Green Stand Awards winners revealed (GL)

SSOUTH AFRICA, Durban – Friday, 3^rd May, 2019: Africa’s Travel Indaba, for the first time in its history, awarded exhibitors who had the most environmentally friendly stand at the event.

Held on Friday, 3^rd May 2019, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (Durban ICC), the Green Stand Awards were handed out as part of the Indaba’s awards ceremony.

The big winners of the day included Classic Safari Africa, which won the platinum pavilion award, and Thompson’s Tourism, which walked away with the platinum award in the large stand category.

Executive Officer of Classic Safari Africa, Pauline Hawthorn, said the materials on their stand has been re-used for the last decade. Re-use and recycling of stand materials is one of the major criteria for the awards judges. “The tables in the stand are about 20 years old. They just needed a repaint.”

Despite the slight changes made to the materials, the company keeps to its branding values, using canvas to create the look of a tent and rustic wooden fencing to cordon off its area. “We still try to give it the look and feel of a safari,” said Hawthorn.

Classic Safari Africa, however, does not leave their sustainability values behind at Africa’s Travel Indaba. Its 37 camps around Africa are run with the environment in mind, keeping in line with the responsible tourism ethos. “A lot of our camps are responsible. Everything we do is sustainable,” said Hawthorn.

As a concept successfully tried and tested at Meetings Africa, The Green Stand Awards have proven to be as successful at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2019 and is sure to feature at next year’s Indaba.

Other award winners on the day include:

	Tour operator	Accommodation	TMO	Transport	Provincial Auth.	Southern African Development Community and Africa	Outdoor	Sponsorship
Silver	Thompsons	Dream Hotels	ATTA	Springbok Atlas	Northern Cape	TAMTAM DRC	Intercape	N/A
Gold	Axis Travel Marketing	Tsogo Sun	Natal Sharks Board	Mack Air	Limpopo Tourism Agency	Uganda Tourism Board	Experience Northern Cape	N/A
Platinum	Tourvest	Karongwe	An African Anthology	Emirates	Cape Town & Western Cape	Namibia Tourism Board	Canvas and Tent	Africology

Green Stand Award winners

	Pavilion	Large	Medium	Small
Gold	Wesgro	Aha Hotels & Lodges	The Blue Train	Ivor Manor
Platinum	Classic Africa Safari	Thompsons	Feather Bed	Onomo

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