Daphne Ewing-Chow

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Daphne Ewing-Chow

The Cayman Islands is banking on longer vacations and deeper visitor engagement with the launch of its 2025 summer tourism campaign, ‘Caution: Book Responsibly’. The focal point of the promotion – stay seven nights for the price of six – was unveiled at the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Forum, held 19 May at Sandals Grande Antigua, and is part of a broader strategy to compete for high-value travellers during the peak summer season.

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Daphne Ewing-Chow

Cocktails, cuisine and Cayman creativity took centre stage at ‘Stories by the Sea’, a Cayman Art Week pop-up that transformed art into a full-sensory experience. The 24 May event, at The Studio gallery and Library by the Sea at the Kimpton Seafire Resort, featured the creations of the Chroma Collective artists and designers Janine Every, Josie Frazer, Larissa Clarke, Isy B., Mica Koll and Alex Akdeniz.

1 week ago | caymancompass.com | Daphne Ewing-Chow

Jamaican food holds immense untapped potential in the Cayman market. That’s the view of Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green. And data from the International Trade Centre, a joint UN-WTO agency that helps small businesses in developing countries trade globally, suggests he could be right. “I see not just a partnership in exports, but a deeper collaboration where we help Cayman move toward greater self-sufficiency,” said Green in a recent discussion with the Compass.

2 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Daphne Ewing-Chow

The price tags on grocery items are rising fast, driven by sweeping new US tariffs, and bringing Cayman’s reliance on American transshipment under the spotlight. Jamaica – Cayman’s closest neighbor and long-standing regional partner – could offer a shorter, more resilient supply chain amid growing global uncertainty. With Cayman’s US-centric supply chain showing cracks, the case for looking closer to home has never been stronger.

3 weeks ago | caymancompass.com | Daphne Ewing-Chow

The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce has launched a Tariff Impact Survey to assess how the islands’ businesses are being affected by US tariffs. The initiative comes amid growing concerns that the tariffs, announced by US President Donald Trump, could impact Cayman’s import-dependent economy. On 2 April, Trump declared a 10% blanket tariff on all US imports, effective 5 April, along with steeper duties on goods from 57 countries.