WTA Europe to Debut in North East England in October 2007

North East England has won a competitive bid to host the first ever World Travel Awards Europe in October 2007. The event will take place at The Sage Gateshead in October 2007, attracting around 500 travel professionals and media from across Europe and the rest of the world.

The announcement was made at the World Travel Market exhibition at Excel in London by Stacy Hall, Director of Communications at One NorthEast, and World Travel Awards President, Graham Cooke.

The piece of news comes hot on the heels of North East England winning the title of World’s Leading Regional Marketing Campaign for the second year running in the awards, now recognized as the most comprehensive in the travel industry.

The awards will form part of a two-day event comprising the World Travel CEO Forum and golf tournament, and culminating in the gala ceremony at which the winners in all European categories will be announced.

Winners of World Travel Awards Europe will go on to compete in the World Awards to be held in Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean in December 2007.

Established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate achievements across all sectors of the global travel industry, the World Travel Awards are especially coveted because the votes are cast globally by fellow professionals within the travel industry.

Over the last 13 years, travel professionals and their clients have come to regard the World Travel Awards as the best endorsement that any travel product can receive.