Airline receives more awards, inflight magazine, Sawubona, voted top of class
SEYCHELLES, 2015-6-25 — /Travel PR News/ — South African Airways (SAA), the leading airline on the African continent, this weekend continued its winning streak by receiving two awards at the World Travel Awards™, where it was named Africa’s Leading Airline for 21 years in row
Besides the award as Africa’s Leading Airline, SAA’s inflight magazine, Sawubona was awarded as Africa’s leading in-flight magazine.
SAA’s low-cost carrier, Mango, was named Africa’s Leading Low-Cost Airline.
World Travel Awards™ is voted for by travel and tourism professionals worldwide, with awards presented this year at a gala ceremony at the Kempinski Seychelles Resort.
“These awards add to the recent slew of other awards we’ve received and recognises that South African Airways is committed to excellence,” says Nico Bezuidenhout, SAA Acting CEO.
Ingrid Wood, editor of Sawubona, a high-end, glossy publication said on receiving the award: “We are super thrilled with this accolade which we dedicate to the creative and hard-working teams at Ndalo Media and SAA Group Corporate Affairs responsible for putting the magazine together.”
Sawubona, the airline’s in-flight magazine, has informed and entertained travellers for almost two decades with news and information on the airline and the destinations it serves.
In the category for in-flight magazines, Sawubona competed with inflight magazines from across the world.
The latest World Travel Awards™ add to the SAA Group’s recent feat at the Paris Airshow where SAA walked off with no less than three Skytrax awards:
The airline was named as Best Airline Africa for the thirteenth consecutive year. Feedback from SAA’s customers also ensured that SAA walked away with the Best Airline Staff Service Africa award for the fourth time.
Mango, SAA’s low-cost carrier, received the award for Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa.
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About South African Airways (SAA)
South African Airways (SAA) is the leading carrier in Africa, serving 56 destinations, in partnership with SA Express, SA Airlink and its low cost carrier, Mango, within South Africa and across the continent, and nine intercontinental routes from its Johannesburg hub. It is a member of the largest international airline network, Star Alliance. SAA’s core business is the provision of passenger airline and cargo transport services together with related services, which are provided through SAA and its wholly owned subsidiaries: SAA Technical; Mango its low cost carrier; and Air Chefs, the catering entity of SAA. SAA is the winner of the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ Award in the regional category for thirteen consecutive years and the winner of ‘Service Excellence Africa’ for three years. Mango and SAA hold the number one and number two successive spots as South Africa’s most on – time airlines.
About World Travel Awards™
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.
In 2015, World Travel Awards™ will celebrate its historic 22nd anniversary year.
The annual programme is renowned as the most prestigious and comprehensive in the travel and tourism industry. In 2014, over 650,000 individual votes were cast by travel professionals and high-end tourism consumers.
Each year World Travel Awards™ covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognise and celebrate individual and collective successes within each key geographical region.
The Grand Tour of World Travel Awards™ gala ceremonies are regarded as milestone events in the industry calendar, attended by the industry’s key decision makers, chief figure heads and the leading trade and consumer media.
In 2015, the Grand Tour sees World Travel Awards™ stage regional gala ceremonies in the Middle East, Africa & the Indian Ocean, South & Central America, North America & the Caribbean, Asia & Australasia and Europe.
All regional winners then compete head to head in a final round of voting to decide who will triumph in the World Travel Awards™ world awards – the ultimate accolade in the travel and tourism industry. The winners are announced on the night of the World Travel Awards™ Grand Final at the end of the year.
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SAA Spokesperson
Tlali Tlali
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