Sun International’s iconic Sun City Resort in the North West Province has received two prestigious awards in the 23rd Annual World Travel Awards™ programme which is renowned as the most prestigious and comprehensive in the global industry. The resort scooped the awards for Africa’s Leading Resort and Africa’s Leading Casino Resort for 2016, trumping top destinations from across the African continent in these categories.
World Travel Awards™ was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel tourism & hospitality industry. Today, the World Travel Awards™ brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.
The annual awards programme covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognise and celebrate individual and collective successes within each geographical region. These gala ceremonies are regarded as milestone events in the industry calendar, attended by the industry’s key decision makers, chief figure heads and the key trade and consumer media.
As a regional winner in two categories, Sun City will compete in the corresponding world categories to decide who will triumph in the World Travel Awards™ Grand Final at the end of the year.
Commenting on the awards, Sun City’s Marketing Manager, Andrew Irumba, said: “We are honoured and delighted that Sun City has claimed awards in two categories in the regional World Travel Awards™ programme. Africa boasts a magnificent selection of truly world class destinations and so be recognised as amongst the best on the continent is indeed a source of tremendous pride.
“Our promise is to provide a platform for our guests to create lasting memories, with exceptional service, facilities and experiences. These awards show that we are delivering on this promise and that we are indeed succeeding in creating the types of experiences that live long in the memories and hearts of our guests. It is, after all, the guest experience which is the key differentiator. We will continue to focus on ensuring that our guests’ experiences are always exceptional.”
