
The World Travel Awards™ was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Today, the World Travel Awards™ brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire. Each year, World Travel Awards™ covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to celebrate the achievements and strengths of the travel industry, within each key geographical region.
As a leading portfolio of privately owned hotels and eco-escapes; Mantis Collection has a presence on all 7 continents of the world. This family-run luxury hospitality brand is entrenched in the hospitality and tourism industry through development, marketing, management, conservation and education. The Mantis property is almost always set off the beaten path, an example of the best of its kind, and an authentic celebration of that makes its location unique.
Mantis received the World Travel Award for being Africa’s Leading Boutique Hotel Brand, as well as Africa’s Leading Hotel Brand.
The winners in the portfolio were:
Ghana’s Leading Boutique Hotel 2017: Villa Monticello Ghana’s Leading Hotel 2017: Villa Monticello Ghana’s Leading Hotel Suite 2017: Kwame Nkrumah Suite @ Villa Monticello Namibia’s Leading Tented Safari Camp 2017: Ichingo Chobe River Lodge
Africa’s Leading Boutique Hotel Brand 2017: Mantis Collection
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