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Jetwing Hotels feted at World Travel Awards

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Jetwing Hotels bagged three awards at the World Travel Awards, 2014, which marks the seventhth consecutive year Jetwing has emerged victorious at the awards.

Established in 1993, World Travel Awards acknowledges and rewards excellence in all sectors of the tourism industry.

Each year WTA covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognise and celebrate individual and collective successes within each key geographical region.

This year, Jetwing Lagoon, Jetwing Vil Uyana, and Jetwing Blue stood dominant in their categories, winning the same awards as last year for (respectively) Sri Lankas leading spa resort, Sri Lankas leading boutique hotel, and Sri Lankas leading wedding venue. Members of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Jetwing Lagoon and Jetwing Vil Uyana are both marvels of architecture and design with the former being one of Bawas finest creations, and Jetwing Vil Uyana an unparalleled combination of nature and luxury. Jetwing Blue and Jetwing Lagoon are situated in Negombo,the birthplace of the company.

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Queenstown voted 'Australasia's Leading Destination'

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Queenstown has been named Australasias Leading Destination at the 2014 World Travel Awards.

The World Travel Awards launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the worlds travel and tourism industry. The Awards are voted for by tourism professionals including travel agencies, tour and transport companies and tourism organisations in over 160 countries across the globe.

In addition to winning the Australasian category Queenstown has also been nominated for the Worlds Leading Destination award in the final round of the 2014 World Travel Awards.

Destination Queenstown CEO Graham Budd was delighted with the Australasian award win and the nomination in the World category saying it was a fantastic international accolade for Queenstown.

"Queenstown has been nominated in the Australasian category for the past four years so its very exciting for the region to take out the top spot, especially as we were up against some of Australasias most renowned visitor destinations.

"Its also great to have a shot at winning the Worlds Leading Destination title and I encourage fans of the region to vote for Queenstown," said Mr Budd.

The public can vote for Queenstown in the Worlds Leading Destination category up until 26 October and the winner will be announced at the Grand Final Gala in Marrakech, Morocco, on 29 November. To vote for Queenstown in this category visit http://www.worldtravelawards.com/vote

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PRHG Scoops Six Major Awards at the 2014 World Travel Awards

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Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) is in celebration mode once again after all three of its Cook Islands properties were honoured at the 21st annual World Travel Awards, capturing six major awards on a special night for the hotel management company. This years Australasia Gala Ceremony was held at The Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi, India and it certainly lived up to its reputation as the Travel Industrys equivalent to the Oscars.

Kicking off the night Pacific Resort Rarotonga was recognized as a regional leader for the very first time at the WTA, taking out Australasia's Leading Boutique Resort 2014 and Australasia's Leading Family Resort 2014, as well as the Cook Islands' Leading Resort award to cap off a stunning trifecta for Rarotongas leading full service resort.

Following on Pacific Resort Aitutaki was awarded two regional awards including Australasia's Leading Boutique Island Resort 2014 and Australasia's Leading Resort 2014, the ultimate regional accolade in the resort category. Rounding of the award haul for PRHG was Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa awarded Cook Islands' Leading Villa Resort 2014 for the third consecutive year firmly consolidating its position as the Cook Islands number one luxury villa property.

Pacific Resort Hotel Group chief executive officer Greg Stanaway who was in New Delhi to receive the awards on behalf of PRHG was proud and humbled by the level of recognition received for the PRHG resort portfolio.

Quite simply it is the ultimate accolade we can expect to achieve, these awards are great for our group and for the Cook Islands in total, says Stanaway. Our guests have become more sophisticated and more widely travelled than ever before, they have also become more demanding and discerning, the fact that all our resorts have been acknowledged at this level indicates we are on the right track in terms of meeting and exceeding the expectations of our valued guests.

The World Travel Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Today, the WTA brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.

Log on to http://www.pacificresort.com for more information about Pacific Resort Hotel Group - Cook Islands.

Notes to Editors

About Pacific Resort Hotel Group PRHG develop boutique Island resorts and hospitality facilities which are underpinned by a focus on local culture, the environment, and unique architectural and landscaping design to provide discerning guests an authentic South Pacific experience. PRHG successfully owns and operates two award winning resorts under the Pacific Resort brand and a new property under the Te Manava Luxury Villas & Spa brand in the Cook Islands.

