “sedate and quiet” and said spring-breakers “usually stay closer to town for the nightlife.”

Hamas treasury appears to have been shipped to the Cayman Islands

LOS ANGELES, USA: Front Page Magazine, February 17, 2006 – Hamas has inherited a treasury that appears to have been shipped to the Cayman Islands and an economic dependency on Israel, a country it seeks to destroy. Riots in the Palestinian Authority and the continued fulminating against the West are good diversions for a political entity that is not viable.

Artist’s Cayman works on display in Richmond, Indiana

RICHMOND, USA: The Palladium-Item, February 17, 2006 – If you like impressionist art, you might want to check out Robert Farlow’s “People and Places” exhibit, which is on display through Feb. 26 at Richmond Art Museum.

The art museum says Farlow’s work is representational in a pseudo-impressionistic style, both landscape and figural, with a major emphasis on composition and expression. His paintings range from rural farm life to urban and Western scenes, along with a series created in the Cayman Islands.

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