Latin America’s Finest Travel Brands Set to Reap Rewards in Turks & Caicos

The most successful travel organizations in Latin America are set to be acknowledged at a red-carpet ceremony hosted by World Travel Awards (WTA) at Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa on Friday 14th September 2012.

Key categories to watch for at WTA’s Caribbean & The Americas Ceremony include “South America’s Leading Destination”, with Bahia (Brazil), Easter Island (Chile), Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), Machu Picchu (Peru) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) among the hot contenders.

Meanwhile Bay Islands (Honduras), San Jose (Costa Rica), Los Cabos (Mexico) and Granada (Nicaragua) and Cancun (Mexico) will go head-to-head for the title of “Mexico & Central America’s Leading Destination”.

Senior travel decision-makers from across the Caribbean and Americas will attend the gala evening, which will include a gourmet dinner, top entertainment, as well as the presentation of the coveted awards.

The evening will serve as a glittering spotlight for Turks & Caicos. The paradise nation is entering an exciting new chapter in its history, with tourism is poised to play an even greater role in its economic evolution.

The WTA awards program, hailed as the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’ by the global media, highlights and rewards those travel brands that have made the greatest contribution to the industry over the past year.

After a fierce round of voting featuring more than 2,000 organizations, the nominees have been whittled down to the elite few.

The Caribbean & The Americas Ceremony 2012 marks the second leg of WTA’s Grand Tour, a global search for the world’s leading travel brands, which also includes regional heats in Dubai, Singapore and The Algarve. The winners of these legs will then go head-to-head at WTA’s Grand Final, which takes place at The Oberoi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India on 12 December 2012.