{"id":4936,"date":"2013-10-21T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethosmarketing.co.uk.dedi391.nur4.host-h.net\/blog\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2013-10-21T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:55:06","slug":"serenas-star-rises-high-in-the-2013-world-travel-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/21\/serenas-star-rises-high-in-the-2013-world-travel-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Serenas Star Rises High in the 2013 World Travel Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Hotels Africa is this year\u2019s winner in six categories at the World Travel Awards. The awards ceremony took place on October 16th at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were:<\/p>\n<p>Serena Hotels as \u2018Africa\u2019s Leading Hotel Brand\u2019<br \/>\nAmboseli Serena Safari Lodge as \u2018Africa\u2019s Leading Eco Hotel\u2019<br \/>\nNairobi Serena Hotel as \u2018Kenya\u2019s Leading Business Hotel (A Member of The Leading Hotels of the World)<br \/>\nKigali Serena Hotel as \u2018Rwanda\u2019s Leading Hotel\u2019<br \/>\nDar es Salaam Serena Hotel as \u2018Tanzania\u2019s Leading Hotel\u2019<br \/>\nKampala Serena Hotel as \u2018Uganda\u2019s Leading Hotel\u2019 (A Member of The Leading Hotels of the World)<\/p>\n<p>The Oscars of the Travel Industry<br \/>\nNow in their 20th year of success, the World Travel Awards (WTA) was established to \u2018acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry\u2019. Dubbed \u2018the Oscars of the Travel Industry\u2019, the much sought-after awards reflect the opinions and preferences of travel professionals across the globe. Issued in 47 categories, which span the breadth of the industry from airlines to hotels, the WTAs are universally perceived as the ultimate global travel accolade.<br \/>\nSerena Hotels celebrate sixth year of success at the World Travel Awards<br \/>\nSpeaking of the Serena Groups\u2019 glittering array of awards, Mr. Mahmud Janmohamed, Managing Director, Serena Hotels Africa said, \u201cthe recognition for excellence is indeed an honor in itself and we are very proud to receive these six awards, which mark the sixth continuous year of our having been recognized by the World Travel Awards. The awards confirm that our strategy to invest on an ongoing basis, in both our hardware-the physical product; and our software-our human resources; continue to pay dividends. To all those travel professionals who voted for us we would like to say, thank you for valuing us as highly as we value you; your faith in us will continue to be rewarded. To our staff, we would also like to offer a big \u2018thank you\u2019, because we know that it is entirely thanks to your unwavering dedication and loyalty that we have been fortunate enough to have attained the accolade of being Africa\u2019s Leading Hotel Brand.\u201d<br \/>\nMore information about\u00a0\u00a0 World Travel Awards<br \/>\nWorld Travel Awards\u2019s global media partner network includes International Herald Tribune,TV5Monde, CNBC Arabiya, Newsweek, World Travel Channel, Outlook Traveller, Travel &amp; Leisure China, Khaleej Times, Trade Arabia, TTN, Trav Talk India, Publituris, ABTA Magazine, ASTA Network, Breaking Travel News, eTurboNews, Travel Daily News International, Focus on Travel News, Passport Magazine and National Geographic Traveller. This global media partner network has a monthly readership of 1.7 million and a TV audience reach of 90 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Serena 2013 Awards Array<br \/>\nSerena has also been recently recognized in 2013 as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Serena Hotels\u2019 Maisha Spas: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finalists in the \u2018Best Luxury Hotel Category- World Luxury Spa Awards\u2019 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bronze Award from the Total Eco Challenge, 2013 by the Total Group. This was in recognition of its commitment to protecting and conserving the natural environment whilst promoting responsible tourism practices.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Hotels: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Awarded \u2018Best Corporate Hotel in Tanzania\u2019 by the Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA) 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Hotels:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Awarded \u2018Best Africa Hotel Chain\u2019 by the, Africa Travel Awards, 2013 (African Travel Market of West Africa).<\/p>\n<p>Serena Hotels:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Awarded \u2018Most Desired Foreign Hotel 2013\u2019 by the Gold List for China Tourism, initiated by National Geographic China.<\/p>\n<p>Rhoda Wambui of Serena Hotels: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winner of the Kenya National Barista Championships of the Kenya Coffee Traders Association under the auspices of the African Fine Coffees Association and sanctioned by the World Barista Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Hotels Africa is this year\u2019s winner in six categories at the World Travel Awards. The awards ceremony took place on October 16th at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/10\/21\/serenas-star-rises-high-in-the-2013-world-travel-awards\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Serenas Star Rises High in the 2013 World Travel Awards<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,5,6,1,20],"tags":[70,65,48,107,106],"class_list":["post-4936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-blog","category-clients","category-default","category-serena","tag-kenya","tag-rwanda","tag-tanzania","tag-uganda","tag-world-travel-awards","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}