Lima to Host World Travel Awards South & Central America Gala Ceremony

World Travel Awards has confirmed the host for its annual South & Central America Gala Ceremony will be Lima, Peru.

Regarded as the premier global awards ceremony program for the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, the World Travel Awards Gala Ceremony will see entrants from across South America competing in over 35 categories.

Delegates will gather in Lima at an iconic Huaca Temple on July 20th 2013 for the ceremony.

Peruvian minister of foreign trade and tourism, Jose Luis Silva, said: “Peru welcomes the regional competition of the World Travel Awards, which now celebrates its 20th anniversary.

World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Today, the WTA brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.

In 2013, WTA will celebrate its historic 20th anniversary year. In 2011, 791,358 individual votes were cast by travel professionals and consumers in 171 countries.

Each year WTA covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognize and celebrate individual and collective successes within each key geographical region.