I-World Travel Awards yethule izindawo ezizosingathwa kuzo ngo-2010 Grand Tour. Ngemva kwenqubo yokukhetha eqinile, i-Dubai (UAE), iJohannesburg (Ningizimu Afrika), i-Orlando (eFlorida, e-USA), i-Antalya (Turkey), i-New Delhi (i-India), ne-Rio de Janeiro (i-Brazil) zonke ziphumelele. Ngamunye uzoklomelisa omunye wemigubho yesiyingi Yemiklomelo Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba wonke, lapho abaphumelele badlulela ku-Grand Final e-London (UK) ngoNovemba.
Celebrating its 17th anniversary, the World Travel Awards has grown into a global search for the very best travel and tourism brands and is heralded by the Wall Street Journal as the “Oscars of the travel industry.” The growth of sport tourism – a sector now worth US$600 billion annually – is reflected strongly in the choice of this year’s WTA host venues.
IGoli - elizobamba iNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA ka-2010 - lizobamba uMkhosi wase-Afrika ngoJulayi 7, kanti osanda kugcotshwa ukusingatha ama-Olympics ka-2016 i-Rio de Janeiro izolandela ngoMkhosi waseNingizimu Melika ngo-Okthoba 20. ILondon, njengamanje ilungiselela ama-Olympics ka-2012, izosingatha i-WTA Grand Final ngoNovemba 7.
Khonamanjalo, lezo zindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezidale izimangaliso zezokuvakasha kude nenkundla yezemidlalo nazo zizobonakala ngokugqama ku-WTA Grand Tour yalo nyaka. E-UAE, isibonelo, i-Address Hotel - igugu lomqhele lokuthuthukiswa kwe-Emaar Dubai Marina - izosingatha uMkhosi waseMpumalanga Ephakathi, obonisa injabulo yaleli dolobha-ngaphakathi kwedolobha ngoMeyi 3. I-Claridges Surajkund, India, izoba bathathe induku ye-WTA ngo-Okthoba 17 kuMkhosi wase-Asia nase-Australasia. Ihhotela lokuqala lohlobo lwalo lebhizinisi eliphambili e-Delhi, indawo ehlanganisa ihhotela lebhizinisi elikhethekile elinendawo yokungcebeleka ewubukhazikhazi.
U-Graham E. Cooke, umsunguli nomongameli, i-World Travel Awards, uthe: “I-World Travel Awards imayelana nokufuna ukuphumelela kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Abasingathi bethu bamele ezinye zezindawo ezintsha nezijabulisayo ongazivakashela ngo-2010 - izindawo ezinomfutho ongaphezi wokwenza izinto kangcono bame ekilasini labo siqu."
Wengeze wathi: “Umncintiswano weWTA Grand Tour walo nyaka ngokungangabazeki uzoshisa kakhulu kunangaphambili. Sithole impendulo emangalisayo ekuziqokweni kwethu, okukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-50 ngo-2009, nabafakizicelo abavela emazweni angaphezu kuka-70 emhlabeni jikelele. Lokhu kunyuka, naphezu kokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni wonke, kukhombisa indima ebalulekile edlalwa ama-World Travel Awards manje embonini yezokuvakasha. Izinkampani eziningi zamazwe ngamazwe kunanini ngaphambili, kusukela ku-Etihad Airways kanye ne-TAP Portugal kuya e-InterContinental Hotels kanye ne-Disney, zihola imikhankaso yazo yokumaketha yomhlaba wonke ngokunqoba kwazo imiklomelo,” wengeza.
“Leli zinga lokuziphendulela liholele ekutheni i-WTA ibe 'ama-Oscars' embonini yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, esakazwa yi-BBC World News namanye amanethiwekhi emindenini engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-254 emhlabeni wonke futhi ihanjelwe abenzi bezinqumo abakhulu bemboni. Ngohwebo lwezokuvakasha, ukuwina Indondo Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba kungaphezu komklomelo - kuwukugunyazwa okuvela ezinkulungwaneni zochwepheshe abavela emhlabeni wonke, kanye nesigxivizo segolide kumthengi wokuhamba phambili okuqinisekisiwe.
“Njengoba ukuzethemba kubuyela emnothweni womhlaba ngo-2010, ama-World Travel Awards azoklomelisa labo badlali bezokuvakasha kanye nezokungcebeleka abaholayo ekuvuseleleni kabusha. Futhi uma sibheka ikhwalithi yokuqokwa okutholwe ngaphambi kwe-Grand Tour, u-2010 umiselwe ukuba ngomkhulu futhi oshisa izikhotha okwamanje kuma-World Travel Awards.”
- Imiklomelo Yomhlaba Wonke Yemiklomelo Enkulu Yokuvakasha Ka-2010 EMpumalanga Ephakathi KweGala Ceremony, Dubai, UAE, May 3, 2010
– Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 7, 2010
– I-North & Central American & Caribbean Gala Ceremony, e-Orlando, Florida, USA, September 11, 2010
- I-Europe Gala Ceremony, e-Antalya, eTurkey, ngo-Okthoba 1, 2010
– I-Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony, New Delhi, India, Okthoba 14, 2010
– I-South America Gala Ceremony, e-Rio de Janeiro, eBrazil, ngo-Okthoba 20, 2010
– Grand Final, London, UK, November 7, 2010
