2018 Lilizela Tourism Awards entries are now open
"The Lilizela Tourism Awards gives us the opportunity to celebrate passionate and committed trailblazers as well as service excellence in the tourism industry,"
Entries for the esteemed Lilizela Tourism Awards for accommodation establishments and tourism-related products and services commenced on March 1.
The annual awards recognises and rewards tourism role players and businesses which work with pride to deliver world-class products and services, to grow South Africa’s global competitiveness as a destination.
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It has been honouring the best of the best in the South African tourism sector since 2012.
It is an initiative of the national Department of Tourism and is spearheaded by South African Tourism. The annual awards ceremony is always a star-studded affair.
“The Lilizela Tourism Awards gives us the opportunity to celebrate passionate and committed trailblazers as well as service excellence in the tourism industry,” said South African Tourism’s chief executive officer, Sisa Ntshona.
“We are proud that through the awards, we have increased awareness of the important role tourism plays in spurring on economic growth in the region. The prestige that is associated with the awards is evidence that South African Tourism’s ongoing drive to promote service excellence and product grading through the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) is yielding positive results for the industry.”
In 2017 the awards attracted a record number of 1 649 entries, up by about 40 per cent from 2016’s figure. Tourism businesses across the nine provinces are encouraged to enter. Accommodation establishments are required to be graded with the TGCSA to enter.
Those yet to be graded are encouraged to do it so on the www.tourismgrading.co.za. The TGCSA is the only recognised and globally benchmarked quality assurance body for tourism products in South Africa.
Entry to the Lilizela Tourism Awards is free and tourism businesses of all sizes are encouraged to enter in a bid to help develop, grow and transform the industry.
Entries close on May 31. For more information visit www.lilizela.co.za.
