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Judith James Watts, managing director of Leisure for Pleasure Holidays and Tours Ltd, one of Jamaica’s leading tour companies, advises business persons to expect challenges but to never give up. She was speaking recently at one of the events held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her company. “Examine yourself to see if you have […]

JAMAICAN VISITORS and hospitality stakeholders were lauded for service, support, and resilience as the Playa Group of hotels and resorts paid homage to local travel agents for keeping their business alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors are generally the lifeblood of the tourism industry, but travel restrictions during the heights of the pandemic led to

GRATEFUL FOR the business brought to their properties in trying, COVID-shackled times, new resorts Ocean Coral Spring and Ocean Eden Bay – under the global hotel chain umbrella, Ocean by H10 Hotels – recently expressed appreciation to local travel agents at a dinner awards on its spacious property, nestled by the seaside in Trelawny’s Coral

LOCAL travel company Leisure for Pleasure Holidays and Tours Ltd yesterday encouraged more Jamaicans to visit Cuba on its weekly cruises as it presented the first prize in a competition staged in association with the Jamaica Observer to a Kingston woman. According to Managing Director Judith James, the cruise “provides an alternative and unique wholesome

LOCAL BOOKING agents in the hotel industry are predicting that Jamaicans will maintain recent trends of vacationing at home, as COVID restrictions are easing in the country and globally. With borders closed at times and travel grounded to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hotel industry literally shut down. And, it wasn’t until

Sergeant Wayne Wallace from Trelawny topped 80 other nominees to be deemed the police officer who has made the most positive impact on society last year as the country sought to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. The cop was among 10 others who have been offered all-inclusive trips to selected hotels, which they will get

Judith James-Watts Leisure for Pleasure Holidays & Tours Ltd The year 2020 has been a very challenging one in many ways, but even more so as it relates to my health. The stress of keeping the business going, without the usual hotel getaways, meeting various expenses with little or no income in some months, took