AMMAN — The
international ceremony of the
World Travel Awards (WTA) 2022, was held on
Sunday at Ritz-Carlton, Amman being the first ceremony of its kind in the
Middle East.
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The WTA had nominated Jordan as the host country of
the event, which brought together the world’s most important global travel
operators, who competed for the best leading destinations.
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to
acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the
travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
The World Travel Awards brand is now recognized
globally as the ultimate hallmark of industry excellence, according to WTA’s
website.
WTA gala ceremonies are regarded as milestone events
in the travel calendar, attended by the industry’s key decision-makers,
figureheads, influencers and media.
The program, its winners and its sponsors are
represented globally on social media, with daily content across multiple
platforms.
WTA Founder
Graham Cook said that Jordan’s importance is ranked among a global level and in
the Middle East, in addition to the advanced tourism growth it is witnessing.
He also said that Jordan is unique for having world
heritage sites such as Petra, Wadi Rum, and the
Dead Sea, and the diversity of
landscapes and deserts in it. He added “this is Jordan’s time to shine and sit
at the forefront of the leading tourist destinations around the world.”
Cook added that the WTA “is the most popular and
extensive program in the travel and tourism industry, as more than 2 million
votes are cast from professionals in this field, major influencers, travelers
and media from 191 countries.”
He pointed out that “this ceremony, which combines
VIP’s in the travel industry from all over the Middle East, will be different
and wonderful, especially as it comes after the COVID-19 pandemic and the
recovery of the tourism industry.”
On the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
tourism industry, he told
Jordan News that “COVID-19 certainly
negatively impacted the economic industry, and the health of people, but the
world is coming back, and it is getting back stronger because of technology and
the use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic”.
He added that “social media platforms introduced people to various sites in the
world.”
He also contended that “Jordan has a magnificent
tourism product and it is time now to show much more visitors of all countries
of the world this amazing destination.”
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences, Amman,
having won the Middle East’s Leading Hotelier 2022, and the Middle East’s
Leading Luxury Hotel & Spa 2022 awards.
Tareq Derbas, the hotel’s general manager, told
Jordan
News that “these prizes are the
fruit of 150 days of work since the Ritz-Carlton’s inauguration in Amman”.
“Thankfully, the Ritz-Carlton’s occupancy rates were
never below 60 percent, as we opened this hotel at the right time and the right
place and we worked very hard on the Ritz-Carlton’s global standards,” Derbas
said.
Jordan also was announced the Middle East’s Most
Romantic Destination 2022, and the prize was handed to the Minister of Tourism
and Antiques Nayef Al-Fayez.
The Leading Destination Awards are represented as
the Leading Business Travel Destination in the Middle East 2022, the Leading
City Award in the Middle East, the Leading Cultural Destination in the Middle
East 2022, the Middle East Conference Destination Award 2022, the Leading
Middle East Destination 2022, and the Most Romantic Destination in the Middle
East 2022.
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