WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS ANNOUNCES EUROPE PARTNERS
eTurboNews
Oct 06, 2009
The latest organizations to join forces with World Travel Awards and
their hotel partner, Marriott Praia D’El Rey, in bringing the European
leg of the world tour to Portugal include: TAP Portugal, Turismo Do
Oeste, and Bom Sucesso. The World Travel Awards has been described by
the Wall Street Journal as the "Oscars" of the international travel
industry. This keynote event brings together hundreds of senior
management and decision makers from Europe’s travel and tourism
industry. It serves to reward organizations and individuals who
have gone the extra mile to improve customer experience in the past
12 months.
Graham Cooke, president and founder, World Travel Awards, described the
significance of each partnership for the long-established World Travel
Awards program: "Our events would not be possible without the support
of our valued partners all over the world who help us to pay tribute
to those organizations that have excelled over the past 12 months.
"These latest partnerships mean that we are better placed to ensure
that this important regional event is a truly memorable evening for
everyone concerned. An association with the World Travel Awards has
been known to bring long-term benefits, creating instant world-wide
exposure, as well as endorsing such a positive message."
Stuart Swycher, chairman of Beltico Group, owning company of the
Marriott Praia D’El Rey, commented, "We are delighted to have been
chosen to host this prestigious event and are looking forward to
welcoming the travel industry’s key decision makers to Portugal’s
Silver Coast in October."
Graham Irwin, UK marketing manager, TAP Portugal, commented: "TAP
Portugal (UK) is delighted to support and work closely with WTA,
a UK-based organization promoting all that is great about the travel
industry.
"While the travel trade is being knocked by its detractors, WTA is
looking to promote worldwide basis. With TAP’s own flight services
between the UK and Portugal, and beyond to South America and Africa,
the airline is happy to be associated with promoting a positive
message about the industry."
Sandra Neves, golf board director, Bom Sucesso-Design Resort, Leisure
& Golf, commented: "Being a partner of the World Travel Awards is
a step forward to achieving our goals for both the short and medium
term. We endeavor to embrace good opportunities, such as partnering
with this prestigious event to raise the standards at Bom Sucesso,
Design Resort, [and] Leisure & Golf and to improve guest experience
by going that extra mile."
The World Travel Awards European ceremony is set to be an enjoyable
weekend of high-level networking and quality entertainment, with the
World Travel Golf Tournament taking place at Bom Sucesso on October
17, proving a unique opportunity for industry members to network with
their fellow travel professionals in a relaxed setting.
The World Travel Awards Gala ceremony will take place during the
evening. During this event, Europe winners will be announced and
presented with their prestigious World Travel Awards trophies. There
will also be a line-up of entertainment, including comedy from
the well-loved international comedian Bobby Davro who will host
the evening. Each European regional winner will be automatically
put forward for the Grand Final, which will take place in London’s
Mayfair on Sunday, November 8.
Longer-established World Travel Award partners include Europcar,
Eurostar, Virgin Atlantic, Mitt 2009, Hacienda Tres Rios, ICC Durban,
South Africa Tourism, Safar Travel, Illusions online, and Tourism
and The Travel Foundation. Meanwhile, global media partners include:
BBC World News, Breaking Travel News, Khaleej Times, eTurboNews,
and Publituris.
THE NOMINATIONS – EUROPE
More than 100 leading travel companies and organizations applied for
nomination in this year’s World Travel Awards and supplemented by
nominations from travel professionals. There are more t d, British
Airways, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, SAS Scandiinavian Airlines, and Swiss
International Airlines have all been nominated in the key category
of Europe’s Leading Airline.
A total of 13 of the very best hotels in the region are in the
running for the title of Europe’s Leading Hotel. They are: Ciragan
Palace Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey; Donbass Palace Hotel, Ukraine;
Dubrovnik Palace Hotel, Croatia; Grand Hotel Wien, Vienna, Austria;
Hotel Arts, Barcelona, Spain; Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy; Hotel
de Palais, Biarritz, France; Hotel Le Bristol, Paris, France; Kemer
Resort Hotel, Kemer, Turkey; Mandarin Oriental Hotel du Rhone, Geneva,
Switzerland; and Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park and The Dorchester,
both in London, England.
Mature and rapidly-emerging European destinations are juggling
for position to take the coveted title of Europe’s Leading
Destination. They are: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Crete, Dublin,
Dubrovnik, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Pafos, Paris, Prague, Czech
Republic, Rome, Tallinn, Venice, Vienna, and Vilnius in Lithuania.
There’s also keen competition to find Europe’s Leading Cruise Line. In
the running are: AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines,
Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, P&O
Cruises, Peter Deilmann Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise International
and Silversea Cruises.
For the full list of nominations for Europe, including Albania,
Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta,
Mediterranean, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia and
Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switrzerland, Turkey,
Ukraine, and Wales, log on to
The European event in Portugal is part of a World Travel Awards
Grand Tour w at the five-star Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott hotel
in London’s Mayfair on Sunday, November 8, 2009.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
