The 25th World Travel Awards regional gala ceremony was held in Durban this past weekend, representing Africa and the Indian Ocean. This event forms part of the World Travel Awards’ Grand Tour to recognise excellence within each continent, ahead of the Grand Final that will be held the end of the year.
Cape Town International Airport was named Africa’s Leading Airport for the second year running. It was selected over the other nominiees, which included Cairo International Airport (Egypt ), Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Kenya), Julius Nyerere International Airport (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Kigali International Airport (Rwanda ), King Shaka International Airport (Durban, South Africa ), Mohammed V International Airport (Casablanca, Morocco ) and O.R. Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg, South Africa).
What a spectacular show put on at the #ICC in #Durban for the #WorldTravelAwards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2018 pic.twitter.com/6R3J7iWTA7
— World Travel Awards (@WTravelAwards) October 7, 2018
The elite of the travel industry assembled for the World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2018 at the Durban International Convention Centre over the weekend. Winner Africa’s Leading Airport 2018 went to Cape Town International Airporthttps://t.co/cDUXLaX3a4 pic.twitter.com/wGe4VVANv2
— World Travel Awards (@WTravelAwards) October 8, 2018
In response to this accolade, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) stated, “Airports Company South Africa is delighted to be named among the travel sector’s top performers of 2018‚ with both OR Tambo International and Cape Town International airports also being nominated for the World’s Leading Airport 2018‚ which will be announced at the World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala Ceremony on 1 December 2018 in Lisbon‚ Portugal.
Cape Town remains a firm destination of choice for global travellers and over the past few years Cape Town International Airport has shown sustained growth in passenger numbers with a 5.3% increase year on year in 2017. Growth in international passengers has been in double digits for the past few years.
The airport exceeded the 10 million passenger-per-year milestone for the first time in December 2016‚ which repeated again in December 2017 when passenger numbers significantly exceeded this mark.”
