Durban Tourism is forging ahead with its mandate of ensuring that Durban is a destination of choice by creating world-class tourism products for local and international markets.
This comes as the winners of the 2023 Durban Tourism Business Award’s Exceptional Achievement categories recently participated at the Internationale Tourismus Borse (ITB) Berlin Trade Show in Germany from March 5 to 7. This international study tour was fully paid for by Durban Tourism as part of the award winners’ prizes.
The winners are Shakila Maharaj, who founded the Inclusive Tourism Forum honoured under the Product Owners with Disabilities and developer of Shazacin Accessible Media. A first in the country and continent, the company aims to shift audio description into the digital space.
The Living Room Summer Hill Estate won under the hospitality category while Carlos Correia took honours in the investment category for the leading multi-billion rand Westown development.
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