Ministan yawon bude ido na Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett yana daya daga cikin shugaban yawon bude ido na Jamaica na farko da ya fitar da sanarwa mai zuwa kan rasuwar Dr. Holder:
“Dr. Lallai Jean Holder fitaccen mutumen Caribbean ne wanda ya zarce yankin zuwa sararin samaniyar duniya. Ya yi hidimar yawon shakatawa a matsayin babban giant, kuma duk mun fi kyau a gare shi. Lalle ne, a kan kafadunsa da yawa daga cikin manyan 'yan kasuwa na yawon shakatawa na Caribbean, masu gudanarwa, masu tsarawa, masu tunani, har ma da ministocin sun tsaya yayin da muke tsara hanyar da za ta sa Caribbean ya zama manyan wurare a duniya.
“Muna jimamin rasuwarsa, amma muna alfahari da gadonsa.
"Jamaica tana alfahari da samun wannan haɗin gwiwa da wannan babban mutumin Caribbean daga Barbados. Dukkanmu muna bin bashi.
“Muna mika ta’aziyyarmu ga ’ya’yansa da sauran manyan abokan tarayya, masu ruwa da tsaki, da dangin da suka rungume shi tare da kewaye shi a lokacin rayuwarsa.
"Ai ransa ya huta."
Dr. Holder ya yi bautar kasarsa na tsawon shekaru 14 a matsayin fuskar kungiyar yawon bude ido ta Caribbean (CTO) na tsawon shekaru 30. Daga baya, ya dauki mukamin shugaban kamfanin LIAT na yankin. A baya, Dr. Holder wani masani ne na Barbados, wanda ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Oxford da ke Landan da Jami'ar Toronto ta Kanada, ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakatare na Farko a Babban Hukumar Barbados, wanda aka kafa bayan samun 'yancin kai, kafin ya koma Barbados a 1968 don jagorantar Jami'ar. Sashen Tattalin Arziki da Siyasa na Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje.
Dr. Holder ya kuma shiga al'adun Barbados, inda ya kafa kwamitin National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) wanda ya jagoranci tare da wasu fitattun masu fasahar Barbadiya a 1973.