Singita Game Reserves Southern Africa has been named winner for the Africa Region in the inaugural ILTM ultra.travel Awards, announced at this year’s International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) in Cannes. Lew Rood (Singita PR and Trade Relations Manager) accepted the award from Dr Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11 Astronaut and second man on the moon in 1969), at a special awards ceremony held on the 7th of December.

A partner initiative of luxury travel website www.ultra.travel and ILTM, the leading annual ‘business to business’ event for the global luxury travel community, the ILTM ultra.travel Awards has been created to recognise the best, and most memorable luxury travel experiences across the globe. Voting in five distinctive geographical categories took place during the month of October, with Singita emerging the clear winner for Africa. 

Lew Rood expressed his appreciation on behalf of Singita: ‘It is particularly momentous to take top honours in Africa by members of the luxury travel market who rated us against the finest hotels on the continent.  We are delighted to be in the spotlight as it were, at both the ILTM Ultratravel Forum, where decision makers and key players in luxury travel congregate, as well as on the ultra.travel website, which is frequented by premium travellers seeking attractive destinations and experiences for their next luxury vacation.’

Africa’s premier operator of luxury game lodges, and multi-award winner of virtually every hotel and travel award since its inception in the mid-90’s – including ‘Best Hotel in the World’ in the US Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2008, several of Singita’s lodges proudly carry the Relais & Chateaux mark of excellence.

The Singita signature combines unsurpassed luxury and exceptional hospitality on prime Big Five game viewing land, underscored by a philosophy of always ‘touching the earth lightly’. The focus of Singita is not only game viewing, cuisine, wine, high design and luxury, but also an uncompromising dedication to conservation and sustainability, which includes several significant community projects.

Recognised internationally as providing ‘the best safari experience in Africa’, the Singita product offering includes nine iconic, low-impact, high-end lodges in four destinations including the Kruger National Park and Sabi Sand in South Africa, as well as in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

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