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Published:Friday | December 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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(From left) Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño and her sons Alejandro and Daniel, and daughter Jimena take in the action.
The hot Shevalee Kosvogiannis looking like a fashion model at the cocktail reception for new Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño at RIU Montego Bay last Friday.
Alex Crowther (left), husband of new Spanish Ambassador, chats with senator Noel Sloley.
RIU Tropical Bay's general manager, Natalia van Deurzen and husband Erdwyn Gross at RIU Resorts' cocktail reception to welcome new Spanish ambassador Celsa Nuño to Montego Bay, held at RIU Montego Bay last Friday night. - Photos by Janet Silvera
RIU Resort's Director of Sales, Angella Bennett (left), Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño and the chain's regional director, Frank Sondern, pose for the camera during a welcome reception for Ambassador Nuño at RIU Montego Bay last Friday.
From left: David Llompart, Daniel Quetglas, his wife Lila Penade and Jose Luis Sanchez are all smiles.
General Manager of RIU Montego Bay, Katharina Doehler and Scotiabank's Murphy Greg sipping fine wine at the reception.
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Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:

Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño's first official reception in the Second City was well received by the business community that turned out to toast her at cocktails at the RIU Montego Bay last Friday night.

Days after her first meeting with the city's dignitaries and heads of commerce, including Mayor Charles Sinclair, Custos Ewen Corrodus and Chamber of Commerce President Patrick Casserly, Ambassador Nuño was back in the tourism capital sipping Merlot and mingling with the city's socialites.

Alluding to the multibillion-dollar Spanish investments in the country, she declared, "We are here to stay".

The ambassador, who replaced the affable Jesús Silva, says she has all intentions of continuing to build on the strong foundation left by her predecessor.

She expressed gratitude for the show of support and promised to promote ecotourism ventures and programmes geared at advancing the skills of the island's children.

The ambassador was accompanied by her husband, Alex Crowther and children - Alejandro, Daniel and Jimena.

Montegonians who came out at the welcome reception included: Spain's honorary Consul in Montego Bay, Myrtle Dwyer, Glamour Tour's Roy Anderson, director of tourism, John Lynch, and his team Rosemarie Johnson and Clive Taffe, Rose Hall Development's Michele Rollins, Senator Noel Sloley, Tropical Tours' Robert Hendricks, Solo Jamaica's Tristan Alvarado and Laura Mazabel, Grand Palladium's Dimitri Kosvogiannis and wife Shevalee, Garth and Maylin Ramsay, attorney Clayton Morgan and wife Doris, Lachu Ramchandani, Déjà vu's Rajesh and Neha Kripalani, Chukka Caribbean's Daniel Melville and Paola Byles, MBJ's Fernando Bosque and wife Deloris, Scotiabank's Michael Thompson, Murphy Greg, Serena Whittingham, Robert Dunbar, and the RIU team led by Frank Sondern, José Luis Sanchez, Katharina Doehler, Angella Bennett, Rose Skinner, Niurka Garcia-Linton and Christine, Daniel Quetglas and Lila Penade, David Llompart, Natalia van Duerzen and husband Erdwyn Gross.

janet.silvera@gleanerjm.com