KASTEL LUKSIC, CROATIA, November 08, 2012 (Press-News.org) Croatian Minister of Tourism Veljko Ostojiæ and the new Director of Croatian Tourist Board Head Office Meri Matešiæ were presented with the Travel Agents Award for 2012 in the category Up and Coming Short Haul Destination of the Year during a press conference held at one of the most important travel expos in the world - World travel Market in London.
Travel Agents Choice Award is the only travel awards entirely nominated and voted for by travel retailers in the United Kingdom. All the winners were announced on the Sellinglonghaul.com website.
The Travel Agents Choice Awards is organised annually by BMI Publishing Limited, the publisher of UK's leading travel magazine - "Selling Long Haul". The awards recognise and reward the travel industry's star performers and are the only travel awards entirely nominated and voted for by travel retailers and opinion makers in the United Kingdom
Commenting on the award, Director of the Croatian Tourist Board Head office Meri Matešiæ said „We are delighted to have been recognised as the Upcoming Short Haul Destination of the Year. Operating in such a competitive market as the UK one, it is a great achievement to be recognised by our professional travel retail partners as an outstanding holiday destination".
This award is another great acknowledgement for Croatia in its most successful tourist season to date as well as a confirmation of continuous growth in Great Britain, a market which showed a whopping 23% increase in 2012. Furthermore, ABTA, UK's largest association of travel agencies has chosen Croatia as the host of its 2013 annual conference which will be held in October in Dubrovnik and it will gather more than 700 tourism experts and travel agencies.
During the press conference, Minister Ostojiæ and HTZ director Matešiæ both presented the newest efforts in the affirmation of Croatian wines and gastronomy. The journalists had the opportunity to taste some outstanding Croatian wine under the watchful eye of Joe Wadsack, The Sunday Express and Good Food Channel Wine Guru who stated that Croatia is an extremely exciting wine destination both in terms of variety and its autochthonous grape sorts.
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Croatia Wins Travel Agents Choice Awards 2012
The UK travel trade publication Selling Short Breaks has announced the winners of its Travel Agents Choice Awards 2012, with Croatia picking up an award for 'Up and Coming Short Haul Destination of the Year'
2012-11-08
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[Press-News.org] Croatia Wins Travel Agents Choice Awards 2012The UK travel trade publication Selling Short Breaks has announced the winners of its Travel Agents Choice Awards 2012, with Croatia picking up an award for 'Up and Coming Short Haul Destination of the Year'