Breakfast Buffet at The Reef

Valentino Salvi, F&B Director at The Reef, has added many enhancements to The Reef since he joined us six short months ago.

The latest is the introduction of a Breakfast Buffet, which should be music to the ears of all our many certified divers, who love to grab a bite before heading off to the dive boat around 8am !

DIVERS EXPRESS

BREAKFAST BUFFET

Starting Monday July 2sd, 2007
From 7:00 am to 10:00 am
Sunday A La Carte only

From the omelet station our Chef

will freshly prepare your omelet to your liking

The breakfast buffet will include

pancakes, French toast, corn flake station, bacon, sausage, O.J , coffee and tea

Price per person CI 12.00

Kids under the age of 12 CI 7.00

Infants under the age of 3 eat for free

Facebook - The Reef group

Thanks and no thanks (!) to the guys at the Tripadvisor Blog for putting me onto this, I'm officially addicted to Facebook... the Travelpod application for Traveller IQ is particularly addictive... I'm at 537,000 and change right now... I must be a map geek !

Anyway, join up and then join the new group for The Reef Resort, just for fun another way to connect friends of The Reef and Cayman in general !

Expedia Insiders' Select - The Reef is #1 in the Caribbean !

Expedia has had the facility for resort guests to post reviews for some time, and these are all confirmed as having stayed at the resort through Expedia by reservation confirmation verification, so not as subject to abuse as some other review sites.

Up until now therefore, it has baffled me that Expedia has not made more of this, but now it has all changed, with the launch of Expedia Insiders' Select.

Now, I didn't find out about this until I received a flurry of congratulatory emails to tell me that The Reef was not just #1 in the Caribbean, but #14 of all Expedia hotels worldwide !

Book now before we put the rates up ! :)

Facebook.....the latest internet addiction

I'll normally an "early adopter" of stuff on the internet, but I guess I can be forgiven for not discovering Facebook until this week... after all, it was originally college kids only, although now rapidly being adopted by crumbly and aged people like me !

The Cayman Islands network on Facebook has over 2,000 (and quickly increasing) members, not bad for a country of 55,000 people.... although some of those are people who used to live in Cayman, but still feel an affiliation.

Apparently it used to be used mostly for colleges kids wanting to "hook up' (oh these kids euphemisms... I feel old...again!), but now it's set up to keep in touch with and catch up with current and past friends and work colleagues too.

Try it.... and maybe a group for The Reef might be on the cards :)

Support the Blue Iguanas !

Friends of The Reef may be aware that we have been lending our support to this very worthy cause through our promotion of our "Adopt a Dragon" family vacation package.

Find out more about the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, and if you are in Cayman on June 29th, buy a ticket and go to the fundraising dinner at the home of our friends at Cobalt Coast

This year marks the inaugural Blue Iguana Fundraising Dinner & Auctionand we are pleased to invite you to join us for this fun-filled event in support of Cayman’s Blue Iguana-one of the most endangered species in the world. This ‘night of Blues’ will be held on Friday, June 29 at the beautiful ocean-side setting of Cobalt Coast Resort, West Bay and promises to be a wonderful evening under the stars with a champagne reception, blues tunes to dance the night away, a four course dinner and a live auction, hosted by world-renowned artist, Ron “Rogest” Steven.

The auction will feature original artwork from Rogest and other artists and also items kindly donated by Artifacts, Cayman Islands Helicopter, Courtney Platt, Cox Lumber, Every Bloomin’ Thing, Harbour House Marina, Kirk Freeport, Markson’s Furniture, Westin Casuarina Resort, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman and a host of others.

Tickets are CI$100.00 per person and all proceeds from the event will go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme. In addition, guests will receive a signed print of Rogest’s most recent work, “Baby Blue” upon arrival as a thank you for their support. There will be many surprises in store and as part of the theme for the evening guests are invited to wear blue to make it a real “blue-tie” affair! We look forward to seeing you there and hope our efforts can make a difference.

