J Public Relations, widely known as J/PR, is a luxury travel and hospitality communications agency founded in 2005 by Jamie Lynn O'Grady in San Diego. Over two decades, the firm has grown into one of the most recognized names in luxury travel PR, representing five-star hotels, resorts, and hospitality brands across the globe.
Agency Overview
J/PR is headquartered in San Diego with additional offices in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, the latter added in July 2025 to support the firm's growing international client base. The agency's New York office, opened in 2008, is run by co-founder and partner Sarah Evans. As of 2025, J/PR reported approximately $25 million in annual revenue, underscoring its position as one of the largest independent agencies focused exclusively on travel and hospitality.
That multi-city footprint is unusual among boutique travel PR shops, many of which operate out of a single headquarters. Maintaining offices across five markets, spanning both coasts of the United States and now London, lets J/PR staff media relationships in multiple time zones and cover regional trade and consumer press without routing every relationship through a single office. For a luxury hospitality client with international guest demand, that geographic spread can matter as much as the strength of any single media contact.
Specialties and Client Roster
J/PR specializes in luxury travel, hospitality, and destination marketing communications, representing a client list that includes Ritz-Carlton, Vail Resorts, Pendry Hotels, Nobu Ryokan Malibu, and Hotel del Coronado. The agency's work spans traditional media relations, influencer and press trip programs, and brand strategy for five-star properties and resort destinations.
Luxury hospitality PR differs from mainstream hotel marketing in a few structural ways. Coverage decisions for five-star properties tend to run through a narrower set of high-authority travel editors and freelance contributors, so an agency's standing with that smaller pool of gatekeepers matters more than broad-reach media buying. Press trips — hosting journalists and influencers on-site rather than relying solely on remote pitching — are also a larger share of the playbook in luxury travel than in most other PR categories, since a resort's atmosphere, service, and physical experience are difficult to convey through a press release alone. J/PR's roster of five-star hotel and resort clients places it squarely in that high-touch segment of the industry.
The agency's client list also spans multiple sub-categories within luxury hospitality — large hotel brands like Ritz-Carlton, ski and mountain resort operators like Vail Resorts, boutique luxury properties like Nobu Ryokan Malibu, and heritage destination hotels like Hotel del Coronado. That range suggests an agency built to handle both branded, corporate-backed hospitality accounts and smaller, independently-owned luxury properties within the same practice.
Recognition
J/PR has been named to Observer's Power 50 list of the most powerful PR firms for eight consecutive years. The agency has also been recognized as PR News' Small Agency of the Year and has received a Forbes Five Star designation, reflecting its standing as a top-tier specialist in the luxury hospitality space.
An eight-year streak on a single industry power ranking is a notable indicator of sustained standing rather than a single strong year — it suggests the agency has kept pace with, or led, shifts in how luxury travel brands approach media relations over a period that has seen significant change in both the hospitality industry and the media landscape covering it.
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