Routes Africa Awards Winners Announced!

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MANCHESTER, England, July 9 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ -

     Kilimanjaro International Airport takes top spot in 4th regional heat of

2013

    Last night during an impressive networking evening which took place on the

stunning Lakeside Pool Lawns of the Speke Resort, which sits right on Lake

Victoria, Uganda, Kilimanjaro International Airport was announced as winner of

the African heat of this year's Routes Airport Marketing Awards. Over 300

aviation professionals were gathered to witness the presentation of the awards

and to take part in the 8th Routes Africa - the largest route development event

for the entire African region, which this year is hosted by the Civil Aviation

Authority of Uganda and Entebbe International Airport.

    "This has been one of the most amazing evenings for us at Kilimanjaro

International Airport to win this award," said Christine Mwakatobe, Business

Development Manager, Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company, after collecting

the award, continuing: "We would like to thank all of the airlines that serve

the airport for voting for us in this process and we are pledging our

commitment that we will keep working hand-in-hand with all of our partners.

Thank you for trusting in us and believing in us and giving us this wonderful

opportunity to show the rest of Africa what we are doing at Kilimanjaro

International Airport."

    The Routes Airport Marketing Awards have become synonymous with recognising

and rewarding the highest standards of marketing activities undertaken by

airports. The 2013 awards will see a number of innovations including taking a

blended approach to the nomination process, meaning the final nominees will

include a number of airports who will be shortlisted using our online voting

form together with a number of airports who have been selected by a panel of

industry experts drawn from the airline network planning community. This year

the awards were split into two categories based on the size of the airport and

also a new tourism award for best destination marketing campaign by a tourism

authority.

    "We would like to congratulate all of the winners and highly commended

airports and tourism authorities in this regional heat of the 2013 awards.

Kilimanjaro International Airport has delivered true route development

results," said Nigel Mayes VP Commercial - Routes, UBM Live explaining:

"Launching three new international airlines, Qatar Airways, Kenya Airways and

Turkish Airlines, in the last year is a fantastic achievement along with

delivering on a clear air service development strategy which was set out three

years ago."

    Kilmanjaro were also named as the winner from the Under 4 Million

Passengers category with Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ranked

top from the Over 4 Million Passengers category and the Destination Marketing

Award went to Seychelles Tourism Board.

    The full list of companies shortlisted under each award category were as

follows:

    Over 4 Million Passengers

    - Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Winner

    - Casablanca - Mohammed V International Airport - Highly Commended

    - Addis Ababa - Bole International Airport

    - Algiers - Houari Boumediene Airport

    - Cairo International Airport

    Under 4 Million Passengers

    - Kilimanjaro International Airport - Winner & Overall Winner

    - Dar es Salaam - Julius Nyerere International Airport - Highly Commended

    - Accra - Kotoka International Airport

    - Luanda - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

    - Maputo International Airport

    Destination Marketing Award

    - Seychelles Tourism Board - Winner

    - Tourism KwaZulu-Natal - Highly Commended

    - Mozambique Tourism Authority

    - Zambia Tourism Board

    - Zimbabwe Tourism Authority

    As overall winner of this regional heat, Kilimanjaro International Airport

will be automatically shortlisted for the World Routes Airport Marketing Awards

which will take place at the event in Las Vegas, 5-8 October 2013. Kilimanjaro

join San Diego International Airport, Changi Airport Group and Munich Airport

who were announced as overall winners of the Americas, Asia and Europe heats

respectively, earlier in the year.

    Notes to Editors

    About Routes

    - Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events

      through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year,

there is one global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the

Americas and CIS respectively. http://www.routesonline.com

    - Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd.,

a consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.

      http://www.asm‐global.com [http://www.asm%E2%80%90global.com ]

    - Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.

      From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and

Exhibition become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.

    - UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across

five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products,

promote their brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as

MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes

portfolio of events, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions,

conferences, awards programs, publications, websites and training and

certification programs are an integral part of the marketing plans of companies

across more than 20 industry sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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    Source: UBM Live Routes Ltd