TravelMole presents prestigious web award at ATE 2007
TravelMole MD and Editor John Alwyn-Jones this week at ATE 2007 presented Kate Lamont, the Chairman of Tourism Western Australia, [pictured right] with the TravelMole Web Award 2007 for the best Tourist Board web site.
Western Australia beat over 100 top international entries and ultimately the finalists VisitBritain and Egypt for the number one winner’s slot at the fourth annual TravelMole web awards, held in the London in the UK last week.
Tourism Western Australia was strongly nominated by UK TravelMole subscribers and travel industry members for its web site www.therealaustralia.com, which features Western Australia – the Real Thing.
The site [pictured below] incorporates TV, a virtual tour, a section titled “Real Stuff” and a highly innovative travel profiler, was very highly rated by the judges.
The biggest awards in the TravelMole web awards history, the prestigious TravelMole Web Awards 2007 awards ceremony took place last week in London, organised by TravelMole in association with www.Youtravel.com and held at the classic setting of Canada House overlooking Trafalgar Square.
The Award in London was presented to Megan Williams of Tourism Western Australia by Mark Palacio
Winners in other categories in the highly rated awards were Virgin Atlantic, Ocean Village, www.lastminute.com, MacDonald Hotels, The Internet Video, and The Caravan Club.
Congratulations Tourism Western Australia!
TravelMole will be holding the TravelMole Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Web Awards 2007 very shortly, with details about to be announced on TravelMole – so watch this space!
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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