09-07-2014: Last chance to boost Joburg nominees in 2014 Lilizela awards[#VOTE LILIZELA 2014]
With voting closing in five days, now’s the time to support Joburg’s players in the tourism space by going on line and voting for nominees in the 2014 Lilizela Awards at www.lilizela.co.za.
Introduced last year, the Lilizela Tourism Awards are the country’s premier tourism award programme for businesses in South Africa, aiming to reward and celebrate excellence across the tourism industry.
These awards set the standard for global excellence, rewarding those who strive for an extraordinary visitor experience, spurring arrivals growth and destination competitiveness in so doing.
Lilizela is an Nguni word which means to ululate, an act of congratulations when someone has done something well. Lilizela is a name that truly distinguishes these uniquely African awards from the mainstream. These Awards recognise and reward tourism players and businesses who work passionately and with pride to deliver a world class product and service and whose delivery grows South Africa’s global destination competitiveness.
The 2014 Lilizela Awards will recognise industry players within 4 Focus Areas reflecting 7 Categories with the 8th Category being the Minister’s Award.
1. Focus Area and Category – The Minister’s Award
Recognises outstanding, unique, impactful people, events, organisations that have performed in a manner that urges the industry closer to tourism’s 2020 vision (to grow arrivals to 15 million and create 225 000 new jobs by 2020. Total direct and indirect GDP contribution target from R189,4 billion (2009) to R499 billion (2020).
2. Focus Area: Service Excellence
This Focus Area has three Categories, and how well tourism products are doing in this area, will, to a very large degree, be based on guest feedback. Measurements have been put in place to allow the public to cast their vote.
The Accommodation sector was the only one recognised during the first year of the awards. This year, Visitor Experience of the Year as well as the Tourist Guide of the Year have been added and will also be recognised.
Visitor Experiences will include Scenic Beauty, Roots and Culture, Adventure and Activities, Wildlife, Lifestyle, Beach Experience and Lap of Luxury, Tourist Guides will include Nature Guides, Adventure Guides and Culture Guides.
3. Focus Area and Category: Entrepreneurship
The ETEYA Lilizela Award (Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award) recognises black owned SMME’s who have achieved notable success since starting up.
4. Focus Area: Sustainable Development
This focus area includes three categories – Imvelo, Universal Accessibility as well as BBB-EE.
The Lilizela IMVELO Awards include: Best Social Involvement Programme, Best Practice Economic Impact, Best Overall Environment Management System and Best Single-Resource Programme (Water, Energy and Waste).
To achieve transformation in the tourism sector and to encourage enterprises to view B-BBEE as a business imperative, a part of good corporate citizenship and good governance and as a contribution towards socioeconomic cohesion, BBEE Awards recognising Exempted Micro Enterprises, Qualifying Small Enterprises as well as Large Enterprises will be up for grabs.
Joburg 2014 Lilizela Awards Nominees
Visitors’ Experience
EstablishmentCategory
The Maboneng PrecinctCulture & Lifestyle
Constitution HillCulture & Lifestyle
Bill Harrop's "Original" Balloon SafarisAction & Adventure
Past Experiences - Johannesburg Inner City ExperienceCulture & Lifestyle
ETEYA Tour Operator
EstablishmentName
Ihlaba Isamila Tour OperatorsMbali Zwane
Tourist Guides
CategoryName
Cultural GuidesBheki Dube
Cultural GuidesJo Buitendach
Accommodation: MESE
Establishment
the forum | the campus
Guest House & Bed & Breakfast
Establishment
Dalberry Guest House
Liz at Lancaster Guest House
Hyde Park Villas
Accommodation: Hotels
Establishment
City Lodge Katherine Street
Town Lodge Roodepoort
City Lodge Morningside
Protea Hotel Balalaika
Courtyard Rosebank
Town Lodge Grayston
Da Vinci Hotel & Suites
Town Lodge Midrand
Courtyard Sandton
Road Lodge Southgate
Road Lodge Randburg
City Lodge Bryanston
Road Lodge Rivonia
The Oasis Signature Hotel
Please cast your valuable vote at www.lilizela.co.za!
Ends
Released by:Laura Vercueil : PR & Communication Manager
Johannesburg Tourism
Tel: +27 11 214 0700
Email: ljvercueil1@gmail.com
Soweto Tourism Information Centre
Tel: +27 11 342 4316
Park Station Tourism Information Centre
Tel: +27 11 333 1488
Operating hours 08:00 – 17:00 Monday - Friday
Info Line 0860 333 999
www.joburgtourism.com
