Celebrating Excellence and Perfection
The World Tourism Awards, a prestigious annual event, have become a global benchmark for recognizing and celebrating excellence in the field of tourism. These awards serve as a platform to acknowledge and reward outstanding achievements within the tourism industry, while also promoting and encouraging the highest standards of service and innovation.
"Tourism's Oscars"
Established by the World Tourism Forum Institute, the World Tourism Awards have been instrumental in honoring exceptional contributions to the tourism sector for many years. The institute's commitment to the sustainable and responsible growth of tourism has made these awards a crucial component of the global tourism landscape.
Each year, the World Tourism Awards highlight the best of the best, from individual properties and destinations to innovative companies and initiatives that have significantly contributed to the industry's growth and development. These accolades are designed to recognize a wide range of categories, including sustainable tourism practices, technological innovations, hotel and resort excellence, and much more.
The awards provide a stage for winners to showcase their achievements and to inspire others to reach higher and set new standards of excellence. They offer an opportunity for the global tourism community to come together, share their experiences, and learn from one another, further fueling the industry's evolution.
CEREMONY
World Tourism Awards was established to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel tourism & hospitality industry.
CATEGORIES
Considered as ‘The Oscars’ of the tourism industry, World Tourism Awards will highlight The Best tourism industry companies in different categories.
VENUE
In 2020, the winners will be announced on the night of the World Tourism Awards Ceremony in October 2020. Venue will be announced soon.
RULES OF ENTRY
1- You are encouraged to enter the category that best reflects your core business. If youare entering more than one category, a separate and complete nomination and submission must be submitted electronically for each category.
2- Achievements or activities referred to within your entry must relate to the qualifying period of last 12 months.
3- Entrants must operate in field of their nomination. To qualify for this exception the entrant must be able to demonstrate proof of membership in a relevant association OR provide a letter from that state/territories tourism office confirming the entrant’s participation in marketing campaigns or activities.
4- An entrant, such as a chain or franchise that has multiple products, must enter each product individually if they want each business to be able to promote the achievement of winning a tourism award.
5- An entry cannot be moved into another category following the closing date for lodgment of submissions.
6- If at any time following submission of an entry the business being put forward goes into administration, voluntary receivership, liquidation or bankruptcy, the entrant is required to advise the World Tourism Awards Coordinator and accepts that the submission will no longer be eligible for an award.
7- There is no direct entry into the World Tourism Awards. Only nominees in given categories will automatically become a finalist in the World Tourism Awards.
8- The innovative aspects of the projects submitted will be taken into consideration.
9- The exemplary quality of the operation and its capacity to strengthen or expand will be taken into consideration.
10- Efficiency of actions taken in terms of economic benefits will be taken into consideration.
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