Sacha Walters, Staff Reporter

Thalia Lyn (right), of Island Grill, is in a lively conversation with (from left) Spanish Ambassador Jesús Silva, H.E. Javier Sandomingo, Spain's director general for Latin American and Caribbean affairs, and Christopher Bovell, businessman. - Photos by Peta-Gaye Clachar/ Staff Photographer

Ambassador Jesús Silva hosted a reception at his Norbrook Road residence in honour of Spain's director general for Latin American and Caribbean affairs, H.E. Javier Sandomingo, last Tuesday evening.

Mr Sandomingo will be leading a delegation in July that will ensure relationships between the various sectors in the country are linked to tourism. This is to safeguard the success of the various investments made by the Spanish in tourism in Jamaica. His visit is a preliminary one.

Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson speaks with Yvonne Gittens-Joseph (centre), ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago, and Michelle Rollins, at a reception held to welcome H.E. Javier Sandomingo, Spain's director general for Latin American and Caribbean affairs.

Guests included Transport Minister Mike Henry; businesswoman Thalia Lyn; Canadian High Commissioner Denis Kingsley; Mexican Ambassador Leonora Rueda; former prime minister, P.J. Patterson; Margaret Bernal; Anna Young; Ian Randle; French Ambassador Francis Hurtut; Rodney Davis and Michelle Rollins.

Ignasus Sanchez (left), head of mission, Spain, chats with Agriculture Minister Christopher Tufton at a reception recently held to welcome H.E. Javier Sandomingo, Spain's director general for Latin American and Caribbean affairs.