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The Breast Cancer Foundation is delighted to announce a new wellness initiative. The catalyst for this initiative was a donation made to the Breast Cancer Foundation by a group called Aimees Angels who participated in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk in the Boston in July.

The number of visitor arrivals in Cayman for the month of May dipped slightly compared to last year, but the western Caribbean tourism hub managed to maintain an overall increase in visitors so far in 2015.

Project managers at the Kimpton hotel on Seven Mile Beach say building work is on schedule and the hotel is poised to open on Nov. 1, 2016.

U.S.-based hotelier Marriott International announced Monday that it has agreed to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. for $12.2 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition will create the worlds largest hotel company, which will include three Cayman Islands hotels: the Marriott Grand Cayman Beach Resort, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman and the Westin Grand Cayman.

The newly named Cayman Brac Beach Resort opened Friday with a new bar and sprawling lagoon-style swimming pool at the oceans edge. The hotel and dive resort, described as the backbone of the islands tourism industry, was closed for four months while extensive renovations took place.

RE/MAX has been in the Caribbean for 20 years, when the launch of RE/MAX Cayman made the Caribbean the third international region in the RE/MAX system following Canada and Mexico.

Statistical update, RE/MAX Cayman Islands wins awards at International Conference, Shetty Hospital moves ahead, Cayman Island tourism still strong

Dart invests in other Caribbean islands

Construction of the long-planned vehicular underpass on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway at Camana Bay could start as early as next month, according to a Dart spokeswoman.

Having just refinanced nearly US$37 million in debt held over from previous government administrations, the Cayman Islands Development Bank is back in business.