GAD Americas goes to the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands Named Host Country for the 2025 CAPA Airline Leader and GAD Americas Summits

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (28 October 2024) – In an industry first, the Cayman Islands was named the host country for both the 2025 CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas and GAD Americas Summit to take place in Q1 of 2025. 

CAPA - Centre for Aviation (CAPA), the world's most trusted source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry and the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas is part of CAPA’s benchmark regional conference series, exploring the key strategic issues facing airlines, airports, and the wider travel industry in North America, as well as exploring wider global developments and sector-specific challenges. 

The Global Airport Development Conference (GAD) is the largest and most senior gathering of major global public and private airport operators, investors, financiers, and industry experts. 

The Summits will run concurrently and will gather an estimated 400+ attendees to learn about the crucial issues that impact global air development. 

CAPA – Centre for Aviation & GAD, Events Director, Claudia Kunz said, “We are delighted to be co-locating the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas and GAD Americas events in 2025 and believe the Cayman Islands is the perfect destination to bring our audiences together. We look forward to showcasing the Cayman Islands to a wide variety of aviation industry experts while delivering the thought leadership CAPA and GAD are known for.”

“Airlift plays a key role in the success of the Cayman Islands tourism industry and hosting the CAPA and GAD Summits provides the destination with invaluable benefits for networking and business development opportunities to propel our aviation strategy and solidify our position as a destination of choice for global carriers,” commented Rosa Harris, Director of Tourism for the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism. “We also look forward to the economic benefits that the conference will bring to our local accommodations, attractions and restaurants.”