South Africa wins big at the 2021 World Travel Awards

Awards lined up at the World Travel Awards. Photo: amalavida.tv / Wikimedia Commons

South Africa managed to scoop a variety of awards in the regional ‘Africa’ category at the 2021 World Travel Awards recently.

Table Mountain won ‘Africa’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2021’ at the World Travel Awards. Photo: jeanvdmeulen /pixabay

The World Travel Awards supports, promotes and develops the global travel and tourism industry by identifying and rewarding excellence and inspiring its practitioners to continually raise the standards of their product and service offering.

What are the World Travel Awards?

Each year, they run an all-inclusive programme designed to recognize the industry’s most important sectors and product offerings.

In the regional ‘Africa’ category, South Africa took home 20 awards, which just goes to show how many wonderful offerings we have! Here’s a list of the categories within Africa, and the winners:

Africa’s Leading Airport 2021 – Cape Town International Airport, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Boutique Hotel 2021 – Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa, South Africa

Africa’s Leading City Destination 2021 – Cape Town, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Conference Hotel 2021 – Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Design Hotel 2021 – Babylonstoren Hotel, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Family Resort 2021 – Sun City Resort, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Festival & Event Destination 2021 – Durban, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Hotel Suite 2021 – Nelson Mandela Platinum Suite @ Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Luxury Lodge 2021 – Silvan Safari, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Luxury Private Villa 2021 – Villa iZulu @ Thanda Safari, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Luxury Train 2021 – The Blue Train

Africa’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination 2021 – Durban, South Africa

Africa’s Leading New Hotel 2021 – Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre, Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Online Travel Agency 2021 – Travel.co.za

Africa’s Leading Private Game Reserve 2021 – Shambala Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Resort 2021 – Fancourt, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Safari Lodge 2021 – Eagles Crag Lodge @ Shamwari Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Serviced Apartments 2021 – Lawhill Luxury Apartments, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2021 – Table Mountain, South Africa

Africa’s Leading Travel Agency 2021 – Club Travel, South Africa

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Sundeeka Mungroo

Sundeeka Mungroo is a content writer, foodie and all-round adventure-seeker. She's a graduate of the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, and has worked as a copywriter and editor in the digital marketing industry. Sundeeka currently writes for I Love South Africa and The South African. She lives in the beautiful Mother City and loves exploring all that South Africa has to offer.