Honours taken for responsible tourism and destination marketing
Abu Dhabi UAE. 15th January 2012: Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has scooped two 2011 World Travel Awards being honoured for the World's Responsible Tourism Award and World's Leading Destination Marketing Campaign, where it beat off shortlisted competition from India and Spain.
The awards were received on ADTA's behalf by its Marketing Director Claire Micheletti and Brand Manager Mouza Al Shamsi at the Grand Finale Gala Dinner in Doha.
In general it was a great night for Abu Dhabi with stakeholders Jumeirah at Etihad Towers being named the 'World's Leading New Hotel'; Emirates Palace winning both the 2011 'World's Leading Meetings & Conference Hotel' and the 'World's Leading Presidential Suite'; ADNEC took the 'World's Leading Meetings & Conference Centre'; the Royal Jet Group taking the 'World's Leading Private Jet Charter' and Etihad Airways picking up three awards - the 2011 World's Leading Airline, 2011 World's Leading Airline First Class and 2011 World's Leading Airline to the Middle East.
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About ADTA:
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has wide ranging responsibilities for managing and assisting the development of the emirate's tourism industry and the marketing and promotion of the emirate as a world-class destination of distinction. Its responsibilities include; destination marketing; infrastructure and product development and regulation and classification. A key role is to create synergy in the international promotion of Abu Dhabi through close co-ordination with the emirate's hotels, destination management companies, airlines and other public and private sector travel-related organisations.
For more information please contact:
Sam Dulka
Senior Marketing Communication Executive, ADTA
Telephone: +971 50 5507053
Email: sdulka@adta.ae
© Press Release 2012
