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Batumi

Batumi to host WTA Europe Gala Ceremony 2023

World Travel Awards is delighted to announce that its landmark 30th anniversary Europe Gala Ceremony 2023 will be staged in one of the world’s most exciting emerging tourism destinations. The magnificent city of Batumi, Georgia has made the headlines in recent years as Europe’s new travel hotspot and tourism investment capital. The leading travel industry figureheads from across the continent will be invited to this must-attend VIP event on 30 September 2023.

St Lucia

Voting opens for the Caribbean and Americas

Voting is now open for organisations in the Caribbean and the Americas for the World Travel Awards 2023 programme. Industry professionals, the media and consumers worldwide can vote for their favourite travel brands.

Lorine Charles-St Jules, CEO, Saint Lucia Tourism Authority and Graham Cooke, Founder, WTA

Saint Lucia to host World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony 2023

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.

Enter 2023 World Travel Awards

30th annual World Travel Awards opens for submissions

World Travel Awards is pleased to announce its annual "call for entries" for inclusion in the most prestigious awards and recognition initiative in travel and tourism. Each country's very best brands and products are now invited to submit their applications to participate and stand a chance to win the ultimate industry accolade.

World Travel Awards Grand Final 2022 winners

World’s best travel brands revealed at World Travel Awards Grand Final 2022 in Muscat, Oman

The finest travel brands in the world have been unveiled at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2022 in Muscat, Oman. The stars of the travel and hospitality industries aligned for a night to celebrate the welcome return of global tourism and to find out who amongst them had been voted the best in the world.

Watch the full Grand Final Ceremony 2022

World Travel Awards Middle East 2022 winners

Middle East winners revealed at The Ritz-Carlton, Amman

The very best travel, tourism and hospitality brands have been unveiled at a blockbuster gala ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton, Amman, Jordan. The leading lights of the Middle East travel industry gathered to discover who amongst them had been crowned the finest in the region.

World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean 2022 winners

Africa & Indian Ocean winners announced at KICC, Nairobi

The stars of the travel, tourism and hospitality aligned at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi, Kenya to find out who amongst them had won the industry’s ultimate annual honours.

World Travel Awards Europe 2022 winners

Europe 2022 winners announced in Mallorca

Europe's premier travel brands have been revealed at a blockbuster gala ceremony at the new Hilton Mallorca Galatzo. The brightest stars of the hospitality industry aligned at the World Travel Awards European Gala Ceremony 2022 to discover who amongst them had won the ultimate accolades in tourism.

World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2022 winners

Asia & Oceania 2022 winners announced in Ho Chi Minh City

The finest travel brands in Asia and Oceania have been unveiled at a star-studded gala ceremony in Vietnam. The elite of the travel industry assembled for the World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City to find out who amongst them had been crowned best of the best.

World Travel Awards Caribbean & The America Gala Ceremony 2022 winners

Caribbean & The Americas winners unveiled at star-studded ceremony in Jamaica

The finest travel brands from across the Americas and the Caribbean have been unveiled at a star-studded Gala Ceremony in Jamaica. The elite of the travel industry assembled for the World Travel Awards Caribbean & The America’s Gala Ceremony 2022 to find out who amongst them had been crowned best of the best.

Best in Travel Magazine – Meet the 2022 Winners

This special series of Best in Travel magazine reveals the 2022 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.

World 2022 Middle East 2022 Africa & Indian Ocean 2022 Europe 2022 Asia and Oceania 2022 Caribbean and The Americas 2022
#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.

Voting Dates

Who wins? You decide! Vote Now
RegionStatusDates*
CaribbeanOpenCloses 9 Jul
Central AmericaOpenCloses 9 Jul
North AmericaOpenCloses 9 Jul
South AmericaOpenCloses 9 Jul
AsiaOpenCloses 23 Jul
OceaniaOpenCloses 23 Jul
EuropeOpenCloses 20 Aug
Middle EastOpenCloses 20 Aug
AfricaClosedClosed 22 May
Indian OceanClosedClosed 22 May

* dates subject to change.

Upcoming Events


Caribbean & The Americas 2023
Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony 2023
Saint Lucia
Saturday, 26 August 2023

Asia & Oceania Gala Ceremony 2023
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Europe Gala Ceremony 2023
Batumi, Georgia
Saturday, 30 September 2023

Middle East Gala Ceremony 2023
Dubai, UAE
Monday, 16 October 2023

Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2023
Dubai, UAE
Monday, 16 October 2023

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