(Posted 16th October 2022)
The VIP event room at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, the venue for the 2022 World Travel Awards for Africa and the Indian Ocean, was packed to capacity by an illustrious crowd, representing the very best of Africa’s hospitality, aviation and tourism industry.
Kenya was crowned as ‘Africa’s Leading Destination 2022‘ once again and the event venue itself, the recently refurbished KICC, was named as Africa’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination 2022.
Kenya’s national airline – despite its continued financial ailment – and its subsidiary Jambojet, both also bagged multiple honours again, being named Africa’s Leading Airline 2022, Africa’s Leading Airline – Business Class 2022, Africa’s Leading Airline Brand 2022 and Africa’s Leading Low-Cost Airline 2022.
The Four Points by Sheraton at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, was also once again named as Africa’s Leading Airport Hotel 2022.
Other winners from Kenya are shown below, once more taking a massive lead again over her East African neighbours.
In comparison did #Tanzania’s showing place the country in second place overall for Eastern Africa (East African Community member states):
#Tanzania
Nominees from #Zanzibar also did well again this year and were honoured with the following awards:
Tanzania » #Zanzibar
In Uganda did Kampala Serena Hotel take the coveted awards again for both Uganda’s Leading Hotel 2022 and Uganda’s Leading Hotel Suite 2022 while other winners of the evening were:
#Uganda
South Sudan had but one winner this year, the Pyramid Continental Hotel as the country’s leading hotel for 2022:
#South Sudan
In Rwanda did the Kigali Serena Hotel again claim the award as leading city hotel, followed by quite a few other winners at the night:
#Rwanda
Burundi, like South Sudan, also had one winner:
#Burundi
Rounding up the winners from the East African Community member states is Congo DR, which made a good showing with the Goma Serena Hotel notably among the three companies handed trophies:
Democratic Republic of #Congo
More winners in the overall continental Africa category can be found via https://www.worldtravelawards.com/winners/2022/africa
www.ATCNews.org extends congratulations to all the winners from across Africa and hopes that some will make it to the top of the world in the global edition of the World Travel Awards, which will be held in Muscat, Oman on the the 11th of November at the Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Voting for World Winners is still ongoing until the 20th of October, so continue to cast your votes for your favourite resort, hotel, airline or tour company.
