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WTA Grand Final 2023

Dubai's Burj Al Arab to host WTA Grand Final 2023

World Travel Awards is delighted to announce that it will host its Grand Final 2023 – the climax of its 30th anniversary of rewarding travel excellence – at Dubai's iconic Burj Al Arab. The landmark celebrations, featuring the winners of the prestigious World categories – the highest honours in travel and tourism – will take place on Friday 1 December 2023, with the who's who of the global industry in attendance.

Middle East winners

Middle East winners revealed at Atlantis The Royal, Dubai

The finest travel, tourism and hospitality brands in the Middle East have been unveiled at a blockbuster gala ceremony at Atlantis The Royal, Dubai. Tourism royalty convened at Dubai’s hottest new resort for a spectacular evening to celebrate the winners of World Travel Awards 2023.

Africa & Indian Ocean winners

Africa & Indian Ocean 2023 winners revealed

The very best travel, tourism and hospitality brands in Africa and the Indian Ocean in 2023 have been unveiled by World Travel Awards.

Europe winners

Batumi dazzles as host of 30th anniversary celebrations

Tourism royalty convened in this year’s most talked about European destination for a spectacular three-day event to celebrate World Travel Awards 30th anniversary. All eyes were on Batumi, Georgia for Friday night’s centrepiece World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony 2023 as the world discovered the continent’s hottest brands and travel products.

World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania Winners 2023

Asia & Oceania winners unveiled in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The finest travel brands from across Asia and Oceania have been unveiled at a red carpet Gala Ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The industry elite travelled from across the region to the fascinating metropolis for the World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2023 to find out who amongst them had been crowned best of the best.

St Lucia winners

Caribbean & The Americas winners unveiled at star-studded ceremony in paradise Saint Lucia

The finest travel brands from across the Caribbean and the Americas have been unveiled at a glittering Gala Ceremony in Saint Lucia. The industry elite travelled from across the region to the paradise island for the World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony 2023 to find out who amongst them had been crowned best of the best.

Atlantis The Royal

WTA marks 30th anniversary with mega event at Dubai's Atlantis The Royal

This year, World Travel Awards commemorates its 30th anniversary of rewarding travel excellence. WTA is thrilled to reveal that the landmark celebrations will take place at one of the hospitality industry’s most talked about new openings.

World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony 2023

Saint Lucia to host Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony

World Travel Awards has revealed that the paradise island of Saint Lucia will host its Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony 2023. The leading travel industry figureheads from across the region will attend the red-carpet reception on 26 August 2023.

Vote Now

Voting opens for Africa, Asia, Indian Ocean & Oceania

Voting is now open for organisations in Africa, Asia, Indian Ocean and Oceania of the World Travel Awards 2023 programme. Industry professionals, the media and consumers worldwide can vote for their favourite travel brands.

Who wins? You decide!

WTA kickstarts 30th anniversary with Middle East voting

World Travel Awards has opened voting for the Middle East categories of its landmark 30th anniversary programme. Voting runs until midnight 20 August. The winners will be unveiled at WTA’s Middle East Gala Ceremony 2023, which will take place in Dubai, UAE on 17 October 2023.

Best in Travel Magazine – Meet the 2023 Winners

This special series of Best in Travel magazine reveals the 2023 regional winners and promotes the award-winning credentials of the leading travel brands and tourism products to a readership of 120,000+ luxury travel consumers.

Europe 2023 Middle East 2023 Caribbean and The Americas 2023
#Together

WTA launches #Together initiative

With the reopening of international borders on the horizon and the global vaccine rollout gathering pace, World Travel Awards has launched its #Together initiative with the aim of galvanising the recovery efforts of the global travel and tourism economy.

#Together serves an on-going resource of information, practical advice and insights from the travel industry’s thought-leaders and decision-makers to aid the collective recovery by uniting the industry as a global unit, pooling collective knowledge and fostering cooperation. The campaign is all complimentary.

If you have your own #Together plan in place, do let us know and our team will work with you channel this into a published #Together feature.

If you would like one of our journalists to interview you or the leader of your organisation about your #Together, please get in touch. Do share with us any positive news stories that you may have that can offer hope or inspire encouragement to others. If there is anything we can do to help, please let us know.

Upcoming Events


Grand Final 2023
Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2023
Dubai, UAE
Friday, 1 December 2023

Voting Dates

Who wins? You decide! Vote Now
RegionStatusDates*
Middle EastClosedClosed 20 Aug
AfricaClosedClosed 22 May
AsiaClosedClosed 23 Jul
Indian OceanClosedClosed 22 May
OceaniaClosedClosed 23 Jul
CaribbeanClosedClosed 14 Jul
Central AmericaClosedClosed 14 Jul
North AmericaClosedClosed 14 Jul
South AmericaClosedClosed 14 Jul
EuropeClosedClosed 20 Aug
WorldClosedClosed 17 Nov

* dates subject to change.

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