General manager of the Doctors Cave Beach Hotel, Ted Simpson (right), and his wife, Ann (left), and children Teddale (second left) and Timothy smile for the camera.
WESTERN BUREAU:
When combined, the contribution made by the 11 members of staff honoured by the Doctors Cave Beach Hotel last Friday night numbered 182 years of indelible service to the hospitality sector.
The resort, one of the oldest landmarks in Montego Bay, marked its 40th anniversary by paying tribute and bestowing honours and awards on the people who have kept the family names McGann and Evans alive in western Jamaica.
Formerly known as Gloucester House, Doctors Cave, which started operation in 1956 was renamed by Lolita Evans and her ex-husband, Pat McGann, when they took over the property 40 years ago.
Today, Doctors Cave Beach Hotel boasts one of the richest legacies on the Hip Strip, Gloucester Avenue, having surpassed some of its closest neighbours and is still standing like a beacon.
Now run by a son of the owners, Andre McGann, and General Manager Ted Simpson, Doctors Cave is one of the only resorts that has remained open on what was once the busy hotel strip.
Those who came out last Friday to celebrate the milestone achievement included Mayor of Montego Bay Charles Sinclair, executive director of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, Camille Needham, Jamaica Tourist Board's Norma Taylor and Clive Taffe, Sunquest Vacation's Karen Mills, Exclusive Holiday's Roxanne Smith, Charmaine McGann, Veda Sanai and a host of repeat guests.
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Doctors Cave Beach Hotel's staff with years of service ranging from 39 years to 10 years, (back row from left): Thelma Thompson-Smith, Kennett Irving, Beverly Stephenson-Lewis, Ouida Vassell, Daphne Shaw-Jenkins and Lennox McLeod. (Front row from left): Virtice Ferguson, Hewin White, Christine Ottey, Marsha Allen and Charles Evans. - Photos b y Janet Silvera
Matriarch of the Doctors Cave Beach Hotel family, Lolita Evans (third left), cuts the resort's 40th anniversary cake with Mayor of Montego Bay Charles Sinclair (second left), with others from left: daughter Charmaine McGann, General Manager Ted Simpson, daughter-in-law Veda Sanai and son André McGann on Friday, November 13 in Montego Bay, St James.
Dawn Riggon (left) and Stacy-Ann Thelwell, hang out at the celebration.
Attorney-at-law Roxanne Smith (left) and Sunquest Vacation's Karen Mills smile for the camera.
From left: executive director of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, Camille Needham, the Jamaica Tourist Board's Norma Taylor and Clive Taffe talk matters related to tourism.
Debbie Shill (left) and Diane Grant are always busy with membership and treasury business at the monthly American Women's Group meetings. On Thursday, they took a little break to pose for Saturday Social. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
Sir Magdi Yacoub (left) and entertainer/Gleaner Honour Award winner Shaggy at a fund-raiser at the Natural History Museum in London for Chain of Hope Jamaica last week. Sir Magdi, president of Chain of Hope, United Kingdom, has been visiting Jamaica since the 1960s and operating on Jamaican patients for free. Next week, a team of 22 volunteers from Chain of Hope will do surgery on more children at Bustamante Hospital for Children free of cost. Jamaica has a waiting list of over 200 children needing heart surgery. - Contributed
J. Wray and Nephew's Christene Wood (left) shares the cocktail of choice for the rum-tasting evening with colleague Chesna Haber (right) and Digicel's Trisha K. Thompson. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Honourable Usain Bolt, OJ, was special guest at the second World Sport Congress in Mexico City at the University of Mexico Valley. The Congress hosted all major players in the Latin American Sports Industry. The awards were given by Special Olympics Mexico, University of Mexico Valley, Televisa and the International Olympic Committee of Mexico. Bolt was recognised for his superb performance at the Berlin World Championships this summer. At the event last weekend, he was accompanied by his publicist, Carole Beckford. - Contributed
LIME's Chris Dehring (centre) is making the J. Wray and Nephew pair of Marilyn Bennett and Andrew Price crack up at the Appleton Estate dinner and tasting of its new luxury rum, Appleton Estate 30-Year-Old Jamaica Rum, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Thursday night. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Karen Hilliard (left) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was guest speaker at Thursday's American Women's Group Thanksgiving luncheon, held at Hyperion Avenue, Jacks Hill, St Andrew. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
Maybe it was planned but one thing is for sure, they certainly wore the colour well. From left: women in black, Naomi Garrick of Garrick Communications, Marie Hall-Smith, managing director of Face Place, and Roxanne Shields. The trio were caught at the Face Place's 20th anniversary celebration held on Thursday.
Education Minister Andrew Holness must have pulled a funny one on managing director of Face Place, Marie Hall-Smith, on Thursday at the Face Place's 20th anniversary celebration. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer