Welcome to the latest edition of Cacique. In the latter part of last year, interCaribbean launched a monthly service to Ocho Rios in Jamaica. This new venture happened to coincide with the 60th anniversary of independence for the island locally known as ‘the Rock’ and, coincidentally, it was also 60 years since the first James Bond film, Dr. No, was released.
Jamaica was the home of Ian Fleming, the creator of the super-spy, and Fleming’s Goldeneye villa, on the outskirts of Ocho Rios, was where he penned all 12 of the Bond novels. The villa is now owned by legendary music producer and founder of Island Records Chris Blackwell.
In this issue, we take a peek inside the GoldenEye resort and delve into Blackwell’s extraordinary life (pages 22- 29); we also spend 72 hours exploring Ocho Rios (pages 54-60) to provide you with a visitor’s guide to this exciting addition to our network.
