Buccament Bay Resort wins “Caribbean’s Leading New Hotel 2012" at World Travel Awards

Harlequin Hotels & Resorts is thrilled to announce that the luxury, all-inclusive Buccament Bay Resort has won the prestigious World Travel Awards’ (WTA) “Caribbean’s Leading New Hotel” category for 2012, as well as a second award for “Leading Spa Resort 2012” in St Vincent & The Grenadines.

 

The WTA awards programme, hailed as “the Oscars of the travel industry” by the global media, highlights and rewards those travel brands that have made the greatest contribution to the industry over the past year.

 

In winning “Caribbean’s Leading New Hotel” for 2012, Buccament Bay Resort beat the likes of Hotel Riu Palace Bavaro (Dominican Republic) and The Hotel Chocolat (St Lucia), whilst the St Vincent & The Grenadines “Leading Spa Resort” honour was awarded over competitors like Palm Island Resort, Petit St Vincent Resort and Young Island Resort.

 

Here are the full details of each award:

 

Winner: Buccament Bay Resort		Winner: Buccament Bay Resort
Nominees		Nominees
Cofresi Palm Resort, Dominican Republic		Canouan Resort
Hotel Riu Palace Bavaro, Dominican Republic		Palm Island Resort
The Hotel Chocolat, St Lucia		Petit St. Vincent Resort
The Magdalena Grand Beach Resort, Tobago		The Cotton House
		Young Island Resort

 

 

WTA was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 19th anniversary, it is regarded as the very highest achievement that a travel product could hope to receive.

 

A packed delegation of VIPs, senior tourism figures and international media travelled from more than 30 nations to attend WTA’s Caribbean & The Americas Ceremony 2012, which was supported by Turks & Caicos Tourist Board and Scotiabank.

 

To find out more, please visit: www.worldtravelawards.com