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Hotel Blog Watch: The Reef

Where: East End, Grand Cayman

This Hotel Blog Watch is part blog watch and part Hot Hotelier News. The general manager behind The Reef hotel in Grand Cayman and Cayman Time blog is "Tom Cayman" who writes about life at the resort with sort of a Pink is the New Blog enthusiasm (minus celebrities) mashed with Jaunted airfare tips ("Cayman Airways $99 Return!) and HotelChatter's Google Earth obsession.

But what we like most about Tom Cayman is that he keeps it real. He talks about events and new activities at the resort but he's also not afraid to post the frequent complaints of guests, so long as he's rectified the situation of course.

The Reef is pretty well defined as a tranquil and relaxed beach resort. However, one area where we seem to get some complaints is that we don't have sufficient shade on the beach itself. Yes, every suite is beachfront (and in the shade much of the day), and yes we have lots of palm trees dotted around the place, but I guess these days people are more and more conscious of excess sun exposure, yet love the feeling of lying out on the beach enjoying the sounds of the ocean lapping on the beach and the cool breeze.

So... we've just finished installing 12 permanent palapas on the beach in front of and around our beach bar. Each of these will provide shade for two beach lounge chairs, and also be in convenient range of a cool drink from the bar.

And since Cayman Time has been around since June 2005, there's a wealth of information there about life on the Cayman Islands from both a local and a hotel perspective. The blog has even boldly dared to link off to TripAdvisor reviews on their blog roll, but of course, it gets pretty stellar reviews.