A pioneer in Jamaica’s tourism trade Robert Hendricks has died.
Hendricks, proprietor of Caribbean World Holidays, one of many largest vacation spot administration firms in Jamaica, died at his house in St. James on December 29. He was 75.
He was ailing for a couple of months.
Hendricks entered the tourism sector within the late Nineteen Seventies. He began out because the proprietor of Lollipop on the Seashore in Sandy Bay, Hanover, after which went on to arrange Caribbean World Enterprises in St. James.
He additionally partnered within the institution of the Aquasol Seashore Advanced in Montego Bay. Years later, he joined the bottom and tour working firm, Tropical Excursions in gross sales and advertising and marketing.
In 2020, he was acknowledged with the Spirit of Independence Award by the St James Municipal Company for his excellent contribution to the tourism sector.
Tributes to Hendricks
A number of tourism stakeholders together with Minister of Tourism Ed Bartlett and Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism, Senator Janice Allen, paid tribute to Hendricks for his contributions to the native tourism trade.
Senator Allen expressed her grief, stating, “I’m deeply saddened and shocked to study of Robert’s passing. Robert, well-known within the trade, significantly throughout the transportation sector, made important contributions to our tourism product.”
Senator Allen famous his quite a few contributions to the trade, which notably created many employment alternatives for the folks in his parish.
His work with ‘Lollipop on the Seashore’ positioned Sandy Bay, Hanover, on the tourism map, because it grew to become a signature attraction and a significant employer for the group.
“Throughout this troublesome time, our ideas and heartfelt condolences exit to his household, mates, and colleagues. Might his soul relaxation in everlasting peace,” acknowledged Allen.
Bartlett, in a launch, described Hendricks as one of many pillars of Jamaica’s post-independence tourism trade.
“Robert was a kind of notable Jamaicans who had an abiding religion in his nation and was a agency believer within the contribution tourism might make to its growth and the financial lifetime of the folks,” mentioned Bartlett, noting that Hendricks’ contribution to tourism accumulatively spanned over 40 years and that he was a trailblazer in all points of the phrase.
“Robert Hendricks was a agency believer in Jamaicans proudly owning a share of the tourism pie and being concerned at senior administration ranges. He demonstrated this as an entrepreneur within the excursions, floor transportation, and leisure subsectors of the trade,” the minister recalled.
“He truly revolutionized advertising and marketing and gross sales, pioneering the introduction of tour guides and opening up pondering to totally different ranges of selling ideas which have been emulated by others within the tourism trade,” he added.
Bartlett supplied condolences to Hendricks’ household and his colleagues.
