Judy and Maria's Travel, Inc. Captures Two Travel Weekly Gold Magellan Awards. Winning Categories: Website Marketing and Travel Agent / Agency.

    SECAUCUS, NJ, September 29, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The winners of The 2008 Magellan Awards have been announced by Travel Weekly. With entries from across the US and around the world, the Magellan Awards is the premier awards program honoring the best in the travel industry. Please visit www.travelweeklyawards.com to view this year's award winners.

About The Travel Weekly Magellan Awards:

The Magellan Awards is the premier award for the travel industry. From design to marketing to services, the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards honors the best in travel and salutes the outstanding travel professionals behind it all.

Honoring a broad range of industry segments including Hotels and Resorts, Travel Destinations, Cruise Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel Agents and Agencies, and Car Rental Companies, the Magellan is the award to win if you are in the business of travel. Please visit http://www.travelweeklyawards.com for winners.

Extreme Focus

The basis for Judy and Maria's success in the travel industry has been extreme focus, unrelenting enthusiasm, and excellent customer service. Along with being utterly determined to be the best at what they do, Judy and Maria took it to the next level: development of a distinct internet site http://www.judyandmariastravel.com. Through realizing and understanding the consumer's needs, trial-and-error, and self-education, Judy and Maria discovered how to target and implement key sales strategies within the marketplace. The desire to focus and excel, while placing significant limits on growth, has enabled Judy and Maria to achieve remarkable results. The core and soul of Judy and Maria's business grew out of relationships developed with suppliers, hoteliers, customers, employees, and friends. It is all about Teamwork!

Background Information

Judy & Maria's Travel, Inc., is a small, multi-million dollar agency specializing in leisure travel to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Mexico with sales exclusive to APPLE Vacations. Judy and Maria's Travel, Inc. is owned and operated by Judith A. Heydt and Maria A. Thomas. The partners launched their business in 1990 as a full-service operation. After September 11, 2001, Judy and Maria realized they had to focus and determined the destinations that would make consumers feel secure about booking and traveling several times a year.

Along with security in destinations and in wholesale companies, the agency realized they had to specialize, educate, and target repeat business without growing too large and loosing their personal touch. Judy and Maria also realized at that time the world was as their fingertips! The self-educated travel gurus developed an international website to reach out to the world!

Judy and Maria put their knowledge and expertise to good use and became personal shoppers for today's busy professionals who are seeking knowledgeable travel and destination experts. Judy and Maria sell wholeheartedly with knowledge and pride of the products, and of their expertise. The key to Judy and Maria's Travel, Inc.'s success is: quality products, professionalism, personability, and knowledge! http://www.judyandmariastravel.com

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