DTCM wins British Travel Awards

The British Travel Awards is the largest awards programme in the UK created to reward the best companies in travel. Recognised by consumers and travel professionals throughout the UK, The British Travel Awards are widely referred to as the 'Oscars' of the travel industry and are easily the most recognizable of all travel industry accolades amongst consumer and industry professionals alike.

The BTA recognition comes close on the heels of DTCM UK and Ireland office who were presented with the Best Tourist Board award in September by the leading travel trade publication Travel Trade Gazette (TTG) - an award voted for principally by the UK travel agents.

Mr. Khalid A bin Sulayem, DTCM Director General, said:

"The recognition by both travel industry decision-makers and consumers is a matter of great pride and satisfaction for all of us at the DTCM. This will motivate us to raise the bar for our services offered to the travel industry and tourists, especially in the UK which remained a top source market for Dubai's tourism industry. Winning 'best tourist board' awards twice in the space of just a few months is a huge achievement for the DTCM and its team in London."

He praised the hard work and dedication of the staff members at the DTCM office in London headed by Mr. Ian Scott who received the award at a dinner event attended by over 1000 travel industry professionals.

Mr. Ian said a panel of senior travel industry figures looked at the activities of tourist boards in the UK and DTCM emerged as the very best. This is the first time ever that DTCM's UK and Ireland office has won the 'best tourist board' awards.

He said industry recognition was critically important as it raises the DTCM profile and also validates that the work being done by DTCM was setting the standard in the UK travel industry, more important than ever in such challenging times.

Deloitte LLP audited the votes which were collected online until 30 September to ensure The British Travel Awards maintains its reputation for integrity, independence and transparency.

It begins with industry nominations in all categories from April until 16 June to arrive at a suggested shortlist of nominees before open consumer and industry voting begins in July.

With categories spanning over seventy types of holiday experiences, transport, destination, cruise, customer service, holiday extras, and accommodation - The British Travel Awards is quite simply the benchmark for excellence when it comes to finding out who really is the best in the business. With over 90,000 votes cast in 2008 - The British Travel Awards is the largest arbiter of public opinion on the UK travel industry today.