Thursday, April 24, 2008

Shamwari Game Reserve, Eastern Cape

SHAMWARI TAKES TOP HONORS AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS
For the tenth consecutive year, Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape in South Africa has been awarded the World's Leading Safari and Game Reserve and the World's Leading Conservation Company at the prestigious World Travel Awards gala ceremony held last night in Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean.
Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars," the World Travel Awards are the most comprehensive and most prestigious awards program in the travel industry today. Over 167,000 travel professionals worldwide voted for their favorites in all sectors of the travel industry. The event was broadcast globally by BBC World and was covered by leading print publications.
On receiving these two awards our CEO, Adrian Gardiner said: "We are very proud to have been recognized as the best by our industry partners worldwide for ten straight years. When we began, conservation was a small part of tourism. Today, we are very encouraged that more tourists are aware that we must sustain and preserve our environment for the generations to come. It is our firm commitment that tourism should benefit all people, not just the few."