About Pacific Resort Rarotonga Authentic Boutique Located in the South Pacific island nation of the Cook Islands Pacific Resort is Rarotongas leading full-service authentic boutique resort situated in an unrivaled location on the glorious white sands of Muri beach. This premium boutique resort offers a perfect blend of modern comforts and traditional island hospitality. A place where simple, lazy days meet luxurious evenings. And where the friendly, gracious staff meet your every request. For more information visit http://www.pacificresort.com

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Ireland, home of adventure capitalism

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Ireland has proven to be a major hit, with some of the biggest adventure travel specialists in the world heaping praise on the country.

This week saw Killarney in Co Kerry host the prestigious Adventure Travel World Summit a gathering of the biggest names in the travel industry.

Some 700 delegates kayaked, climbed and cycled around many of the best outdoors venues in Ireland with many tweeting and posting images of their travels all over the world.

Its the first time the event has been held in Ireland and promises to be a huge boost to Irelands growing adventure travel market.

Filte Ireland estimates that the direct economic impact from hosting the summit would be in the region of 1m, along with the significant marketing, industry education and global networking value it will also provide.

The global world adventure travel market is estimated to be worth almost $90bn and around 852m here in Ireland.

Nathan Borchelt, senior product manager for travel and adventure with National Geographic, said Ireland was moving beyond the clichs of pubs and friendly people.

No matter how much time Ive spent in Ireland, its clear that its not enough, said Nathan.

The country exceeds every known clich the pubs and the rolling hills and the kind-hearted people and the Guinness.

But, as a landscape for adventure, it feels like Ireland is defining a whole new part to its already-rich persona.

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Teens become world travelers with Girl Scout Destinations

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For two Girl Scouts of South Countys Troop 11294, summer 2014 will be remembered as a time of adventure, growth and world travel.

Claire Cromley, a sophomore at The John Cooper School, and Claire Miller, a homeschooled sophomore, both traveled overseas as part of the Girl Scouts Destinations program.

Cromley, who joined the Girl Scouts as a Daisy nine years ago, traveled to Ireland with the Destination Ireland Multi-Sport Adventure, and Miller, who has been a Girl Scout for six years, visited New Zealand, Australia and Fiji as part of Destination Amazing Oz and the South Pacific.

To be selected, the girls had to submit an application to the Girl Scout Council including references and an essay describing why they wanted to go on the respective trips.

With the help of scholarships from the Girl Scout Council and money saved up from babysitting and lifeguarding, both girls were able to make their dream trips a reality.

Miller explained that she was first drawn to the Destinations program when she went to a Girl Scout Open House several years ago and saw a booth some girls had set up sharing their experiences with Destinations.

They had these big poster boards with pictures from all their trip experiences, Miller said. They seemed very confident in themselves, which really drew me to traveling ... they told me this saying, to travel is to discover yourself. I wanted to try it out for myself.

Miller experienced her first Destinations trip to Panama and Costa Rica in 2012, where she became a certified scuba diver.

For her second Destinations trip this summer she chose the New Zealand, Australia and Fiji experience because she wanted to see someplace different.

Im a big adventurer, Miller said. So I was really into going as far as I could.

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ICC World Cup 2015 Trophy Comes to the UAE

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The ICC World Cup trophy during its visit to Zimbabwe (pic for representational use only).

Dubai: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 trophy returned to Dubai on Thursday after having embarked on a world tour, which started at the ICC headquarters in the city on July 3.

The trophy has so far visited India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea. It is scheduled to travel next to the West Indies from here.

The trophy was received at the ICC Cricket Academy by UAE coach and member of the 1992 Cricket World Cup winning Pakistan squad, Aqib Javed.

"This trophy holds a special place in every cricketer's heart. It is the biggest prize in international cricket. The UAE will be playing in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1996 and we are confident of putting in a performance that will make our fans proud," said Javed.

The UAE team recently returned from a tour of Australia, as part of an initiative of the ICC High Performance Programme, aimed at providing the four qualifying associate teams -- Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and the UAE --valuable match experience ahead of the tournament across host nations Australia and New Zealand.

World Cricket's biggest extravaganza gets underway on February 14 in Christchurch and Melbourne, with the final to be played in Melbourne on March 29.

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