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The Abuja Transcorp Hilton Hotel has for the 8th year running, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel Awards in four categories, with prizes for Nigeria’s Leading Hotel and Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite and for the first time, Nigeria’s Leading City Hotel.
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward, and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries.
The 5-star hotel was announced the winner of prestigious industry awards at successive gala ceremonies on two continents in Africa and Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel at the 2022 Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony which took place at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Kenya.
Commenting on the awards, General Manager, Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Bulent Tarlan, said: “It is a great honour to receive World Travel Awards and World Luxury Hotel and Restaurant Awards at the same time.
“Every day our over 1, 000 Team Members work hard to create exceptional experiences for our guests.
“The awards are a fitting reward for the hard work and dedication of our Team Members.”
Transcorp Hilton Abuja was also honoured with the award for Nigeria’s Best MICE Hotel at the 2022 World MICE Awards Gala Ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton, Amman, Jordan.
In the same month, World Luxury Awards presented the hotel with the World Luxury Hotel Award for the 3rd time, and the World Luxury Restaurant Award for Zuma Grill for the 1st time, at the Gala Ceremony of the 2022 World Luxury Awards hosted at the magnificent Swandor Hotels & Resorts Topkapi Palace in Antalya, Turkey.
World Luxury Hotel Awards and World Luxury Restaurant Awards, were established in 2006 and 2015 respectively, as the pinnacle of achievement in the luxury hotel and restaurant industry offering international recognition as voted by guests, travelers, and industry players alike.
Transcorp Hilton Abuja emerged winner of both prestigious awards through a voting process open to the public as well as the travel industry.
According to Mrs. Dupe Olusola, Transcorp Hotels Plc Managing Director/CEO: “We are proud to be named Africa’s leading business hotel for the eighth consecutive year.
“We have continued to deliver exceptional service to our customers, reinventing ourselves and redefining hospitality in line with our mission.
“Having improved our leisure offering over the past two years, we are very happy to have added Nigeria’s Leading City Hotel and World Luxury Restaurant Award to our list of awards this year.”
•PHOTO: L-R; Transcorp Hilton Abuja top shots: Friday Daniel – Director of Sales; Segun Oduwole – Head of Business Development and Operations; Ifeanyi Nnadi – Assistant Public Relations & Marketing Manager at the 2022 World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Kenya.)
