Travel Weekly announced the winners of the 2012 Magellan Awards. With entries from across the U.S. and
around the world, the Magellan Award winners represent the best in the travel
industry and salute the outstanding travel professionals behind it all. The
Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau received the only silver Magellan
Award for Best Mobile App for a Destination.
“We are
honored to receive this prestigious award.
Spearheading a mobile app for Laguna Beach had been on our radar for
more than a year. Working with Phondini
Partners as our app developer and in cooperation with the City of Laguna Beach
and our Board of Directors, it came to fruition,” said Judith Bijlani, President
& CEO of the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau. The gold
Magellan was given to Visit California completing the category sweep for the
State.
Receiving over 550 entries, the
Magellan awards is the premier awards program honoring a broad range of
industry segments including Hotels and Resorts, Travel Destinations, Cruise
Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel Agents and
Agencies, Tour Operators and Car Rental Companies, the Magellan is the award to
win if you are in the business of travel according to industry professionals.
“In 2012,
creativity reached new heights among marketers and designers in the travel
industry,” said Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly. “This year’s
Magellan entries were inspiring overall, and those who ended up in the winner’s
circle truly represent the best of the best.”
The
Magellan Awards are judged and overseen by a one-of-a-kind panel of top travel
professionals representing the best names and most accomplished leaders from
the industry. In determining winners,
entries do not compete with one another, instead they are judged against a
standard of excellence based on the long experience of Travel Weekly. To
uphold this high standard of excellence, a category may have multiple winners,
or may have no winners at all.
For a
complete list of silver and gold winners, please visit www.travelweeklyawards.com.
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