Tag: CITA
Ministers press tourism sector over local jobs
(CNS): The new tourism minister, Kenneth Bryan, and his Cabinet colleague Chris Saunders, the new minister for labour, are publicly pressing leaders of the tourism industry to use the pandemic as an opportunity to change the low numbers of locals employed in the sector and reintegrate Caymanians into an industry that was once a popular […]
Tourism presses campaign to open borders
(CNS): Ritz-Carlton general manager Marc Langevin, the new president of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA), is pressing on with the campaign to open Cayman’s borders to visitors. As cases of COVID-19 in the US, where most of those guests would come from, reach unprecedented levels and here in Cayman there are continued reports of […]
DoT PR officer moves to top CITA job
(CNS): Jay Ehrhart has crossed over from the civil service to the private sector after departing the Department of Tourism for a top job at the Cayman Islands Tourism Association. Ehrhart, a former Radio Cayman newscaster who moved to the DoT in 2014, will take up the role as executive director with the body that […]
CITA denies airport concerns
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Tourism Association has accused CNS of misinterpreting a statement they sent to us after we put questions about the airport woes to the organisation, which is meant to represent the interests of the diverse range of businesses that make up the tourism industry. The president has said she believes her statement […]
Tourism association divided over cruise port
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Tourism Association, which represents businesses dealing with both overnight and cruise tourism, is attempting to stay neutral on the increasingly polarized debate about the government’s plans to develop a berthing facility in George Town Harbour, as its membership is divided over the issue. Following a board meeting earlier this week, CITA […]
CITA defends tourism taxes and regulations
(CNS): The private sector association representing the tourism industry has come to the defence of the regulation, licensing and tax regime surrounding the local accommodation sector. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association released a statement this week saying that the regulation has served the tourism industry and the country well, as it is fair for all […]
CITA keeps tourism ‘concerns’ under wraps
(CNS): Cayman Islands Tourism Association directors met with government officials recently to talk about the “perspectives and concerns” of the tourism sector, according to a CITA release, though it did not detailed what those concerns are. CITA said its directors discussed “the airport expansion and operations, cruise berthing, taxi regulations, visitor safety, education and employment […]
CIG warned of legal action over cruise port
(CNS): Ahead of a likely application for judicial review, a group calling themselves “Concerned Caymanians” has written to government through a lawyer seeking clarification on the point at which government agrees it has taken action to move forward with the cruise berthing facility. A similar case regarding the West Bay Road was rejected because of technical arguments […]
Ministry seeks to ‘safeguard’ cruise project
(CNS): The tourism ministry has said that following due process and collecting as much information as possible about the proposed cruise berthing facility in George Town is to “safeguard the project from unintended consequences in the future”. The comment comes in response to the position taken by the Cayman Islands Tourism Association not to support […]
Tourist sector says ‘No’ to port
(CNS): The private sector body which represents the country’s tourism industry has stated clearly that its members do not support government’s proposed cruise berthing plans. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA), which has a broad and diverse membership, from major hoteliers and dive operators to retailers and excursion firms, said ‘no’ on Thursday to the […]
Cruise concerns to be ‘weighed against’ benefits
(CNS): The premier has said the government is aware of the issues raised in the environmental impact assessment on the cruise berthing facilities “so the viability and economic benefits of cruise berthing must be understood and carefully weighed against those concerns” before government makes a decision. Despite indications that the project would cause massive damage […]
