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TRAVELER | DESTINATIONS into the blue: From left, Camana Bay town center; the Residences at the Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman; scuba diving at Stingray City; Abacus at Camana Bay. the Tide Grand Cayman Island bucks the economic trends with new resorts and some sweet treats. Ahead of As part of the British West Indies, Grand Cayman is at once more Western and more developed than other islands in the region because of its great infrastructure, thanks to international banking community invest- ments in the 1960s. Between Seven Mile Beach and the nightlife of Georgetown, visi- tors have a wide variety of attractions for a great vacation—or for a second home. Despite cutbacks on other Caribbean is- lands due to the economy, Grand Cayman has been forging full-steam ahead in the last few years with a full roster of new luxury develop- ments. Within Dragon Bay at The Residences at The Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman, you’ll find The Deckhouses, which are comprised of 19 private waterfront properties (with five bedrooms each), while Secret Harbour will replicate an exclusive maritime community when it breaks ground early this summer. The belle of the ball is Camana Bay, a 500-acre mixed-use community in West Bay. The focal point is the 75-foot high Observa- tion Tower, with an interior mosaic deep sea scene designed with Venetian glass tiles, giving visitors a 360-degree bird’s-eye view of Grand Cayman. —Lisa Rogak Trend Watch the essentials grand cayman West Bay Rum Point North Side Beach Seven Mile George Town Bodden Town Savannah 1 Where to Stay The Cotton Tree Cottages opened in the summer of 2009 and features four 1,600-square-foot two-bedroom planta- tion-style beachfront cottages. 345-943- 0700, caymancotton 42 oceanhomemag.com july + august 2010 North Sound grand cayman East End Caribbean Sea tree.com. Located right on Seven Mile Beach, the Ritz-Carlton provides guests with oceanfront luxury. 345-943-9000, ritz carlton.com. 2 Where to Eat Chef Keith Grif- fin presides over Bacchus, a classic Italian restaurant in Georgetown. Don’t leave without trying the apple pie. 345- 949-5747, bacchus. ky. Abacus is the see- and-be-seen dining place in Camana Bay with a seafood-pre- dominant menu that impresses. 345-623- 8282, abacus.ky. 3 What To Do Swim with the sting- rays at Stingray City stingraycitytrips.com. Or head out to Joel Walton’s Plantation House organic farm to see where the chefs on Grand Cayman get their produce. 345-925- 1408, plantationhouse. blogspot.com. facebook it If the seemingly unending search for the best hotel has you pulling out your hair, fear no more. TravelMuse, the online tool that allows you to store all of your online fact finding missions in one place, recently launched a new Travel Planner, an application that takes your Facebook friends’ comments about your trip and saves them in your TravelMuse trip folder. There is also the “Ask Friends” feature that allows you to ask for specific advice. Requests are posted to your wall and com- ments are put back into your trip folder. travelmuse.com.