Umsitho weWorld Travel Awards Africa ububanjwe kumsitho owawuzele ziinkwenkwezi ngomhla we-11 kuCanzibe obubanjelwe eDurban ICC. Ngaphezulu kwemibutho engama-200 yonyulwa kwiindidi ezingama-75 zommandla waseAfrika, kubandakanywa iinqwelomoya, izikhululo zeenqwelomoya, iihotele, ukuqeshwa kweemoto, iindawo ekuyiwa kuzo, iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide, iindawo zokuchithela iiholide, ii-spa kunye neearhente zokuhamba.
I-South African Airways iphumelele i-Airline ehamba phambili yase-Afrika, i-Starwood Hotels yaphumelela i-Afrika ye-Leading Hotel Brand, yaza i-Mount Nelson Hotel yaphumelela iHotele eNkokheli yase-Afrika.
IWorld Travel Awards, esekwe kwiminyaka eli-16 eyadlulayo kwaye yachazwa yiWall Street Journal njenge "Oscars" kushishino lokuhamba lwehlabathi, ikhuthaza umgangatho ophezulu, ixabiso, kwaye, ngaphezu kwako konke, amava akhethekileyo omthengi athatha icandelo ngalinye kunye nommandla kwihlabathi liphela. Iivoti zifunyenwe kumawaka eearhente kunye neengcali zokuhamba kwihlabathi jikelele.
Abanye babaphathi abaphezulu boshishino eAfrika bebezimase umsitho kuquka uMiller Mathola, iCEO, ICC Durban; U-Wessel Witthuhn, umongameli, iiHotele ze-IFA kunye neendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide; Wayne Duvenage, iCEO, i-AVIS yaseMzantsi Afrika; Cllr. Grant Haskin, Obambeleyo
USodolophu oLawulayo weSixeko saseKapa; UMariette du Toit-Helmbold, iCEO, uKhenketho lwaseKapa; U-Ian Bartes, usihlalo, uKhenketho lwaseKapa; Nomasonto Ndlovu, umphathi wehlabathi, ukhenketho loshishino, INDABA; Friedrich Schaefer, COO, ArabellaStarwood Hotels & Resorts South Africa.
UGraham E. Cooke, umseki kunye nomongameli, iWorld Travel Awards uthe: “Abaphumelele umsitho weWorld Travel Awards Africa ziimpawu ezikhethekileyo, ezizinikele ekubeni ngabona babalaseleyo kuzo zonke iinkalo zamava omthengi. Ukuphumelela kwabo apha kwilizwe ngokubanzi nakwinqanaba lehlabathi kuthetha ukuba baya kuphucula ngakumbi iprofayile yabo yamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye bafikelele kubathengi abatsha. "
“Yayiyingokuhlwa emnandi kukhenketho lwaseAfrika kwaye ngethemba lokuba iza kuba yinkuthazo kubo bonke abo batyunjiweyo,” uqhubeke watsho uCooke. "Abaphumeleleyo bamisele umgangatho ophakamileyo wobuchule e-Afrika ngemizekelo ebalaseleyo yokuyila kunye nobuchule boshishino, kwaye sinethemba lokuba banokukhuthaza abanye ukuba baphakamise ukusebenza kwabo kunye neprofayile yabo, hayi eAfrika kuphela kodwa kwihlabathi liphela."
Iindwendwe zikonwabele ulonwabo lwamazwe ngamazwe oluvela kwiqela le pop elaziwayo kwihlabathi i-Boney M kunye ne-virtuoso yale mihla ye-Violin Quartet Sterling EQ, i-quartet yombane yamantombazana aseMzantsi Afrika ne-Kwel Tebza.
Umququzeleli wangokuhlwa yayisisithethi esikhuthazayo uGerry Rantseli-Elsdon, u-MC weFace of Africa iminyaka emine, kunye nomsasazi kunye nomxhasi wosasazo lwamazwe ngamazwe uM-Net.
Lo mnyhadala wepremiyamu uyinxalenye yoKhenketho oluKhulu lokuHamba lweHlabathi, oluya kufikelela kuvuthondaba ngoMjikelo oMkhulu ngowama-30 kweyeDwarha eJamaica.
