Cayman Islands

(Dive Travel Business News - May 1, 2012) -- The world’s largest Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) diving event is once again coming to Grand Cayman  May 26 to June 2, 2012.  INNER SPACE is a dedicated week of Closed Circuit Rebreather Diving and CCR training, lectures, technology conference and more! It's an all inclusive week bringing together divers, Instructors, dive shops, manufacturers, training agencies and more.

The upcoming 9th INNER SPACE is hosted by Divetech at Cobalt Coast Dive Resort, 78 Closed Circuit Rebreatherers will partake in this eventful week, diving the deep walls and shallow reefs div  of Grand Cayman.  CCR divers from new recreational divers through deep trimix divers journey to Grand Cayman, diving at various depths based on their certification limits, from 60 to 400 feet on dives lasting for 3 hours. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 30, 2012) -- Sunset House, Grand Cayman’s Hotel for Divers, by Divers, has become one of the first dual International Yacht Training (IYT)/Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Training Centers in the world. International Yacht Training is a fully approved training company by the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) amongst others. This allows Sunset Divers (Sunset House’s elite Dive Center) not only to train dive professionals as Diveboat captains, but are authorized to train and certify non-dive related candidates, IYT/MCA nautical qualifications through their new IYT instructors Robert Hopwood and Peter Foster-Smith .

All Sunset Divers’ captains have been certified as PADI/IYT Diveboat Coxswains. Sunset Divers has become one of the first dive operators to certify to the new, high standard to training and certification for Diveboat operators.

The program:
• PADI/IYT Diveboat Mate – qualified Diveboat crew and captain in training read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 26, 2012) -- Red Sail Sports Grand Cayman marks its 25th anniversary in 2012 as one of the world’s leading resort watersports operators. Red Sail Sports opened its doors in 1987 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cayman and Britannia, with two dive boats, some beach toys and 20 enthusiastic staff.   read more »

(Dive Travel Business News.com - December 3, 2011) --  Little Cayman Beach Resort has opened it newly remodeled Nature Spa.  Housed in a cottage built in the traditional Caymanian style, the new design captures the island’s tranquility with island themed colors and textures to excite your senses.  The spa environment includes a nature inspired waterfall and contemporary surroundings and furnishings designed by Sherry Fickling of the Crown Point Design firm located in Greenville, North Carolina.

The Nature Spa is situated on Little Cayman’s Booby Pond Nature Preserve that has the largest breeding colony of red footed booby birds in the Caribbean.  Guests are invited to relax on the deck before or after their treatment and enjoy the splendor and beauty of the nature preserve. The Nature Spa’s highly trained staff provides Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Swedish Massage or reflexology with facials, waxing or nail treatments - a welcome addition to a dive traveler's itinerary to Little Cayman. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 10, 2011) - - Kick off the new year with Culinary Month in Grand Cayman! Now you can enjoy fantastic FOOD, great WINE and awesome diving (WATER). With more than 100 restaurants participating, 11 with Wine Spectator awards and many renowned "celebrity" chefs, you'll enjoy not only an all-inclusive meal plan at Cobalt Coast but also receive a $100 gift voucher to enjoy at one of our many restaurants.

Weekly culinary events are being hosted, including the Taste of Cayman, the island's most popular festival celebrating restaurants, local artisan products such as Cayman Sea Salt and Seven Fathoms Rum that are unique and different. Plus you'll partake in a Lion fish cull & tasting event combining an environmental message with local seafood cuisine and sustainable fishing practices. Last but not least, explore the Kittiwake including a weekly treasure hunt with great prizes!   read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 27, 2011) -- The popular scuba diving television series Into The Drink  is heading into its third season in 2012. The ground-breaking adventure program set new standards for excitement and exploration when it first premiered on HDNET. The entire first season has been packaged in a three-disc DVD box set.

According to show creator Randy Harris, “The first season set the bar that the entire crew has worked to match in subsequent seasons. We travel throughout the world exploring not only some of the most pristine diving destinations on the globe, but we also show some of the unique topside and cultural experiences found in these places. Throw in a bit of humor and colorful characters and you have Into The Drink, Season 1.” The DVD Box set is available for $29.95. 

Season 1 of Into The Drink features all 13 episodes and a bonus disc with surprise footage never before released on DVD. Episodes include:
• Turks & Caicos, Parts I & II
• Honduras, Parts I & II read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 11, 2011) -- Sunset House Dive Resort, located on the west side of Grand Cayman and walking distance from George Town Cayman Islands, has invested over US$250,000 in renovating their premium rooms into a whole new level of service. Located on the north end of the property on the sea side of the resort, upgraded Oceanview, Suites and Apartments offer more space with 2 Queen beds or 2 King-size, flat screen cable TV and a private balcony looking out through the palm trees to the Caribbean Sea.

"We renovated all of these rooms with new bathrooms, including fixtures, travertine tile, vinyl covered concrete ceiling tiles with recessed lights and hair dryers and putting programmable safes, ironing boards and irons, microwaves, larger refrigerators to replace the existing fridges, along with the coffee makers in the spacious rooms" states Ken Thompson, hotel manager for the resort. read more »