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Fiona Jeffery takes the helm at Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Fiona Jeffery has been appointed new chair of the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Jeffery, chairman of Just a Drop and former chairman of World Travel Market, will take over the awards which recognise the leading sustainable tourism businesses and destinations around the world.
The awards were presented at this week’s World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit in Hainan, China.
The six 2014 Tourism for Tomorrow Award winners are:
Business Award
WINNER:
Asilia Africa, Tanzania
Runners up:
TUI Travel, UK
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong
Community Award
WINNER:
Arviat Community Ecotourism, Canada
Runners up:
Abercrombie & Kent, Kenya
Basecamp Explorer Kenya, Kenya
Destination Award
WINNER:
Temes – Costa Navarino, Greece
Runners Up:
Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark, Ireland
Bonito , Brazil
Environment Award
WINNER:
Jetwing Vil Uyana, Sri Lanka
Runners Up
Great Plains Conservation, Botswana
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, Australia
Innovation Award
WINNER:
Ecosphere, India
Runners Up:
Chepu Adventures Ecolodge. Chile
Lapland Vuollerim Welcomes You Sweden
People Award
WINNER:
Lao National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, Laos
Tracker Academy, Division of SA College for Tourism, South Africa
Central College Nottingham and The Institute of Travel & Tourism of The Gambia, UK & Gambia
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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