Service Excellence

Visitor Experiance of the Year

Visitor Experiance of the Year
Visitor Experiance of the Year
The Visitor Experience of the year Awards award all businesses that enable visitors to experience the diversity that is offered in South Africa. The are 8 categories within the Visitor Experience awards. Tour Operators and Tourist Guides can now enter in their respective categories. All businesses that offer the experiences below are eligible for entry into these awards. Accommodation and MESE establishments have to be graded by TGCSA. If you are not graded and would like to be graded please visit www.tourismgrading.co.za.

Tour Operators

Tour Operators
Tour Operators
The Tour Operator category is a brand new category that has been launched in the 2015 awards. With the great demand from the industry to award this very important profession, we are pleased to have this category under the Lilizela Tourism Awards.

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Tourist Guides

Tourist Guides
Tourist Guides
Tourist Guides Awards are awarded Registered Tourist Guides that have gone beyond the call of duty to make a tourist's experience worthwhile. The Tourist guide awarded is not only very knowledgeable of South Africa and it's offerings in their respective field, but is also professional and ensures that the tourist has a memorable experience in South Africa.

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MESE

MESE
MESE
Meetings, Exhibitions and Special Events Awards

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Accommodation

Accommodation
Accommodation
The Lilizela Accommodation Awards are designed to encourage and motivate you to offer the best service, facilities and product that you can. The Accommodation Category gives you an opportunity – and a brilliant opportunity at that – to celebrate excellence, creativity and innovation. They give us all momentum to learn from each other and to strive to turn an already great industry into an industry that’s brilliant.

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Tourism Media-Maker of the Year

Tourism Media-Maker of the Year
Tourism Media-Maker of the Year
Targeted at influencer Criteria to look at reach, level of influence, media profile and tourism knowledge Could also be a vlogger or blogger or ambassador Encourage public to also nominate and vote for them using digital platforms

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Entrepreneurship category
ETEYA only Black (as defined in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act) entrepreneurs, who operate small, micro and medium tourism or hospitality-related businesses. They must have been in operation for less than 10 years, employ no more than 50 people and have a turnover of not more than R10 million a year.

Sustainable development

Universal Accessibility Experience

Universal Accessibility Experience
Universal Accessibility Experience
This award is driven by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa, who in 2010 incorporated Universal Accessibility (UA) grading criteria for the first time in its other quality grading criteria. TGCSA will make the Lilizela Tourism Award for Universal Accessibility Experiences to businesses that are accessible for people with disabilities.

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Universal Accessibility Accommodation

Universal Accessibility Accommodation
Universal Accessibility Accommodation
This award is driven by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa, who in 2010 incorporated Universal Accessibility (UA) grading criteria for the first time in its other quality grading criteria. TGCSA will present the Lilizela Tourism Award for Universal Accessibility to facilities and services at accommodation establishments and MESE venues that are accessible for people with disabilities.

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Restaurant of the Year

Restaurant of the Year
Restaurant of the Year
Partner with RASA & align criteria accordingly Encourage consumers to nominate and vote for their favorites.

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Universal Accessibility Experience
This award is driven by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa, who in 2010 incorporated Universal Accessibility (UA) grading criteria for the first time in its other quality grading criteria. TGCSA will make the Lilizela Tourism Award for Universal Accessibility Experiences to businesses that are accessible for people with disabilities.

click here to fill in the entry form

Entrepreneurship
ETEYA only Black (as defined in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act) entrepreneurs, who operate small, micro and medium tourism or hospitality-related businesses. They must have been in operation for less than 10 years, employ no more than 50 people and have a turnover of not more than R10 million a year.

click here to fill in the entry form

Universal Accessibility Accommodation
This award is driven by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa, who in 2010 incorporated Universal Accessibility (UA) grading criteria for the first time in its other quality grading criteria. TGCSA will present the Lilizela Tourism Award for Universal Accessibility to facilities and services at accommodation establishments and MESE venues that are accessible for people with disabilities.

click here to fill in the entry form

Visitor Experience of the Year
The Visitor Experience of the year Awards award all businesses that enable visitors to experience the diversity that is offered in South Africa. The are 8 categories within the Visitor Experience awards.

click here to fill in the entry form

Tour Operators
The Tour Operator category is a brand new category that has been launched in the 2015 awards. With the great demand from the industry to award this very important profession, we are pleased to have this category under the Lilizela Tourism Awards.

click here to fill in the entry form

Tourist Guides
Tourist Guides Awards are awarded Registered Tourist Guides that have gone beyond the call of duty to make a tourist's experience worthwhile. The Tourist guide awarded is not only very knowledgeable of South Africa and it's offerings in their respective field, but is also professional and ensures that the tourist has a memorable experience in South Africa.

click here to fill in the entry form

MESE
Meetings, Exhibitions and Special Events Awards

click here to fill in the entry form

Accommodation
The Lilizela Accommodation Awards are designed to encourage and motivate you to offer the best service, facilities and product that you can. The Accommodation Category gives you an opportunity – and a brilliant opportunity at that – to celebrate excellence, creativity and innovation. They give us all momentum to learn from each other and to strive to turn an already great industry into an industry that’s brilliant.

click here to fill in the entry form