Loading the player…
Daybreak
Daybreak – 9 April 2025
April is Stress Awareness Month, and we’ve got relaxation techniques that’ll help you de-stress anytime, anywhere.
Raegan’s taking a walk on the wild side of East End in this week’s Nature Break.
And I head to local restaurant Agua for a taste of their Sommelier Stand-Off semi-finals.
| 00:56:46
Cayman Compass
Pro- and anti-cruise pier groups gearing up campaigns before referendum
With the cruise port referendum only a few weeks away, the battle for the hearts and minds of residents on either side of the debate is heating up.
The pro-pier Association for Cruise Tourism (ACT) group held two press conferences within three days last week to press home its arguments, while the anti-pier Cruise Port Referendum (CPR) Cayman is holding a fundraiser and public meeting on Wednesday, 9 April, at Sunset House and continuing to gear up its campaign in the run-up to the 30 April referendum.
At its most recent press briefing, at the Marriott on 3 April, ACT painted a pessimistic picture of the future of Cayman’s cruise tourism if a pier is not built, stating that by 2030-2032, “an estimated 75% of regional cruise passengers will be on ships that require berthing and they will not stop in Cayman”.
The audience at the tourism discussion, which included cruise industry pioneer Giora Israel, were told that, without piers, the cruise tourism product will effectively die out in Cayman, and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.
