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Montego Bay, apparently. Nov. 20, 2005, article excerpted below, or read article here.

New Orleans looking to strengthen relations with Jamaica Nagin visits as private guest of 'Butch' Stewart BY MARK CUMMINGS Sunday [Jamaica] Observer reporter Sunday, November 20, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, says as his city rebuilds in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it would be moving to strengthen economic ties with Jamaica. "As we look to rebuild New Orleans, we are also looking to rebuild relationships and the first place that we are looking to rebuild and strengthen relationships is Jamaica," said Nagin.
The New Orleans mayor who is vacationing in the island with his wife Seletha and three children, at a private villa owned by Sandals chairman, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, was speaking to reporters in Montego Bay at a brief ceremony hosted by Sandals Resorts, shortly after his arrival at the Sangster International Airport on Friday. Stewart is also chairman of the Jamaica Observer.
Horace Peterkin, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (left), accompanies Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin to the Sandals Resorts hospitality lounge, shortly after the mayor and his family arrived at the Sangster International Airport on Friday. Nagin is vacationing in Jamaica with his wife, Seletha, and three children, as private guests of Sandals chairman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart. (Photo: Conroy Walker)
Mayor Nagin noted that Jamaica and New Orleans already share interests, particularly in the area of culture. "We both have unique characters, unique styles, wonderful food and, most importantly, wonderful people," he said.
"The wonderful people you see when you go to Jamaica or New Orleans ... they make you feel welcome, they treat you like your brother or sister." Plans were well advanced to twin the southern US city with Montego Bay and for the staging of a food and music festival this November in MoBay, when Katrina hit New Orleans in August at category four strength.
Nagin's angry appeals for urgent assistance to his people in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, catapulted him onto the international stage, amid scenes of devastation and confusion, and death.
According to Nagin, the planned festival was to be used as a springboard to further economic linkages between New Orleans and Jamaica.