Cayman Rose & Ms. Sheila

This is a lovely and ongoing story (see blog Jan 6, 2006) that illustrates why so many of our repeat guests and owners feel that they are "family" at The Reef.

The lovely little girl in the picture is called Cayman Rose, and yes, she was named that after her parents love for Cayman.

After their visit this spring, Cayman Rose's proud Dad sent this picture down for us to give to our gardener, Miss Sheila (pictured), along with this message (edited only to remove family names) :

To: Sheila, Cayman Rose wants to thank you from bottom of her little pretty heart for the special flowers you gave her each morning during her stay. She learned to say “They are so beautiful”. Everyone at The Reef makes our whole family feel so at home. We are so fortunate to be owners of “The Reef”. Thank you again Sheila, you are so sweet. CaymanRose's Dad

Expedia Insiders' Select - Celebration Party !

Last week (on July 4th, as it happened) we had a fairly impromptu party to celebrate our achievement in being #1 in the Caribbean and #14 Worldwide on the Expedia Insiders' Select.

As this rating would not have happened without our guests filing their Travelers Opinion reports on Expedia, and those glowing reports would not have happened without the wonderfully warm service from our staff that makes guests feel like family, we decided to invite the staff to our weekly beach bar party.

Andrew Bacon got the night rolling just after dark at 7:30, and after his usual animated musical games got everyone going (along with July 4th fireworks on the dock), the party really got started with a dance competition.



As you can see, it was quite a party. Frequent visitors to The Reef will spot not just Andrew in the bottom left corner, but also many other staff, plus a great group of owners, guests, and guests from the Morritts resort next door who came to add to the party.

It was a fantastic night and a great way to show both our guests and our staff how much they all mean to us.

For those who have never been to The Reef, a night like this, where having staff and guests at the same party means 1+1=3 (at least 3, maybe 4 or 5!), this is part of The Reef "difference" :)

Islomaniac of the Year - vote for Barefoot !

Barefoot tells me that he has just been nominated as "Islomaniac of the Year" in the Private Islands Blog.

Take a look at that blog, quite interesting even if you don't have enough spare cash to buy your own private island !

Iguana Invasion in Grand Cayman !

Twice a year the inimitable Barefoot Man shows that his artistic skills are not limited to music by producing a tourist information newspaper called "Fun News" dedicated to the Eastern Districts of Grand Cayman.

This is widely distributed around the hotels on the island (just ask your concierge) and is a lot of fun, even if Barefoot's writing style is heavily influenced by such pun-laden intellectually challenged tabloids as the New York Daily News :)