Jamaica Vacationer Board’s Director of Tourism, Donovan White, on the non-public screening of “Bob Marley One Love” in New York Metropolis on Valentine’s Day.
Photograph by David Cumberbatch/Jamaica Vacationer Board
In celebrating the opening of Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love” biopic in theatres from Feb. 14, the Jamaica Vacationer Board (JTB) held an unique reception and personal screening of the movie for VIPs at Regal Union Sq. cinema in Manhattan.
“’Bob Marley: One Love’ was in theatres simply in time for love month and reggae month,” mentioned Donovan White, JTB director of tourism. “On the large display screen for the primary time, the movie is a celebration of the life and legacy of a real Jamaican musical icon Bob Marley.
“We’re so happy that we had been capable of showcase it to key companions, as it’s yet one more demonstration of the outsized affect that Jamaica’s tradition has typically had on the world by our artists, athletes, music, delicacies and a lot extra,” he added.
Philip Rose, deputy director of tourism (Ag.), Americas, Jamaica Vacationer Board, mentioned, “The ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ film brings the love, energy, and great thing about Bob’s story alongside along with his Jamaican reggae music to the world on the large display screen, which we imagine will encourage followers to go to Jamaica.”
Kicking off with a reception, friends of the Jamaica Vacationer Board had been supplied genuine island meals together with jerk rooster, patties, and rice and peas from Jumeika, the favored New York Metropolis restaurant, owned and operated by a Jamaican chef.
Previous to the movie’s begin, Philip Rose, White and Sandals consultant Karlene Angus-Smith personally welcomed all friends to the non-public screening.
As soon as the film ended, JTB mentioned reward luggage with branded gadgets from Sandals and Jamaica Vacationer Board supplied “an extra particular contact.”
“As friends departed, many expressed their gratitude and famous that they honestly loved the occasion and the movie,” JTB mentioned.
Along side JTB, the occasion was additionally sponsored by Paramount Footage and Sandals.
