Let Them Eat Cake and Celebrate! Jamaica Tourist Board representative Kenton Senior (pictured second from right) gets a helping hand at the New York Times Travel Show last weekend celebrating with consumers and travel agents during Bob Marley’s birthday with a specially-made cake. Also at the celebration was Cheryl Kasprzycki, senior sales manager for Solis The Palmyra Resort & Spa (pictured first from right) opening in Montego Bay in June.

Bob Marley’s Birthday, 2009, Kicks Off New York Times Travel Show - Hundreds of consumers and agents lined up to get a slice of cake and a bit of Jamaican sunshine at Jamaica Tourist Board’s booth at the New York Times Travel Show last weekend. On hand was Jamaica Tourist Board representative Christopher Dobson who helped celebrate Bob Marley’s birthday on Friday, February 6.

CAR OR CASH. Mrs. Tracey Blackwood (right), Deputy Consul General of Jamaica in New York, seems overjoyed at the opportunity to pull the winning ticket from the drum at last Saturday’s, 13th Annual Mega Draw & Raffle organized by the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) and held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, Queens, NY. Mrs. Blackwood, a Wolmers’ alum, pulled the winning ticket – R 1539 - which was sold by a member of the Immaculate Conception High School Alumni Association. The odds for the winning ticket was approximately 1 in 36,000. The winner can take the brand new Maxima motorcar or a cash payout of $21K. MC Irwine Clare (left), again had the attention of the capacity audience. - Photo by Sharon Bennett.