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The worldwide winners of this year’s World Travel Awards
World Travel Awards which I mentioned in an earlier post have now been published on their site. Â The worldwide winners (as opposed to those winners for specific continents, regions or categories) are as follows:
World’s Leading Airline – British Airways Â
World’s Leading Airline – Alliance Oneworld Â
World’s Leading Airline Inflight Meal Service – Qatar Airways Â
World’s Leading Airport – Singapore Changi Airport Â
World’s Leading Airport Lounge – Virgin Atlantic Airways Â
World’s Leading All Suite Hotel & Spa Hotel – Les Ottomans Â
World’s Leading All-Inclusive Company – Sandals Resorts International Â
World’s Leading All-Suite Hotel – The Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh Â
World’s Leading Attraction – Pyramids, Egypt Â
World’s Leading Beach – Grace Bay Beach (Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands) Â
World’s Leading Beach Resort – Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort & Spa, Dubai Â
World’s Leading Boutique Hotel – Saxon Boutique Hotel & Spa, South Africa Â
World’s Leading Boutique Resort – Vila Joya Â
World’s Leading Budget / No Frills Airline – Air Berlin Â
World’s Leading Business Car Rental Company – Avis Â
World’s Leading Business Class Airline – Qatar Airways Â
World’s Leading Business Class Only Airline – EOS Airlines Â
World’s Leading Business Hotel – Pan Pacific Singapore Â
World’s Leading Casino Resort – Genting Highland Resort, Malaysia Â
World’s Leading Charter Airline – XL Airways Â
World’s Leading Chauffeur Limousine Company – Brunel Carriage Â
World’s Leading Conference & Convention Centre – Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin (ICC Berlin), Germany Â
World’s Leading Conference Hotel – Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi Â
World’s Leading Conservation Company – Shamwari Game Reserve Â
World’s Leading Credit Card – Visa Â
World’s Leading Cruise Brand – Carnival Corporation Â
World’s Leading Cruise Destination – Jamaica Â
World’s Leading Cruise Line – Royal Caribbean International Â
World’s Leading Cruise Operator – Star Clippers Â
World’s Leading Design Hotel – Adam & Eve at Belek, Turkey Â
World’s Leading Destination – London, England Â
World’s Leading Destination Marketing Campaign – Incredible India Â
World’s Leading Dive Destination – Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Â
World’s Leading Diving Resort – The Royal Savoy Sharm El Sheikh Â
World’s Leading Economy Class – American Airlines Â
World’s Leading Exhibition Centre – Dubai World Trade Centre Â
World’s Leading Family All-Inclusive – Beaches Resorts Â
World’s Leading Family Luxury Resort – Madinat Jumeirah Â
World’s Leading Family Resort – Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa Â
World’s Leading Ferry Operator – P&O Ferries Â
World’s Leading First Class Airline – Cathay Pacific Airways Â
World’s Leading Flat Bed Seat – Etihad Airways Â
World’s Leading Golf Resort – Casa de Campo Â
World’s Leading Heritage Hotel – The Raj Palace Â
World’s Leading Honeymoon Destination – St. Lucia Â
World’s Leading Hotel – Burj Al Arab, Dubai
World’s Leading Hotel Brand – Marriott Hotels Resorts & Suites Â
World’s Leading Hotel Serviced Apartment – The Grosvenor House Dubai Â
World’s Leading Leisure Car Rental Company – Europcar Â
World’s Leading Luxury Cruise Line – Silversea Cruises Â
World’s Leading Luxury Hotel Brand – Jumeirah Â
World’s Leading Luxury Specialist Tour Operator – ITC Classics Â
World’s Leading Luxury Train – Pride of Africa – Rovos Rail Â
World’s Leading New Airline – Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Â
World’s Leading New Destination – Abu Dhabi Â
World’s Leading New Resort – The Venetian Macau Â
World’s Leading Private Jet Charter – Royal Jet Group Â
World’s Leading Rail Service – Eurostar Â
World’s Leading Resort – Forte Village Resort, Italy Â
World’s Leading Safari & Game Reserve – Shamwari Game Reserve Â
World’s Leading Ski Destination – St. Moritz Â
World’s Leading Ski Resort – The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Â
World’s Leading Spa Resort – Aldemar Olympian Village, Greece Â
World’s Leading Sports Resort – Casa de Campo Â
World’s Leading Suite – Palace Suite, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi Â
World’s Leading Thalasso & Spa Resort – Aldemar Royal Mare Village Â
World’s Leading Theme Park/Attraction – Disney World, Florida Â
World’s Leading Tour Operator – Kuoni Â
World’s Leading Tourism Development Project – Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
World’s Leading Tourism Property Development Company – Nakheel Â
World’s Leading Tourist & Convention Bureau Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. (Orlando CVB) Â
World’s Leading Tourist Information Website – South African Tourism www.southafrica.net Â
World’s Leading Travel Agency – Regency Travel & Tours, Qatar Â
World’s Leading Travel Company – Carlson-Wagonlit Â
World’s Leading Travel Destination Television Commercial – One Northeast, England Â
World’s Leading Travel Exhibition – ITB, Berlin Â
World’s Leading Travel Experience by Train – Vancouver – Banff, GoldLeaf Service, Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, Canada Â
World’s Leading Travel Television Commercial – Etihad Airways Â
World’s Leading TV Channel for Travellers – BBC World Â
World’s Leading Villa – Round Hill Hotel & Villas Â
World’s Most Romantic Destination – Â Maldives Â
World’s Most Romantic Resort – Â Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa
A very big ‘well done’ to all of the above!
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This is a great list, thanks for posting! I really like this blog too, good job.
Imagine if every Winner had to give an acceptance Speech, The awards ceremony would take days!
Some Good Worthy winners.
Hi both of you… thanks for dropping by with your comments. I’d like to see the comments part of the blog getting a little more active in 2008, so I really appreciate you taking a moment to scribble a few words!
When you consider that these are only the world awards (there’s also 10 regional categories, as well as categories for ‘green’ and ‘travel technology’), it’s a little hard to digest such a mass of awards, isn’t it?!
Paul
Sorry, but I don’t like this list at all, for several reasons.
How on earth did British Airways win the World’s Leading Airlines award? In my experience of BA, which is fairly extensive – and even includes First Class flights (not many!) – I have rarely enjoyed a flight with them. They are expensive and I feel sure that they send their staff to a special school to teach them how to be rude to passengers. BA gets two thumbs down from me.
My best experiences of airlines have been with Emirates and Virgin.
World’s Leading Attraction – the pyramids. Bah! There are so many touts there pestering tourists that it can be an extremely unpleasant experience.
I would say that there are other impressive attractions where you can enjoy a more comfortable and enjoyable day out. Angkor Wat in Cambodia springs first to my mind.
I suspect it won’t please you to hear, Kay, that BA also won the award in both 2006 and 2007!
It doesn’t surprise me, though.
However, there is one great thing about BA being expensive. In my husband’s previous life, working for HMG, BA was used as the ‘marker’. Thus if you needed to get from A to B they calculated the fare based on BA Business Class. Yippee!
With that budget, we travelled from London to Delhi with Virgin. We’d booked Premium Economy but they gave us a free upgrade to Upper Class. Wow! That was nice. And then with all the money we’d saved we had several nice little holidays (from Delhi) to Thailand too.