Chairman of the boardGordon 'Butch' Stewart (second left) is the toast of some of his top executives who came out to cheerhim on as he received the inaugural Hospitality Jamaica Pioneer Award. Others from left are: RamelSobrino, general manager, Sandals Grande Ocho Rios; Roger Seivright, managing director, UniqueVacations Limited, representatives of Sandals/Beaches; Alan Clark, chief financial officer, Sandals;Dmitri Singh, group legal counsel; and Sean DaCosta
November 22, 2017
All the president’s men…and women — honouring a great boss
MANY of the top executives of the Sandals Group were in Montego Bay to show support for Chairman Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who took the inaugural RJRGleaner Communications Group Hospitality Jamaica Pioneer Award on November 11, 2017 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St James. To show his own appreciation for them, Stewart hosted a private reception for the executives and close friends at the remodelled Sandals Montego Bay hotel. In this photo montage are some of the executives who attended the awards ceremony celebrating excellence in tourism and organised by western Jamaica media doyenne Janet Silvera:
Retired but not tiredRetired Sandals Managing Director Merrick Fray (centre) and retired General Manager Louis Grant(left), who served 60 years in the tourism industry, hanging out with Sandals Grande Ocho Rios GeneralManager Ramel Sobrino.
Sales pitchGary Sadler (left), senior vice-president for sales at UniqueVacations Inc, worldwide representatives of Sandals/Beachesresorts, flew in from his multi-city promotional tour to hail the boss,Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart.
Picture thisFor a change, Jamaica Observer senior photographer JosephWellington (right) gets in front of the camera to secure a momentwith Chairman Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart.
Beauty and the boysPaul Soutar (left), chief financial officer of Gorstew, ‘Butch’Stewart’s holding company, and Roger Seivright, Unique VacationsLimited managing director, have the best ‘seat’ in the house in thecompany of Debbie-Ann White, Unique Vacations Inc vice presidentfor public relations and promotions
Personal attentionArlene Lindo, personal assistantto the chairman, looks out forGordon Stewart Jr, youngestson of Chairman ‘Butch’Stewart
Getting excellent PRUnique Vacations Vice President for Public Relations andPromotions Debbie-Ann White (left) and Sandals Group PublicRelations Manager Sheryl McGaw-Douse provide excellent PR
Meeting the DonLong-standing Sandals executive and head of transport, Don Smith(left), spends time with former St James Member of ParliamentFrancis Tulloch.
