Posts Categorized: Industry News

Issa sees ‘ray of hope’ for Jamaica

There is still a ray of hope, despite the numerous difficulties being experienced in Jamaica today. This is the view of John Issa, chairman of SuperClubs, as he delivered this year’s speech at the Eighth Annual Bustamante Lecture at the…
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Bronze for a Couples’ Cook

Photo caption: Christopher Darlington, a cook at Couples Hotel, St. Mary, recently won two bronze medals at the ‘Taste of Canada’ competition, in Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Darlington was part of the Jamaica team to the contest, and he is seen…
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Couples chef takes top JCDC culinary honours

For the second time in eight years, Pierre Battaglia of Couples Hotel has walked away with top honour at the JCDC’s Professional Culinary Arts Competition – Chef of the Show. The prestigious award is sponsored by Facey Commodity Company Limited…
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Dining out: 15 Years of dedicated service

Photo Caption: Lennox Lofters- Food Service Manager – seen here receiving a framed mural as one of the gifts from the hotel to the fifteen year employees. Twenty eight employees were honoured at a function held at the Couples Hotel…
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All inclusive: Package deal to delight

If ever a resort was designed with the romantic in mind it is Couples. Lying in a cove on the North coast of Jamaica just east of Ocho Rios, Couples is like a private island created by romantics for romantics,…
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Birthday celebration with a difference

Guests strolling under a huge archway carved from a gigantic block of ice, onto a sprawling, well-manicured front lawn bedecked with thousands of pepper lights and corporate logo electric posters. A bride and groom arriving for their mid-afternoon wedding in…
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