uMhlanga shines at World Travel Awards
Durban was named the leading City destination and Africa’s leading meetings and conference destination.
uMhlanga’s Oyster Box hotel was named South Africa’s leading hotel at this year’s World Travel Awards. The City of Durban also raked in major awards after being announced as Africa’s leading City destination and Africa’s leading meetings and conference destination.
The Mayor of eThekwini Municipality, Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda said the awards show that Durban’s tourism products and services are of the world standard.
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“These awards give credence to our long-held view that indeed Durban is a leading global destination and as we go into the festive season, we are optimistic and confident that this will give the much-needed impetus to our marketing efforts and translate into increased number of visitors,” he said.
Kaunda said this is a result of the working relations that the City has with trade partners.
“If you look into our new and upcoming tourism products closely, you can clearly see that we are on the right track in terms of using tourism to drive economic development and growth. An example, we just welcomed a new Garden Inn resort under the Hilton group in Umhlanga and them winning major awards is an indication that we are doing something right in terms of investment attraction,” he said.
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Durban has a number of other major projects in the pipeline, as part of the City’s catalytic projects, said Kaunda.
The World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence.
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