We are pleased to announce we have recently been awarded two Bronze awards for Best Travel Website and Best Tour Operator by Wanderlust, the UK’s leading travel magazine.
The awards were voted for by the public so a huge thanks to all who took the time to nominate us, we’re absolutely delighted!
Australia has sadly been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, but as the floods recede and the Queensland clear-up mission is well under way, Australia Day (26 January) has come at the ideal time for a much-needed celebration - as well as providing fund-raising opportunities to help the victims of the floods.
And there is much to celebrate! Australia has 2 entries amongst the final 28 natural sites vying to be named one of the New7Wonders of Nature, with both Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef featured. After a 2 year campaign, voting closes on 10 November 2011 and the final New7Wonders of Nature will be announced on 11 November 2011.
Also featured in the final 28 are Canada’s tidal wonder at the Bay of Fundy and New Zealand’s majestic Milford Sound. You can view the full list of finalists and vote for your favourites here.
If you would like to make a donation to assist the victims of Australia's recent floods, please click here.
The 22-23 October sees the return of Wildscreen’s WildPhotos event, the UK’s premier photography symposium for those passionate about nature photography.
With a sensational line-up of the world’s finest nature photographers and industry experts, this two-day event, held at the Royal Geographical Society in London, promises to inspire and enthuse. The impressive line up of international speakers led by David Doubilet (USA) includes Mark Carwardine (UK), Danny Ellinger (Netherlands), Charlie Hamilton James (UK) and Stefano Unterthiner (Italy) and many more.
The event will close with a series of unique behind the scenes presentations by winners of the 2010 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (winners names to be announced on 21 October 2010).
Tickets and a full programme are now available. A one-day ticket costs £110; two-day tickets are £180.
Join us there and find out more about our wildlife holidays and maybe you could start taking award winning wildlife shots! Find out more and to book your tickets »
In addition, clients visiting our stand will have the chance to win either a signed print by Iceland’s leading photographer Ragnar TH Sigurdsson or a signed copy of his stunning photo book “Eyjafjallajokull, untamed nature”.
Once again the readers of Ultratravel, the Telegraph's prestigious travel magazine, have voted for Australia as their 'Best Holiday Destination', with New Zealand a close runner-up. Despite economic crises, airline strikes and erupting volcanoes there is still an enduring fascination with our Antipodean friends. With such a strong shared history and similarities in language and humour, plus a truly enviable lifestyle, it's not surprising that British travellers are prepared to spend 24 hours flying to the other side of the world to their favourite destinations.
As Ultratravel explains:
“Oz clinches the title for the third year in a row, for its superb climate, glorious beaches, fine food and New World wines – all in the palatable comfort zone of a country that shares a common language, humour and love of sport with visiting Poms.”
Call us biased, but we couldn't agree more!!
Enjoyed your holiday with us within the last year? Want to shout about your fantastic experience? Would like to recommend Discover the World to a wider audience?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then click here to nominate Discover the World in the Guardian Readers’ Travel Award 2009 and be entered into a prize draw to win £20,000 worth of prizes!
All you need to do is fill in a questionnaire about your holiday and potentially win another holiday – a great opportunity if ever there was one.
But hurry…your last chance to do this is tomorrow - Saturday 18 April!
Following the Telegraph Travel Awards in November it is great to see that readers have voted Iceland into the top 4 European countries to visit! To further the celebration, for the third consecutive year New Zealand was voted the top non-European country, closely followed by Australia. Voted by The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph readers, this success is fantastic news for both destinations.
This comes as no surprise to me...Iceland a land shaped by nature, stunning scenery comprised of cascading waterfalls, sweeping glaciers and geothermal wonders can capture anyone's heart. New Zealand with truly incredible scenery, an array of exciting and fun-filled activities and experiences, fascinating culture and intriguing wildlife there really is something for everyone in the ‘land of the long white cloud’. So in short I can safely say I have a great fondness of both New Zealand and Iceland and feel they deservedly win these awards!
Hotel Borg in Reykjavik, Iceland, has been named by the Sunday Times Travel Magazine as one of the world’s 100 best hotels! Actually, this is comes as no surprise to me. After staying there recently I can safely say that it deservedly is ‘the’ place to stay in Reykjavik, situated near the national parliament on a grassy square and just a stones throw away from the main shopping street and nightlife.
Hotel Borg is a beautiful 4-star Art Deco hotel recently restored to its original Art Deco style and furnished to an extremely high standard with every detail noted to perfection from the
door handles to the overall decor and ambience, I could not fault it. Even the breakfast room is a delight, as I strolled sleepily down to breakfast I was pleasantly surprised by a beautifully candle lit hallway leading to the old English style breakfast room. To further Hotel Borg’s appeal they have a beautifully designed restaurant Silfur that takes a modern stance to the Art Deco style and serves delicious French cuisine by an award-winning chef.
Whether you are on a romantic city break or on a self-drive holiday to Iceland, I highly recommend a stay at Hotel Borg, one of the world’s 100 best hotels.
We are delighted to have clinched the top Kiwi tourism award last night, being named ‘Travel Specialist of the Year 2007’ at the glittering ‘New Zealand Tourism Awards’ ceremony held at London’s Hurlingham Club.
Now in their seventh year, the awards are jointly sponsored by Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand. They aim to recognise excellence in product development, marketing and sales work undertaken by the UK travel industry to promote tourism to New Zealand.
As well as the winning ‘Travel Specialist of the Year’, Discover the World also claimed the prize for ‘Best Online Content’ and was highly commended for Best New Zealand Marketing/Promotional Campaign and also for Best New Zealand Consumer Publication. Liz Lunnon, New Zealand product manager from Discover the World was presented the coveted ‘Supreme Award’ by Hayley Westenra, the top New Zealand soprano who also gave a stunning performance for guests during the evening.
Scott Carr, Air New Zealand’s General Manager for Europe said that the standard of entries was increasing each year reflecting the tremendous effort put in by the trade in selling New Zealand. He says “Discover the World really stood out as the number one specialist, setting the benchmark for marketing New Zealand. Its in-depth knowledge and innovation was apparent at all levels from product development and website content, to the ‘can do’ and passionate enthusiasm of their staff - inspiring the British traveller seek out New Zealand’s hidden gems.”
Twenty-one operators and specialist retailers entered the awards. Categories included marketing and promotion, on-line content, sales performance and product development.
Discover the World are absolutely delighted and quite overwhelmed with all of the awards. All of our hard work has certainly paid off! Well done to us all!
We are delighted to annouce that the readers of Wanderlust magazine have voted Discover the World as one of the 'Top 10 Tour Operators' out of 595 named in their 2007 Travel Awards. We accepted the award during the well-attended ceremony at Destinations, Earls Court which you can visit this weekend. Why not come and say hello, you can find out about all of our exciting holidays and the destinations we offer or discuss any holiday ideas you might have. We will be exhibiting at Stand AP14 until Sunday 4th February, see you there!
Well done Discover the World! It is great to hear that the website discover-antarctica.co.uk was highly commended for category 'Best Travel Website of the Year' at the Guardian/Observer Travel Awards ceremony held in Cape Town. Favourite long-haul destination voted by readers was New Zealand and Best European Destination was Sweden. To check out the full list of winners click here...
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