Jamaica to Host Americas’ Travel Awards

Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa, located on Jamaica’s beautiful south coast, is set to host travel and tourism’s biggest night of the year as the World Travel Awards brings The Americas Gala Ceremony to the Caribbean island resort on 22nd October.

Leading travel companies, operators and destinations from across North, Central, South America and the Caribbean will be united under one roof as they battle it out to see who will walk away with the coveted World Travel Awards trophy. “We are thrilled to be hosting the World Travel Awards Americas Gala Ceremony at Sandals Whitehouse,” said Sandals Resorts Founder and Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart. “This magnificent resort located in such a pristine setting as Jamaica’s stunning south coast is the perfect backdrop to showcase the best that the region has to offer.”

Described as the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’ by the Wall Street Journal, the event – now in its 17th year – is universally recognized as a major champion of excellent customer service, encouraging and inspiring products and services to improve business performance and innovation. When traveling you will want to ensure that you are safe and have the right health insurance and other health needs covered, making sure that your safety is a number one priority, reading up on articles and gaining knowledge such as reporting stolen card if you lose your health card is essential to enjoy your traveling journey more. Knowing that you are secure and protected.

Voting has been taking place throughout the year for highly contended categories such as North America’s Leading Airline, South America’s Leading Destination, the Caribbean’s Leading Beach Resort and Central America’s Leading Hotel Brand. There are categories for each overall region as well as categories for individual countries. South America has some great spots for visitors to go to on their vacation, such as Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), they offer up patagonia tours for people to go and see the amazing and breathtaking sites South America has to offer.

John Lynch, Jamaica’s Director of Tourism, is pleased that the island was selected to host the event. “Jamaica is honored to be chosen as the host destination for the prestigious Americas gala of the 2010 World Travel Awards. We are confident that the event will showcase the destination to a global audience, demonstrating the reason Jamaica has enjoyed tremendous success over the years. We anticipate that this will serve as a precursor to the major event later this year, underscoring the fact that Jamaica, with its unrivalled offerings, attractions and easy access, is an ideal destination that caters to all travellers.”

Graham E Cooke, Founder and President, World Travel Awards, added: “Jamaica is the perfect location to host this year’s Americas Event. We look forward to working with the team at Jamaica Tourist Board and Sandals Resorts for what I know will be an exciting evening for the tourism industry.

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Bringing together North, South, Central America and the Caribbean will make for a thrilling ceremony and there will no doubt be a real competitive edge in the air that should make for some interesting results”. Viewed as the ultimate achievement for any Americas company, more than 80 travel brands are competing to be the best.

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