Mauritius partners World Island Awards for inaugural event
World Island Awards founder Graham Cooke celebrates with Dr Karl Mootoosamy, director, MTPA
Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority has signed a deal to become the official partner of World Island Awards, a brand new event dedicated to promoting luxury tourism to island nations.
The two-year agreement, which was signed at ITB Berlin 2011, comes hot on the heels of Mauritius being named one of the hottest destinations for 2011 by Futurebrand and British Airways, and being voted “World’s Leading Island Destination” at the 2010 World Travel Awards.
On signing the deal, Dr Karl Mootoosamy, Director, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, said: “Our new partnership with World Island Awards will serve as an excellent vehicle to promote the core values of Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority – in particular our emphasis on people, the environment and the capacity to ensure customer satisfaction.”
The awards will serve to reward excellence across all areas of tourism of the world’s island nations.
Categories will include: “World’s Leading Island Resort” and “Asia’s Leading Island Resort”.
