About the Tanzania Tourism Awards
TTB established the Tanzania Tourism Awards in 2001, both to express its support and appreciation to the travel professionals and media who have worked hard promoting and selling Tanzania from the world tourism market, and as an incentive to increase the numbers even more in the coming years.

The 2007 Award Honorees

2007 Tour Operator Product Development Award: Tauck World Discovery
Tauck World Discovery, based in Connecticut, is perhaps one of the world's most highly regarded name in upscale, escorted travel. Tauck has been leading escorted luxury safaris in Tanzania since 2001, and last year Tauck increased the number of guests it brings to Tanzania by over 54%. That growth resulted in part from the introduction of a new 'Tauck Bridges" family-oriented safari program in Tanzania that drew rave reviews from travelers and quickly sort-out This year, 2007, safes of the Bridges Tanzania safari are currently 75% ahead of where they were a year ago.
Tauck, offering over 100 land, cruise, safari and family itineraries in more than 6O countries worldwide has won over 50 awards, including being named the "World's Best Safari Outfitter & Tour Operator' three times by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine.

2007 Cruise / Port Of Call Development Award: Micato Safaris and Silversea Cruises
The reopening of the famous Kilimanjaro Hotel by Kempinski in December 2005, launched an exciting revitalization program for the Port of Dar es Salaam, geared to make the city once again till commercial capital of East Africa. Since then, there has been a new focus on developing the Cruise market and shore excursions. Silversea Cruises include Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar on their Indian Ocean Itineraries. Although port of call visits are usually only one day, Micato Safaris has worked with Silversea to offer pre or post 6-14 day safaris in Tanzania.
This enables the passengers the opportunity to debark at ports prior to Tanzania and then rejoin the cruise in Dar es Salaam, or debark in Dar es Salaarn, go on safari and then fly and rejoin the cruise at another port.

Micato Safaris, Micato Safaris has been voted the 'World's Best Tour Operator & Safari Outfitter" by Travel & Leisure magazine -for the fourth consecutive year.
Today, with destinations around the globe, Silversea is recognized as the defining elite luxury experience and is regularly lauded by leading consumer and trade publications including accolades as voted the "World's Best" by the reactors of Conde Nast Traveler rune times; and the readers of Travel & Leisure voted six times as the best small ship cruise line; as well as the highest possible accolades from leading guide books including: Six Stars, Fielding's Guide Worldwide Cruises (1996-1999) and Six-plus Ribbons, awarded by Stern's Cruise Guide for nine consecutive editions (1997 - 2005}

2007 Airline Award - Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways, since March 25, 2007 has been operating daily flights to Dar es Salaam from Doha, will offer new air access to the North American market with the launch of transatlantic service in June Jo both Newark. New Jersey (serving the New York City Metropolitan area) and Washington, DC's Duties Airport.  
This additional air access to Tanzania will be of great support in TTB's campaign to make the US as the #1 source market for tourism to Tanzania worldwide, Qatar Airways only 10 years old, has grown in reputation as a "five - star* airline and serves 70 destinations worldwide

2007 Luxury Lodge Ecotourism Award: Singita Grumeti Reserves
Singita Grumeti Reserves, one of the world's most luxurious eco-tourism resorts, brings to the Tanzania Safari experience a new "seven star" luxury, combined with & commitment to the environment and the community around it. Backed by American financier and environmental philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones, the 340,000 acre (140 000 hectare) resort is located on the western boundary of the Serengeti National Park.
The concession is comprised of Ikorongo Game Reserve, Grumeti Game Reserve arid Fort Ikoma Open Area, As a privately held concession, it offers seclusion ana exclusivity, highlighted by the annual wildebeest migration, which passes through these areas in the months of June, July and August and again in November.
Three exceptional lodges have been constructed in Grurneti Reserves: Sasakwa Hill Lodge (a member of the Relais & Chateaux Collection), a hilltop lodge in the style of an English manor home with awe-inspiring views over the Serengeti plains, Each of these three spectacular locations is positioned ideally on the renowned migrator/ route traversed annually by more than a million wildebeest and home to large herds cy resident game that give incredible game viewing all year round.
The mission of Grumeti Reserves is to rehabilitate and improve the indigenous biodiversity of the western Serengeti-Mara system to the benefit of local communities and districts, as well as national, and intemationa! stakeholders, through practices that are financially sustainable, environmentally and culturally responsible, and politically acceptable.
Grumeti Reserves has also done a great deal of work for its neighboring community, establishing the Grumeti Community & Wildlife Conservation Fund (the 'Grumeti Fund1), which has invested heavily in the region Among the conservation projects undertaken by the Fund is the planned reproduction of 25 Black Rhino to the Serengeti eco-system. The Fund has built schools, clinics and provided drinking water to communities in the area

Media Award 2007: USA Today
USA TQDAY: the only national newspaper in the US, with a worldwide distribution and website, together with ABC TVs Good Morning America,  the site of the Great Animal Migration, Serengeti National Park; where 85% of the Great Animal Migration takes place, as the new "7th Wonder of the World" on November 17, 2007   USA Today featured Serengeti in both the USA Today print edition, read by more than 2 million readers in the US alone, as well as featured the story on the USA Today web site.
Author Bruce Feiler (Walking in the Bible), one of the panelists who selected the Seven New Wonders, notes in USA TODAY that "the Serengeti is not only a natural wonder that takes your breath away, but it symbolizes years of human endeavor to conserve the natural world." He continues: "it transplants you to a time when humans were secondary on earth."