Hyatt to End Management of Rum Point Attraction in the Caymans

The Hyatt Regency in Grand Cayman will no longer operate and manage the Rum Point attraction on North Sound, effective November 1.

According to Rum Point, Hyatt officials broke the news earlier this week to the 20 employees who work at the attraction, which includes the Wreck Bar & Grill, a beach with lounge chairs and hammocks, and a water sports facility offered by Red Sail Sports.

The hotel firm had run Rum Point since 1995. Following Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Rum Point’s dinner restaurant never reopened, though the owners recently said that they hope to reopen it for the winter season.

The hurricane also shut down the ferry service across North Sound that connected the Hyatt with Rum Point via a canal at the back of the hotel. The ferry service has not been resumed and the only access to Rum Point since Ivan has been a 45-minute drive from George Town.

The Hyatt Regency resort, in fact, has not reopened since Ivan, although a separate facility called the Hyatt Regency Beach Suites on Seven Mile Beach across from the main resort, did reopen following Ivan.

According to the owners of Rum Point, they are in discussions with several parties regarding leasing the property, which got its name from the barrels of rum that once washed ashore after a shipwreck.