Gap Adventures Named One of Canada's Best Managed Companies

TORONTO, ON, February 24, 2011 (Press-News.org) Gap Adventures, the world's adventure travel leader is thrilled to be recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. The company won the Best Managed award in 2009 and became a Requalified member in 2010. This is the fifth time Gap Adventures is being awarded the celebrated designation.

"We're delighted and honoured to receive this highly coveted stamp of excellence," says Bruce Poon Tip, founder of Gap Adventures. "This award is a testament to our fantastic team, their entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to our clients, and dedication to delivering life-changing adventures.

"As Gap Adventures' leader, I'm committed to innovation and providing our employees with the latitude to operate creatively. I strongly believe our core values differentiate our dynamic team from others and fuel our continued success," adds Poon Tip.

This prestigious national award is sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, and Queen's School of Business.

"We would like to congratulate Gap Adventures and its entire workforce. Achieving Canada's highest level of Canadian business excellence takes a united effort and we are privileged to acknowledge such a strong team," said John Hughes, Partner, Private Company Services, Deloitte. "We believe that there are three vital building blocks to sustainable growth: strategy, capability, and commitment; Gap Adventures has demonstrated it is a model of success in all three areas and is duly recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed."

"Today's market place is not just about the investment in the product; it is also about the investment in the people. Gap Adventures invests in their team to build up a strong and stable company. Canada's Best Managed Companies carries this attribute and we are pleased to say Gap Adventures is one of this year's recipients," adds Hughes.

Celebrating its 18th anniversary, Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies continues to be the mark of excellence for Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million. Every year since the launch of the program in 1993, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. The awards are granted on three levels: 1) Best Managed winner (one of the 50 new winners selected each year); 2) Requalified member (repeat winners retain the Best Managed designation for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review); 3) Platinum Club member (winners that maintain Best Managed status for a minimum of six consecutive years.) For further information, visit http://www.canadas50best.com.

About Gap Adventures
Gap Adventures is a world leader in the adventure travel industry offering small group adventures on all seven continents and beyond to more than 100,000 global travelers annually. The award-winning trips, which focus on culture, nature and active travel, are ideal for those with a sense of adventure - people who want to leave the beaten path and authentically immerse themselves in a local culture or environment to experience the real world in a sustainable manner. Demonstrating its ongoing cultural, social and economic commitment to responsible tourism, Gap Adventures established the Planeterra Foundation, as a way the company and its travellers can give back to the communities visited. For more information, please visit http://www.gapadventures.com and http://www.planeterra.org.