Intelligent Leisure Solutions and Discover.Travel Group nominated as World’s Leading Travel Agency

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 11, 2009 -
The World Travel Awards are amongst the most widely recognized awards in the travel and tourism industry, also referred to as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry” by the Wall Street Journal. In 2009, Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover.Travel Groups have been nominated for the World Travel Awards for South America`s Leading Travel Management Company and Central America`s Leading Travel Agency for the third consecutive year. In 2008, Intelligent Leisure Solutions have won both categories. (www.worldtravelawards.com/winners2008-12 and www.worldtravelawards.com/winners2008-7).  2009 Winners are to be announced soon. Thanks to the excellent voting results achieved by Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover.Travel Group in its regional categories, the Luxury Online Travel Company is now nominated as World’s Leading Travel Management Company, and Discover Brazil, part of the Discover Travel Group, as World’s Leading Travel Agency. Voting is open until September 16th 2009; votes can be cast on www.worldtravelawards.com/vote.

“We are very proud to be nominated for the 2009 World Travel Awards as World’s Leading Travel Management Company and World’s Leading Travel Agency. Have a look at our competitors: www.worldtravelawards.com/nominees2009-1 at the bottom of the page. We are in the list with the big boys and the cream of the crop of the travel industry. This is a great recognition of the excellence of service we offer to our clients with our innovative approach for Personalized Luxury Vacation Packages to South and Central America” says Robert Phillips, Managing Director of the Discover.Travel Group. “For winning these awards, we count on votes from our clients and suppliers as well as from independent travelers and travel professionals who recognize the quality of our products and our unique approach to create Ideal Tailor-made Travel Solutions for individual travelers and groups with personalized service for clients around the world based entirely online. Please vote for us and help us win these awards.”
Until the voting deadline on September 16th 2009, thousands of votes will be cast by travel professionals from 167,000 travel agencies, tour and transport companies and tourism organizations in over 160 countries across the globe to elect the winners of the World Travel Awards. Graham E. Cooke, founder and president of World Travel Awards explained: "World Travel Awards has become respected worldwide by the global industry because our overall objective is to encourage, educate and inspire travel companies and destinations to transform their performance to a completely new level of supreme excellence. “

The winners of the 2009 World Travel Awards World Category will be announced in a glamorous ceremony in London on November 8th. “These will be companies that take a balanced view, concentrating on customer engagement and on-going product innovation, while continuing to scrutinize costs and yield,” said Cooke.

For further information on travel destinations, services, hotels and contact with a specialized travel consultant please visit the Discover.Travel Group’s websites http://www.Discover.Travel, http://www.DiscoverBrazil.com, http://www.DiscoverSouthAmerica.Travel and www.DiscoverCentralAmerica.Travel.

Recent accomplishments by Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover.Travel Group:
•         2008 Ulysses Award for Innovation in Tourism Enterprises from the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization),
•         World Travel Award 2008 for South America’s Leading Travel Management Company,
•         World Travel Award 2008 for Central America’s Leading Travel Agency,
•         Managing Partner Robert Phillips was elected ASTA Chapter President for Brazil.
•         Selected by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism as an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.  
•         Authenticated by the Tralliance Corporation and the .Travel Registry.

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