See who won the inaugural TravelMole African Web Awards
The winners have been announced for the inaugural TravelMole African Web Awards, held in Durban during Indaba at the weekend.
The event was sponsored by Tourism Kwa Zulu Natal, RWA Ltd, A2bTravelExtras, Lead Generators and Southern Sun.
And the winners are:
Accommodation over 20 rooms
www.kasbah-agounsane.com
Accommodation under 20 rooms
www.rivertrees.com
Area attraction (activity or tour)
www.namibiawildlifesafaris.com
Inbound operator African destination
www.thefarhorizons.com
Outbound operator
www.travelfix.co.za
Lodges
www.tongabezi.com
Overseas operator Africa specialist
www.iloveafrica.it
Overseas agent Africa specialist
www.acacia-africa.com
Social media supporting Africa
www.africaanswers.com
Tourist board
www.namibiatourism.com.na
The winners were selected by a panel of judges including chair Frank Orman of Lead Generators, South-African-based 1time airline commercial director Desmond O’Connor, Karen Black of Mamba Media, Tolene van der Merwe of Boutiquetravelmarketing.com and Geoff Elske from The Automobile Association of South Africa.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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