Singita Outshines Top Hotels Around the Globe:
Voted Best in the World Three Times

Cape Town, 10 July 2008: South Africa’s premier safari brand, Singita, scooped no less than three major international travel awards when it was named Best Hotel in the World, Best Small Hotel in the World and Best Hotel in Africa and the Middle East in the US Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2008. The result of an extensive reader’s survey, the Travel + Leisure winners were announced earlier in the USA on NBC’s Today Show.

Singita is the first South African property to have won these prestigious accolades three times (2004, 2006 and 2008), since the Travel + Leisure awards were introduced 13 years ago.

Luke Bailes, CEO of Singita Game Reserves said that it was a rare honour and an extraordinary tribute for Singita to be voted their guests’ number one hotel experience world-wide. ‘At Singita, which means ‘place of miracles’ in Shangaan, we set out to create an unforgettable safari experience for our guests in a world-class eco-environment of luxury and high design. Winning 3 of the world’s leading travel awards for the third time, serves as a true inspiration for us to continue doing so.’

The Travel + Leisure winners were selected via a questionnaire developed by the editors of Travel + Leisure magazine, in association with Harris Interactive, which was made available to Travel + Leisure subscribers during the first quarter of this year. Respondents reported where they had traveled worldwide, and rated only the destinations, properties, and companies that were relevant to their recent travel experiences.  The Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards can be viewed online at http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest.

Winners will be honoured at a Travel + Leisure awards ceremony in New York City on July 24th.