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Jekyll Island is a barrier island off the Georgia coast located halfway between Savannah and Jacksonville. It offers visitors a unique and beguiling blend of rich history, recreational opportunity and modern day tranquility. Now in its third incarnaTRAVELWORLD MAGAZINE / 09.1 JAN.FEB
tion, Jekyll’s special charms are themselves a slow-cooked Southern concoction of plantation life, high society and restoration. A place to work and a place to play, the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) brought its Advisory Board here to
plan a growth strategy for the future. The destination could not have been better. In its first incarnation, Jekyll Island took its name from an English benefactor to whom George III was indebted. King cotton was to be the