The Barbados Tourism Authority and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, on Tuesday hosted a presentation reception, to highlight their Crop Over Festival, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Present were Denis J. Tull (left), Golden Sands Hotel, Barbados; and Winston Bayley, honorary consul to the island. - Photos by Winston Sill/ Freelance Photographer

Sponsors and Facilitators of the VeggieFest from left (front row), Sharon Parris-Chambers, Claudette Kenlock, Dave Hines and Maureen Smith. Back row, (from left), Ava Ming, Sis Gloria Simms, Amina Blackwood-Meeks and Llia Gayle. They were at the Caribbean VeggieFfest, Spa and Wellness Conference 2009 launch held at the Hilton Kingston Jamaica hotel on Tuesday. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Linda Christian-Clarke (left), senior business development manager, Barbados Tourism Association and Hanif Smith, programme manager, Caribbean Cardiac Society, check out information material about the upcoming Crop Over Festival, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday.

Patrick Hylton (right), National Commercial Bank's group managing director, shares a joke with Asafa Powell, Olympic record holder, at a press conference held at the NCB Wellness Centre. The conference was held to highlight NCB's partnership with MVP Track and Field Club and Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association.- Contributed