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Published:Sunday | November 7, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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Whatever is being said, Janet Richards (left), operations officer at Scotiabank Barnett Street, Montego Bay, seems to be processing the thought, as Shernett Robinson, branch manager of The Gleaner's Western Bureau, engages her.
Public relations specialist Suzette Brown cosies up with her beau, Aceion Cunningham.
This trio was busy with girl talk at the sixth anniversary reception of The Gleaner's Hospitality Jamaica publication, held at the Blue Beat Jazz and Martini Bar in Montego Bay on Wednesday, October 27. From left are Petra-Ann Williamson, human resource manager at Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ), Jan Polack, CPJ's chief operating officer, and Alex Ghisays, group public relations director at Couples Resorts.
Long-time friends Clayton Morgan (left), an attorney-at-law, Fred Smith (centre), businessman, and chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Godfrey Dyer, enjoy their drinks.
These servers, (from left) Kerona Duhaney, Barbara Garrison, Tashian Smith and Chevelle Thomas, made sure guests were happy throughout the event.
Branch manager of The Gleaner's Western Bureau, Shernett Robinson (left), holds a copy of The Gleaner's Hospitality Jamaica aloft, as Paula Bernard, operations manager of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency at the Sangster International Airport, looks on.
Hospitality Jamaica's (HJ) coordinator, Janet Silvera (stooping in front), and some of the publication's best supporters at the sixth anniversary reception of HJ, held at the Blue Beat Jazz and Martini Bar in Montego Bay on October 27. Stooping behind Silvera are Tafari Ewers (left) and Philipp Hofer; (standing, from left) Dwayne Bennett; Jennifer McDonald; Oliver Townsend; Garth Ramsay and Dimitris Kosvogiannis. - Photos by Noel Thompson
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Barrington Flemming, Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau:

Tourism luminaries and adjunct stakeholders lit up the Blue Beat Jazz Martini Bar at Gloucester Avenue, Montego Bay, as The Gleaner's Hospitality Jamaica celebrated Year Six on Wednesday, October 27 with a glitzy cocktail reception.

Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) head Wayne Cummings topped the list of guests who toasted the publication on achieving six years.

Wine flowed copiously as Cummings urged the top brass of The Gleaner to consider having the fortnightly newspaper published weekly, citing that it has become the marquis of tourism publications in the Caribbean. Cummings' request was greeted with cheers from the guests.

Hospitality Jamaica's coordinator Janet Silvera engaged in comical banter with the Tourism Enhancement Fund's Chairman Godfrey Dyer as she recalled the birth of the magazine and its subsequent ascent to award-winning tourism newspaper.

Silvera invited guests to sing Louise Bennett's version of the happy birthday song, and they willingly obliged with shouts and cheers at the end to heighten the already festive occasion.

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency, led by its chief, Jennifer McDonald, managing director of Jamventure Tours, Dollis Campbell, JHTA Montego Bay chapter President Omar Robinson of Round Hill, Jamaica Tourist Board Regional Director Clive Taffe, Grand Palladium General Manager Dimitris Kosvogiannis and Digicel Regional Marketing Manager Joy Clarke were among the host of guests at the reception.

The swanky affair also saw praises coming from Riu Resorts, Caribbean Producers, Iberostar Resorts, Island Entertainment, Sunset Beach Resort and Spa and Mediasol Communications.