Where Negril.Com Was Born

September 4th - 5th, 2013

Well, born might be not exactly the correct term since Beingee's Internet Negril.com, our original name, was actually first uploaded from the top of Lynch Top Lane in the yard of a very generious Jamaican family in November of 1995. But the poolside bar at Ocean Edge Resort pictured above taken back in September 2000 was the "think tank" area where the concept of Negril.Com was fleshed out. My original Jamaican partner, Garth Beckford and I spent hours getting input and perspectives from those gathered at Ocean Edge Resort. Without the wise words from the bartenders (especially Millie, now at Caio Jamaica), many name-forgotten hotel guests, the Original Rambo, Linda, Lee, Toby and the one and only Kingsley who was the manager at Ocean Edge, Negril.com would not be what it has become today! As we sat and talked some 18 years ago, we kicked around different ideas, some of which became features of Negril.com. Some other ideas never really took off the way originally intended, but Negril.com has been faithful to its original goal of promoting all of Negril, not just the high profile places but also the smaller vendors to give them equal visibility on the Internet. It's been a wild ride - as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson has said, "buy the ticket, take the ride!" What started out as dream has become a real online Negril.com community, our Boardie community - all of us, Jamaicans and foreigners alike! It's not always been easy but it has been worth it! And all of us at Negril.Com would like to thank all of you for helping to make this dream become a reality! Thanks mon!

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