WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
10 January 2011 - London
World Travel Awards is issuing a call to those organisations that aspire to be the best of the best in the business to participate in the 2011 World Travel Awards.
The highest accolade in travel and tourism, the awards is acknowledged by media worldwide for identifying and rewarding excellence.
Last year’s self nominations rose an outstanding 50 per cent compared to the previous year, and in 2011 the competition is set to be the fiercest yet as companies and destinations realise the commercial benefits and kudos that comes from winning a World Travel Award.
Entry is now open for categories in Africa, Asia, Australasia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Indian Ocean, Middle East, North America, South America and World.
The entry form can be completed online or downloaded from www.worldtravelawards.com/entry2011
Nomination submission deadline will be Friday 4th February.
The complete nomination’s list will be announced in time for ITB in March. Voting will then open and be carried out by an audience of 183,000 travel agents and tourism professionals from 164 countries, as well as visitors to World Travel Awards website who are encouraged to submit their votes via the online voting system.
World Travel Awards has announced the locations of the 2011 events which include: Antalya, Bangkok, Dubai, London, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco and Sharm el Sheikh. The events are widely regarded as one of the best networking opportunities in the travel industry, attended by government and trade leaders, CEO and director level professionals as well as international media.
World Travel Awards, President and Founder, Graham E. Cooke said: “With 2010 proving to be one of the toughest on record for the travel and tourism industry, we saw the true leaders of travel turn adversity into opportunity and 2011 will be no different.
We are looking for companies that go the extra mile to outperform their peers and truly offer an exceptional experience for their customer as well as exceeding business performance with innovative ideas.”
Contact
To find out more about the self nomination process please visit www.worldtravelawards.com. For further information, please contact World Travel Awards on telephone number +44 (0)20 7925 0000, or by email at [email protected]
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Notes to Editors:
About World Travel Awards
The World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the world's travel and tourism industry.
Now celebrating its 18th anniversary, the awards is regarded as the very highest achievement that a travel product could ever hope to receive.
Attended by senior executives from major travel companies, operators and destinations, WTA events are universally respected as providing established, top level networking opportunities, regionally and globally.
The World Travel Awards’ official list of worldwide media partners includes: ABTA Magazine & ASTA Network Magazine, Breaking Travel News, CNBC Arabiya, Khaleej Times, L’Agenzia di Viaggi, Trav Talk, Trade Arabia, TTN, Travel Daily News International, Focus on Travel News, New Focus Travel Magazine, Tourism Review, JAX FAX, Travel & Leisure, Travel & Leisure Golf, Xenios & Xenios World.
For further press information please contact Lauren Brady at:
T: +44 (0)20 7925 0000
E: [email protected]
The highest accolade in travel and tourism, the awards is acknowledged by media worldwide for identifying and rewarding excellence.
Last year’s self nominations rose an outstanding 50 per cent compared to the previous year, and in 2011 the competition is set to be the fiercest yet as companies and destinations realise the commercial benefits and kudos that comes from winning a World Travel Award.
Entry is now open for categories in Africa, Asia, Australasia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Indian Ocean, Middle East, North America, South America and World.
The entry form can be completed online or downloaded from www.worldtravelawards.com/entry2011
Nomination submission deadline will be Friday 4th February.
The complete nomination’s list will be announced in time for ITB in March. Voting will then open and be carried out by an audience of 183,000 travel agents and tourism professionals from 164 countries, as well as visitors to World Travel Awards website who are encouraged to submit their votes via the online voting system.
World Travel Awards has announced the locations of the 2011 events which include: Antalya, Bangkok, Dubai, London, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco and Sharm el Sheikh. The events are widely regarded as one of the best networking opportunities in the travel industry, attended by government and trade leaders, CEO and director level professionals as well as international media.
World Travel Awards, President and Founder, Graham E. Cooke said: “With 2010 proving to be one of the toughest on record for the travel and tourism industry, we saw the true leaders of travel turn adversity into opportunity and 2011 will be no different.
We are looking for companies that go the extra mile to outperform their peers and truly offer an exceptional experience for their customer as well as exceeding business performance with innovative ideas.”
Contact
To find out more about the self nomination process please visit www.worldtravelawards.com. For further information, please contact World Travel Awards on telephone number +44 (0)20 7925 0000, or by email at [email protected]
- Ends -
Notes to Editors:
About World Travel Awards
The World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the world's travel and tourism industry.
Now celebrating its 18th anniversary, the awards is regarded as the very highest achievement that a travel product could ever hope to receive.
Attended by senior executives from major travel companies, operators and destinations, WTA events are universally respected as providing established, top level networking opportunities, regionally and globally.
The World Travel Awards’ official list of worldwide media partners includes: ABTA Magazine & ASTA Network Magazine, Breaking Travel News, CNBC Arabiya, Khaleej Times, L’Agenzia di Viaggi, Trav Talk, Trade Arabia, TTN, Travel Daily News International, Focus on Travel News, New Focus Travel Magazine, Tourism Review, JAX FAX, Travel & Leisure, Travel & Leisure Golf, Xenios & Xenios World.
For further press information please contact Lauren Brady at:
T: +44 (0)20 7925 0000
E: [email protected]