For more information and ticket sales please contact Nancy at Divetech on 946 5658 or Caroline at The National Trust for The Cayman Islands on 949 0121 or ckey@nationaltrust.org.ky

Seating is limited so please purchase tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Sincerely, Frank Roulstone
General Manager
The National Trust for The Cayman Islands

Barefoot Night

Now you can see what Barefoot Man sees as he looks out from the stage at his adoring fans.

Ok, so no, this is not what he sees at The Reef (we have a dance floor, but most guests are sitting down enjoying the music with their meal!), this was at the annual Cayman night in Port Arthur Texas last weekend.

Splash into Summer in Cayman !

This summer The Reef is participating in the Cayman Summer Splash promotion.

Guests of The Reef will be able to benefit from the following whether booking direct with The Reef or through your Travel Professional
- Every 5th night free

VIP Card (received at check in), offering many benefits, such as :
- Scuba diving discounts up to 50% with Ocean Frontiers
- US$25 Menu at Castro’s Restaurant and discounts at other island restaurants
- Discounts on car rentals, attractions and watersports

Please contact us at 1-888-232-0541 or reservations@thereef.com to take advantage of this promotion.

In addition, benefits available only if booked through your preferred Travel Professional are :
- 50% discounts on Cayman Airways for children 11 years and younger
- US$100 American Express Gift Cheque if your vacation package is purchased with your American Express Card

Please note that the Cayman Summer Splash promotion runs from June 1st to September 3rd, but guests may take advantage of our “every 5th night free” offer from now through December 20th, 2007 (although please note that black out dates may apply at peak times !)

Barefoot Night in Port Arthur, Texas - Proclamation!

This just in (for more, see www.barefootman.com ) :

WHEREAS, THE Cayman Islands are three small West Indies island in the Caribbean, known as Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, and they are a British Colony where the shipping industry has been one of the primary means of living for Caymanians; and

WHEREAS, hundreds of Caymanians settled in Port Arthur, as the primary port-of-entry for many Cayman seafarers who brought their families to this area where Capt. Harley Eddingston imported 6,000 pink conch shells on two ships in order to have a wall built on Procter Street in Port Arthur to remind him of his island home, where he constructed Port Arthur’s first apartment complex that was built in 1929, named Eddingston Court; and

WHEREAS, Cayman Night in Port Arthur 2006 was an overwhelming success with more than 700 guests from this area and from across the United States and the Cayman Islands, gathered at the Parker Center on Lamar State College Port Arthur campus, where the facility was transformed into a tropical paradise; and

WHEREAS, Port Arthur and Grand Cayman were proclaimed to be Sister Cities in 1983, and that Sister City relationship has strengthened over the years because hundreds of Caymanians still reside in this area, while many area residents annually visit the Cayman Islands for pleasure, business or personal reasons; and

WHEREAS, The Cayman Night in Port Arthur 2007 will be held on June 16, 2007 at the Parker Center, where Barefoot Man, his Band and the “Cayman Cowboy,” Andy Martin will arrive from Grand Cayman to perform on stage along with Bob Brammer and K.O. Harlow, aka The OutRigger Band; and

WHEREAS, guests should arrive wearing tropical shirts, shorts, flip flops or other casual attire and be prepared to have plenty of fun and laid-back good times throughout the evening.

NOW, THEREFORE, I., Oscar G. Ortiz, Mayor of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, do hereby proclaim the evening of June 16, 2007 as

CAYMAN NIGHT IN PORT ARTHUR

in the City of Port Arthur and ask that all citizens join me in celebrating the rich heritage of our long-time Sister City, Grand Cayman, and join visitors from around the world for a night of Cayman music, food and fun as our relationship continues to strengthen.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Port Arthur to be affixed this 5^th day of June in the year of our Lord, 2007.

Oscar G. Ortiz, Mayor

Sunset at "Over the Edge"

Over the Edge is a popular bar and restaurant in North Side with a relaxed ambience, and judging by this wonderful shot emailed to our Michael Mann by someone he met there last week who was clicking away with their camera. Wow, what a sunset !