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Africa investor Tourism Awards 2010 Announced
By Shanna | February 16, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe; 16 February 2010: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced the highly acclaimed winners of its prestigious 2010 Africa investor Tourism Awards.
The Africa investor (Ai) Tourism Investor Awards were created to showcase Africa’s opportunities and achievements in the tourism sector to the rest of the world, collectively raise awareness about Africa as a tourism destination and reward those groups developing the African tourism industry as a vehicle to drive sustainable economic growth.
The awards were presented at a high-profile ceremony attended by over 350 guests, which was officially opened by H.E Amai Joice Mujuru, Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Commenting on the Awards the Vice President commended Africa investor for taking the leadership to establish these innovative awards and congratulated the award nominees and winners for their dedication.
The shortlisted submissions and candidates in 12 Award categories were judged on the basis of key financial indicators, the sustainability of projects and major value added contributions. All winners faced down significant international competition to emerge as definitive leaders in the tourism industry. For the full list of winners, please see below.
The prestigious African Tourism Minister of the Year was awarded to Hon. Catherine Namugala, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia, for her dynamic efforts to attract investment into Zambia’s tourism sector.
Kenya had an exceptional evening, with Ecotourism Kenya accepting the award in the category Best Initiative in Facilitating SME Tourism Investment; Kenya Airways was recognised for the efficiency and effectiveness of its management systems and went home with Business Airline of the Year; and Mombasa was announced as Tourism City of the Year.
South Africa too saw great success, with several initiatives from within the country honoured for their outstanding achievements, including Best Sustainable Tourism Investment going to Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa; the Best 2010 World Cup Legacy Initiative of the year was awarded to the city of Johannesburg; Tourism Investment Advisor of the Year went to Trade & investment KZN and the Best Tourism Investment Programme award was presented to Boundless Southern Africa.
Zimbabwe were awarded the Up and Coming Tourism Destination of the year award for their commitment to facilitating private sector investment into their tourism and hospitality sector. And Native investments Group won Best Hotel Investment, with African Sun taking the Hospitality Management Team of the Year.
Africa investor’s Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Hubert Danso, commented on the awards: “We are truly delighted with the calibre and commitment of this year’s nominees and winners. Their dedication to Africa’s tourism industry should serve as inspiration not only to their peers in Africa, but in many cases they outperformed their international counterparts.”
The Awards followed Africa investor’s Tourism Investment Summit, which reviewed the key developments and issues impacting Africa’s tourism investment landscape. The Summit brought together over 350 international authorities to examine major tourism infrastructure investment and privatisation opportunities across Africa, and, for the first time, Africa investor hosted an Infrastructure and Tourism Investment Roundtable with the Government of Zimbabwe, to showcase their portfolio of privatisation, infrastructure, tourism and mining investment opportunities.
Summit sponsors and partners include the Government of Zimbabwe, African Sun, Afrexim, Cresta Hospitality Group, NetOne, Native Investment Group, The Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA), CNN International, Meikles, NEPAD Business Group, NEPAD, Africa Project Access, TICAD/UNDP, China-Africa Business Council, Reconnect Africa and The Standard.
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Notes to Editors
For more information on the Tourism Awards, contact Emma Sayers on +27 11 783 4043 or esayers@africa-investor.com.
About Africa investor
Africa investor is a specialist investment communications firm advising governments, international organizations and businesses on communication strategies for capital market and foreign direct investments in Africa. Africa investor publishes Africa investor, the leading international newsstand magazine for Africa’s investment decision makers; maintains the Africa investor 40 Investors’ Index, hosts the Ai index series Summit & Awards and the Africa investor Infrastructure Projects Summit & Awards. www.africa-investor.com
2010 Tourism Awards Winners:
Best Initiative in Facilitating SME Tourism Investment
Ecotourism Kenya
Business Airline of the Year
Kenya Airways
Hospitality Management Team of the Year
African Sun
Best Hotel Investment
Native Investments Africa Group
Best Sustainable Tourism Investment
Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa
Best TI 2010 Legacy Investment
City of Johannesburg
Tourism Investment Advisor of the Year
Trade & investment KZN
Best Tourism Investment Programme
Boundless Southern Africa
Tourism Promotion Agency (TPA) and Tourism Board (TB) of the Year
Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency
African Tourism Minister of the Year
Hon. Catherine Namugala, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia
Tourism Investor City of the Year
Mombasa, Kenya
Up and Coming Tourism Destination of the Year
Zimbabwe
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