World Travel Awards begins world tour

The World Travel Awards are the most respected honours in the travel and tourism industry, and their 2008 tour of cities to hand out awards to regional businesses will begin with the African Travel Awards, the gala to be held in Durban, South Africa, then the road show will continue to Sydney, Australia for the Australasia Awards. The North and Central America awards will be given out in Orlando, Florida, United States before the European awards in Crete, Greece; the South American Awards in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; the Middle Eastern Awards in Abu Dhabi and last but not least the Asia & Indian Ocean awards in the Indian capital of New Delhi.

President and founder of the World Travel Awards Graham Cooke says, “World Travel Awards is proud of its impartial nature and the comprehensive process of its voting programme. Votes are cast by an audience of 167,000 travel agents and tourism professionals from 198 participating countries. Voted for by industry peers, this level of accountability makes winning an award the greatest form of recognition in the travel business. Since the announcement of our expansion plans, industry support has been staggering. With a host of exciting new partnership deals and a global media campaign reaching in excess of 270 million already in place, this vindicates our decision to launch the 2008 Grand Tour. We are proud of our 15 year commitment to reward and acknowledge excellence and honoured to be recognized as ‘the Oscars of the travel industry’.”

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