The Maldives has
been named World's Leading Beach Destination in the 2019 World Travel Awards (WTA)
Grand Final Gala Ceremony held on 28th November 2019.
The elite of the
travel industry gathered for the WTA at the landmark Royal Opera House in Omani
capital, Muscat, to find out who among them had been crowned the best in the
world.
Maldives surpassed
all the destinations nominated for the Worlds Leading Beach Destination,
including: Cancun and Riviera Maya in Mexico, Diani Beach in Kenya, Galapagos
Islands in Ecuador, Mãncora in Peru, Maui in Hawaii (US), Miami Beach in
Florida (US), Peloponnese in Greece, Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Santa
Monica in California (US), The Algarve in Portugal, and Turks & Caicos
Islands, Jamaica, Philippines and Thailand.
The island nation
was nominated in six other categories as well which were, Worlds Leading
Destination, Worlds Leading Dive Destination, Worlds Leading Honeymoon
Destination, Worlds Leading Island Destination, Worlds Leading Tourist Board
and Worlds Most Romantic Destination.
World Travel Awards
celebrates its 26th anniversary year in 2019. Its annual programme is renowned
as the most prestigious and comprehensive in the global industry. World Travel
Awards gala ceremonies are regarded as milestone events in the industry
calendar, attended by the industry's key decision makers and figure heads, as
well as key trade and consumer media.
Some of the hospitality
winners of the award ceremony included Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
(Worlds Leading Luxury Hotel Brand); Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
Oman (Worlds Leading Palace Hotel); Tower Club at lebua (Worlds Leading
All Suite Hotel); Fraser Hospitality (Worlds Leading Serviced Apartment
Brand); Hotel de la Coupole MGallery by Sofitel, Vietnam (Worlds Leading
Design Hotel); and InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Vietnam
(Worlds Leading Luxury Beach Resort).
Leading travel
industry figureheads and decision-makers of the global travel industry attended
what marked World Travel Awards inaugural ceremony in the beautiful sultanate
of Oman
Graham Cooke, founder,
World Travel Awards, said: "It has been an honour to bring World Travel Awards
to Oman for the first time in our twenty-six-year history.
"What an incredible
evening it has been here in the magnificent capital of Muscat.
"We have had the
privilege of recognising the worlds leading hotels, destinations, airlines and
travel providers and my congratulations to each of them."
Each year WTA covers
the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognise and
celebrate individual and collective successes within each key geographical
region, and these regional winners then go on to compete in the grand final.
The World Travel
Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence
across all sectors of the tourism industry, and are celebrating their 22nd
anniversary this year.
Catagories won by resorts
in the Maldives at the 26th World Travel Awards include:
World's Leading
Airport Resort 2019 - Hulhule Island
Hotel, Maldives
World's Leading
Honeymoon Resort 2019 - JA Manafaru Maldives
World's Leading
Island Villas 2019 - W Maldives
World's Leading
Luxury Island Resort 2019 - The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
World's Leading
Underwater Hotel Restaurant 2019 - Ithaa
Undersea Restaurant @ Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
World's Leading
Water Villa Resort 2019 - Sun Aqua Vilu Reef, Maldives
World's Most Romantic
Resort 2019 - Baros Maldives
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