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World Travel Award Winners Announced

Holiday In Wales Hundreds gathered for a glittering event held at the beautiful Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa & Beach Resort in the tropical paradise of St. Lucia, for the prestigious 9th Annual World Travel Awards Ceremony.

OAG, a global specialist in travel and transport content management, today announces the winners of the first round of Singapore%š first reality travel challenge. Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, The OAG Travel Planner Challenge has attracted participation from 18 countries across the region with more than S$160, 000 worth of prizes up for grabs! The finals, to be held in Singapore, will see contestants battle it out to be the inaugural champion of this unique competition.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales During an evening full of surprises, comedy and entertainment, the audience enjoyed an exquisite gala dinner, with lively performances from compare, actor and comic Bradley Walsh, and Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, to name but a few. Guests danced until dawn in true Caribbean style in the masquerade ballroom.

"Being recognized as the best really validates all the hard work and creativity we have put into this program, " said Gregory Brown, vice president, Choice Privileges for Choice Hotels. The prestigious Freddie Awards are announced each year by Randy Peterson, publisher of Inside Flyer magazine. This year's award winners were announced at the Freddie Awards ceremony held on April 26, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia. Each year frequent travelers around the world voted for their favorite airline, hotel and credit card loyalty programs.

Caravan Holiday In Wales Industry giants gathering to celebrate the success of being the very best were joined by St. Lucias Prime Minister, the Honorable Dr Kenny Anthony and Governor General, Dame Pearletter Louisy. And many hundreds of thousands worldwide watched the ceremony on the exclusive webcast.

After this time, the top five from each category will be put up for the voting, the winner will be announced at the awards ceremony. Only delegates of a4uexpo will receive an invite to the awards ceremony. To register, visit www.a4uexpo.com

Camping Holiday Wales The online voting system at www.worldtravelawards.com has once again enabled over 500,000 frontline agents and 80,000 travel agencies worldwide the opportunity to let the world know who they think are the WORLDS BEST in the Travel Industry, further enhancing the value of the World Travel Awards as the professionals choice.

Groople, the leading online group travel planning and booking site, announces the launch of an exciting travel and social networking tool, offering an integrated solution for the challenges of planning and booking group travel. GroopVine will allow users to create their own personalized trip page to plan, create, share, shop and buy travel with their entire group's input every step of the way. Providing helpful tools from event schedules and suggested itineraries to RSS feeds and online surveys, GroopVine makes group travel planning fun, collaborative and easy.

Accommodation Holiday Wales There were numerous awards presented and winners of these accolades included;
* Air Jamaica - Caribbean`s Leading Airline
* Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas - Caribbean`s Leading Casino Resort
* Jamaica Caribbean`s Leading Destination
* Sandals International world`s leading all-inclusive group
* Half Moon Golf, Tennis & Beach Club Caribbean`s Leading Hotel
* St. Lucia worlds leading honeymoon destination
(For a complete list of winners, see WTA website)

Holiday Last Minute Wales Winner of the Travel Personality of the Year, 2002 went to Rossi Ralenkotter, Vice President of Marketing, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, who now joins the likes of Richard Branson and Right Hon. Gordon Butch Steward, O.J. in the World Travel Awards Hall of Fame.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Honoured with this award, Rossi Ralenkotter commented, We are all competitors in the travel industry, but this past year has shown us that, in difficult times we come together and support each other.

Holiday Wales Walking Congratulations to the World Travel Awards for continuing to recognise excellence in our industry. Thank you for all your support.

Family Holiday Wales Host of this years event, Peter Hilary Modeste, Director of Tourism for St. Lucia commented, The St. Lucia Tourist Board is proud to host the World Travel Awards 2002. Our cultural diversity and St. Lucias stunning physical beauty together with its friendly population will provide our visitors with an enjoyable and memorable experience.

Holiday Riding Wales We expect the hosting of this prestigious event in St. Lucia will provide the destination with additional international exposure and give us the opportunity to host some of the worlds leading travel executives. We feel that this event will expose St. Lucia not only as a tourism destination to participants of this event, but also expose the island to potential investors in the travel industry.

Adventure Holiday Wales The World Travel Awards was conceived in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the worlds travel and tourism industry. Now in its ninth year, travel professionals and discerning travellers have come to regard the World Travel Awards as the very best endorsement that a travel product could hope to receive.

Holiday Park South Wales The World Travel Awards is highly regarded and established as a forum that brings together all areas of travel and tourism in recognition of achievements. The event also provides formal and informal networking opportunities for leading decision makers and business professionals in the travel industry.

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