World Travel Awards


Great Hotels of the World top World Travel Awards 2009

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

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The House St James, BarbadosLuxury hotel members of the Great Hotels of the World were honored with multiple awards at the World Travel Awards 2009. A total of 23 awards were won by 16 Great Hotels of the World member hotels at this year’s World Travel Awards in London.

Often described as the Oscars of the travel industry, the awards acknowledge excellence in the world travel and tourism industry. Aiming to separate the good from the outstanding, and identify companies that consistently exceed customer expectations, the awards are voted for by thousands of travel professionals from 183,000 travel agencies, tour and transport companies and tourism organisations in over 160 countries. Now celebrating their 16th year, the awards are regarded as the very highest achievement a travel product can hope to receive.

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Ponta Dos Ganchos Triumphs at World Travel Awards

Wed, Nov 11, 2009

Ponta Dos Ganchos, Exclusive Resort in BrazilThe multi-award winning Ponta Dos Ganchos Exclusive Resort, located on the Emerald Coast of Brazil scooped the esteemed title of “South America’s Leading Boutique Hotel” at the prestigious World Travel Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London last night.

The five star Relais and Chateaux property sought off competition from twelve other hotels in their category including: Hotel Fasano Sao Paulo and Rio, Design Suites Hotel Argentina, La Mirage Garden Hotel and Spa Ecuador among others.

Affectionately known as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry” by the Wall Street Journal, The World Travel Awards, now in their 16th year serves to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global tourism industry.

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Intelligent Leisure nominated for the World Travel Awards

Sun, Sep 13, 2009

World Travel AwardsThe World Travel Awards are amongst the most widely recognized awards in the travel and tourism industry, also referred to as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry” by the Wall Street Journal. In 2009, Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover.Travel Groups have been nominated for the World Travel Awards for South America`s Leading Travel Management Company and Central America`s Leading Travel Agency for the third consecutive year. In 2008, Intelligent Leisure Solutions have won both categories.

2009 Winners are to be announced soon. Thanks to the excellent voting results achieved by Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover.Travel Group in its regional categories, the Luxury Online Travel Company is now nominated as World’s Leading Travel Management Company, and Discover Brazil, part of the Discover Travel Group, as World’s Leading Travel Agency. Voting is open until September 16th 2009; votes can be cast on www.worldtravelawards.com/vote.

“We are very proud to be nominated for the 2009 World Travel Awards as World’s Leading Travel Management Company and World’s Leading Travel Agency. Have a look at our competitors: www.worldtravelawards.com/nominees2009-1 at the bottom of the page. We are in the list with the big boys and the cream of the crop of the travel industry. This is a great recognition of the excellence of service we offer to our clients with our innovative approach for Personalized Luxury Vacation Packages to South and Central America” says Robert Phillips, Managing Director of the Discover.Travel Group.

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