The Tribune

Sandals Emerald Bay has taken top spot as ‘Leading Conference Hotel’ in this year’s World Travel Awards and North American Gala Ceremony (WTA), making it the brand’s first resort to ever clinch the category at these awards.

And, for the third consecutive year, the Exuma resort was named the ‘Caribbean’s Leading Luxury All-Inclusive Resort’. It also came away with the award for being the ‘Bahamas’ Leading Golf Resort’.

On New Providence, Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island received awards for being the ‘Caribbean’s Leading Resort’, and for the third consecutive year and fifth time overall, grabbed top spot as the ‘Bahamas’ Leading Spa Resort’.

“We truly value the recognition we receive at the World Travel Awards,” said Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, chairman of Sandals Resorts International.

“These awards reflect our unwavering dedication to always providing our guests with the best possible experiences and maintaining top luxury standards within the travel industry.”

With a total of 14 trophies from this year’s awards ceremony, more than any year past, Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts claimed a first-time award in the ‘Leading Conference Hotel’ category.

The World Travel Awards were established in 1993 for the express purpose of acknowledging and celebrating achievements in all areas of the world’s travel and tourism industry, and are hailed as “the Oscars of the travel industry”.

This year’s voting campaign reached a total of 348,325 travel professionals and consumers worldwide in more than 22 countries. Nominations for this year’s World Travel Awards were based on the previous year’s voting.