Cayman confers with Business Outlook 2005 and Ivan Law 2005
Cayman’s
business community was out in full swing last week as lawyers, accountants,
bankers, insurance specialists, realtors and many other members of the business
community got together at two major conferences. The Westin Casuarina Hotel was the setting for both Cayman Business Outlook 2005 (CBO),
19 January and ‘Ivan Law’, 18 & 19 January... read
more...
Hotels focus on business and pleasure
Even
when on holiday in today’s world many guests still want to keep abreast of their
own businesses or work affairs, so access to the Internet is becoming almost as
important as access to the beach. When the Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa
re-opened its doors in November it had added high-speed Internet access to the
services offered to its guests... read
more...
Impact of Hurricane Ivan Report - Part II
Part Two of a five part series which summarizes ‘The Impact of Hurricane Ivan in the Cayman Islands’ (Ivan Report) an 85 page report, released by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
of the United Nations. Part Two describes the damages to tourism, agriculture
and commerce. “The Report confirms our initial assessment that we had
nearly $3 billion in damage,”... read more...
AM Best gives Island Heritage stable outlook
AM
Best Rating Company gave Island Heritage a stable outlook by removing its
review status, and affirmed its A- rating. “We are obviously delighted
about the news,” said Bryan Murphy, CEO of Island Heritage. “The rating is
important, not just for Cayman, but throughout the Caribbean. It allows
us to take advantage of opportunities throughout the region. We are already
receiving lots of requests for insurance coverage.”... read more...
FirstCaribbean leads with electronic banking
Through FirstCaribbean
International Bank’s investment of US$50 million in a single state-of-the-art
technology platform, it has become the only bank in the Caribbean region to
offer both Internet and telephone banking to customers across its full regional
network. Now electronic banking will be available options for the bank’s
customers throughout all 15 countries in the Caribbean where the institution’s
offices are found...
read more...
Entrepreneur of the week - Robert Joseph
“Photography is a profession that has
been passed down through my family for many years,” Robert Joseph of Island
Photo acknowledged. Going even further by investing his time and money in
a business venture fully dedicated to providing photography services and
photographic products, was a well thought out, yet easy decision for Robert to
make at only 26 years of age, in 1997... read
more...
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Cayman’s
business community was out in full swing last week as lawyers, accountants,
bankers, insurance specialists, realtors and many other members of the business
community got together at two major conferences. The Westin Casuarina Hotel was the setting for both Cayman Business Outlook 2005 (CBO),
19 January and ‘Ivan Law’, 18 & 19 January...
Even
when on holiday in today’s world many guests still want to keep abreast of their
own businesses or work affairs, so access to the Internet is becoming almost as
important as access to the beach. When the Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa
re-opened its doors in November it had added high-speed Internet access to the
services offered to its guests...
Part Two of a five part series which summarizes ‘The Impact of Hurricane Ivan in the Cayman Islands’ (Ivan Report) an 85 page report, released by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
of the United Nations. Part Two describes the damages to tourism, agriculture
and commerce. “The Report confirms our initial assessment that we had
nearly $3 billion in damage,”...
AM
Best Rating Company gave Island Heritage a stable outlook by removing its
review status, and affirmed its A- rating. “We are obviously delighted
about the news,” said Bryan Murphy, CEO of Island Heritage. “The rating is
important, not just for Cayman, but throughout the Caribbean. It allows
us to take advantage of opportunities throughout the region. We are already
receiving lots of requests for insurance coverage.”...
Through FirstCaribbean
International Bank’s investment of US$50 million in a single state-of-the-art
technology platform, it has become the only bank in the Caribbean region to
offer both Internet and telephone banking to customers across its full regional
network. Now electronic banking will be available options for the bank’s
customers throughout all 15 countries in the Caribbean where the institution’s
offices are found...
