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Sandals Resorts International (SRI) also continued its dominance of the award for the Caribbean’s Leading Hotel Brand for the 14th year in a row, according to the 167,000 travel professionals in over 200 countries who voted for this year’s winners of the 14-year-old World Travel Awards (WTA). Hailed as the “Oscars of the travel industry”, the awards were presented at a glitzy affair December 12 at the Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa in Providenciales, attended by a large contingent of the globe’s key tourism personalities and several Hollywood big names. With late-season storm Olga dumping rain on the scenic archipelago, organisers hastily moved the ceremony indoors but managed to retain the glamour of the event and show off the versatility of the resort. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) chairman John Lynch and the Port Authority of Jamaica’s William Tatham were also there to take home the awards for Caribbean’s Leading Destination - Jamaica; Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Destination - Jamaica, and Caribbean’s Leading Tourist and Convention Bureau - JTB. For the World’s Most Romantic Resort, the honour belonged to Sandals Grande Antigua Resort and Spa for the 11th straight year; Beaches Resorts copped the World’s Leading Family All-Inclusive for the 10th year and the World’s Leading Family Resort is Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa. More Travel News

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