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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for The Cayman Islands

The list of The Cayman Islands bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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13 Jul 2008 (The Caymanian Compass) The one-off public holiday scheduled for July 30th, 2008, will no longer be observed; as the People’s Progressive Movement government has cancelled the late-July date for Cayman’s referendum on constitutional modernisation. • 23 Jun 2008 (Cay Compass News) Last Friday, The Leader of Government Business, Kurt Tibbetts, confirmed that the day of the referendum on the People’s Progressive Movement’s proposed changes to the constitution will likely be a public holiday. • 18 Jun 2008 (Cayman Net News) According to local press releases, the Cayman Islands' Constitutional Referendum will take place on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, and that date will be a full, one-off, national public holiday. • 14 Oct 2004 (Go2Cayman) Even though the upcoming November 17, 2004, general elections have been postponed due to the recent hurricane, the public holiday associated with those elections has been maintained, and renamed the National day of Recovery. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the The Cayman Islands public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Cayman Islands are regulated by the 2007 revision to The Public Holidays Law, as published in the Gazette No. 17 of August 20th, 2007. • The Queen's Birthday is observed locally using a rule specific to the Cayman Islands: the Monday following the Saturday designated as the official holiday observance in the UK. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (The Cayman Islands central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in The Cayman Islands, may belong to a religious group that is not common in The Cayman Islands, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to The Cayman Islands. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for The Cayman Islands, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of The Cayman Islands, before planning any trip to The Cayman Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.