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North Shields tour operator nominated for a National Award

North Shields based specialist tour operator, Undiscovered Destinations has been named by the British Travel Awards (BTAs) as one of the contenders for the Best Escorted Adventure Holiday Company 2014.

Undiscovered Destinations is a groundbreaking adventure travel company dedicated to providing truly authentic experiences in some of the world’s most exciting regions.

Offering both small group adventure holidays and tours as well as tailor-made itineraries, Undiscovered Destinations focuses on countries and regions that can genuinely be described as off the beaten track. Destinations include the jungles of the Congo, the tribes of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia and the Silk Road through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Director Jim Louth, who formed the company 10 years ago said ‘Our nomination in the British Travel Awards comes after a very successful year for Undiscovered Destinations, with us already having been named as one of the UK’s ‘Top 10’ Tour Operators by readers of Wanderlust travel magazine.

Our specialist team of travel experts have over 60 years of experience between them and first-hand knowledge of our destinations and this is being recognised and highly valued by our clients many of whom travel on two or three of our trips a year’.

BTA’s chief executive Lorraine Barnes Burton said: “Undiscovered Destinations is to be congratulated on reaching the voting stage of the prestigious British Travel Awards, the largest consumer voted awards programme in the UK. The BTAs winning accolade is the benchmark for excellence when it comes to finding out who really is the best in the business of travel for the UK consumer.

“There are more companies in the competition than ever before, and some great vote-incentive prizes for consumers. We will be promoting the voting period to over seven million potential voters via our media partnerships and direct email campaigns to previous voters and this year we are expecting a record number of votes, so good luck to Undiscovered Destinations.”

The winners will be the companies with the most votes - in 2013 over one million votes were cast with the voting process and results scrutinized and audited by independent auditors Deloitte LLP. The winners of the 2014 British Travel Awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony on 26 November at the Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park, London.

You can register to vote for Undiscovered Destinations here - www.britishtravelawards.com

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Undiscovered Destinations .