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Abercrombie & Kent Named "World's Best" by Top Travel Professionals
Abercrombie & Kent was voted World's Leading Luxury Tour Operator by 213,000 travel professionals representing 160 different countries at the World Travel Awards held in Doha, Qatar. Winners were judged on their ability to understand guest needs and expectations, undertake enterprising product expansion and development, and foster innovation and creativity.
Established in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the travel and tourism industry, the World Travel Awards are one of the highest accolades a travel company can receive, described as 'the Oscars of the Travel Industry' by the Wall Street Journal.
In regional competitions leading up to the awards, Abercrombie & Kent was also chosen as Africa's Leading Luxury Tour Operator and Australasia's Leading Tour Operator.
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- Travel Weekly Names Abercrombie & Kent World's Best
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A&K was voted "World's Best Luxury Tour Operator" and "Best Africa Tour Operator" for the eighth consecutive year by travel agents at the Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards. The awards are presented to suppliers considered by Travel Weekly readers to have excelled in product and service during the past year. In the first round of voting, Travel Weekly readers were invited to write in the names of any company they believed best exemplified a particular category. Leading vote recipients were identified as finalists, and voting on finalists took place this fall.
These awards identify the industry's finest," said Arnie Weissmann, Travel Weekly's editor in chief. "The professionals who read and rely on Travel Weekly have the expertise to select those businesses, destinations and hotels that provide a higher level of service to their clients. Our readers can be confident that these winners represent the best this industry has to offer."
The Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the travel industry and are considered to be among the highest accolades a travel company can receive. "To be acknowledged as the world's best by America's top travel professionals is truly an honor and proof of the commitment we have as a company to supporting travel agents," said Scott Wiseman, president of Abercrombie & Kent USA, LLC. "They recognize that our worldwide network of local offices enables us to set a higher standard and consistently deliver inspiring experiences to our guests."
Abercrombie & Kent is the top choice of travel professionals this year, recognized as "Best Luxury Tour Operator" at the World Travel Awards and by readers of Luxury Travel Advisor and "Best Africa/Middle East Tour Operator" by readers of TravelAge West and Recommend.
Abercrombie & Kent was voted "Africa's Leading Luxury Tour Operator" by 213,000 travel professionals representing 200 different countries at the World Travel Awards held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Winners were judged on their ability to understand guest needs and expectations, undertake enterprising product expansion and development, and foster innovation and creativity.
"With the dramatic changes sweeping the travel industry, it is an honour to be singled out for our uncompromising standards, high level of personal service and attention to detail," said Geoffrey Kent, founder, chairman and CEO of the Abercrombie & Kent Group. "Long-established relationships allow us to offer the most desirable accommodations, the best game-viewing locations, and exceptional service from hundreds of full-time local employees. We own a fleet of four- wheel-drive safari vehicles and train our own drivers. With 49 years of experience – and seventeen offices from Cairo to Cape Town – Abercrombie & Kent has some of the most experienced guides on the continent."
Established in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the travel and tourism industry, the World Travel Awards are one of the highest accolades a travel company can receive, described as "the Oscars of the Travel Industry" by the Wall Street Journal. Voting is conducted online and a year-long campaign encourages global participation. The majority of votes are cast by travel agents, but voting is also open to the public. Votes cast by travel agent voters count as two votes, while the votes cast by non-industry voters count as one vote.
This year Abercrombie & Kent has also been named "Best Africa Tour Operator" by readers of Travel Weekly, TravelAge West, Recommend and Agent@Home
Geoffrey Kent presents 1 million Kenyan shillings to Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, with Wes Edens and the Hon. Najib Balala, Minister of Tourism, looking on
Abercrombie & Kent's founder, chairman and CEO Geoffrey Kent recently returned from Nairobi, where he and Wes Edens, founder and co-chairman of the Fortress Investment Group, donated 1 million Kenyan shillings to the government of Kenya to assist with drought relief efforts along the border with Somalia. The staff at A&K Nairobi contributed an additional 111,000 Kenyan shillings, which Managing Director Mark Wheeler delivered to the Secretary General of the Kenyan Red Cross.
"Abercrombie & Kent began in Kenya almost fifty years ago and we are proud to donate funds to help the refugees from this natural disaster. We are encouraging other travel companies to do the same." - Geoffrey Kent
The drought is in a remote part of Kenya, far from the game reserves. Going on safari helps to create jobs and generate income in a country that is caring for thousands of refugees.
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