The event will take place on the night of the 6th at Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai, where more than 500 top industry figures will meet at this spectacular gala dinner.
The glamorous evening will include a reception, a four-course meal and excellent entertainment, in addition to the actual awards ceremony.

The MENA Travel Awards 2004 will be presented to recognise top industry
organisations which have shown skill, creativity, ingenuity and success in the Middle East & North Africa’s growing travel industry. This is no self-congratulatory exercise,
or ‘best advertiser’ award. It is a real opportunity to receive meaningful recognition
from your guests, customers in the regional / international travel, and the hospitality industry.

The Awards are of great significance and, as such, demand proper measurement.
The judges will be the end-users and travel trade professionals,
who will be asked to pay particular attention to the standards of the products
they are evaluating. The final auditing of the Awards will be carried out
by Our Sponsoring Auditors Worldwide.

Throughout other regions it has been stated clearly that the “CHA” Travel Awards
are important to the industry. The Travel Awards measure excellence.
If your company has been in operation for at least the past twelve months, then you should enter these Travel Awards. Being declared a finalist puts you up among
the best in the industry. Being declared a winner (Platinum, Gold or Silver)
is probably the highest honour the industry can grant.

The organiser, Consultants of Hospitality Administrators (CHA) would like
to wish you the best of luck with your entries and every success for your
business in the next year.

We look forward to celebrating the debut MENA Travel Awards with you
at the Arabian Travel Market in May 2004.

Who Should Enter?
The MENA Travel Awards are for:

• Five and Four star hotels/resorts (they are open to privately and internationally     managed properties; any new property completed and operating (soft opening)
    between January and April 2003 is eligible
• Airlines (Domestic & international)
• Spas (freestanding or in hotels)
• Golf courses (freestanding or in hotels)
• Car rental Companies
• Duty free locations (airport or other)
• Conference & Convention centres (attached or freestanding)
• Tourism projects (that are at least 50% in operation during the year 2003)

How to enter
Along with the entry form, your word-processed submission must be written,
in relation to the selected category, in English, using no more than 1500 words
on plain white A4 paper and it should be as concise as possible.

Judging Criteria
The judges will be a combination of YOUR end-users and trade professionals.
As an Official entrant, two days after the enrollment dead line and the receipt
of your enrollment payment you will receive your specific company's voting cards website link, for the specific entered category to distribute to your selected end-users
and trade professionals, for voting accordingly.
Each entrant will be allowed a maximum of 100 voters per category entered.

The final consolidation will be carried out through the specially and professionally designed electronic program systems, which is audited, inspected, and evaluated
by Our Sponsoring Auditors, Worldwide. Each entrant will have the right to attend
and or audit the FINAL general results, the ranked finalists points
(Top six nominees per category) and consequently the top three
Award winners points.

Process of Points
The judging sources will rely on the entrant’s own follow-up and follow through with their selected voting customers. The judges will be your selected combination of:
• Your immediate end-user guest / customers
• Your end-user travel trade professional (High volume Travel Agencies, Tour    Operators....etc.)

To obtain points, your electronically submitted voting cards should provide
  the following full information required:
• Completed voting cards from individual customers (For Hotels with minimum
   annual    stay of 30 room night, except for Resort there will be no restrictions)
• Completed voting cards from travel trade professionals (Registered and or AITA    member)

The Electronic Voting cards will present to the voter a list of all of the given
  category's entrants / candidates. Each voter MUST choose the top best 3 entrants
  of his / her choice, in priority of preference, by selecting in the specific boxes
  his / her 1st,2nd and 3rd choice of entrants accordingly. The category voting
  results will represent the number of points allotted to that entrant / candidate
  (One  point per voting). Hence, Each time a voter selects an entrant and submits,
  the selected  entrant will automatically / electronically receive one point. The  electronically designed  system will, then, maintain an accurate number
  of votes / points per entrant and per  category. Consequently, the Data Base
  program will consolidate and rank the top six  nominees for each of the categories
  based on the number of points (Votes) received. Each  time a voter submits his or
 her  card, the following entities will immediately receive a  copy of the vote: The
 entrant (to keep track of their votes and selected voters response) -  the CHA's Event  administration (to monitor the voting progress) - The Auditing  Company
 (To inspect and evaluate the voting cards and its consistency / integrity)
 - The  website Data Base program (To Calculate and consolidate the received
 points of each  entrant, hence, identify and rank the entrants accordingly
 per category).

In order to assure the integrity of the voting system a random 20 calls per entrant
 will  be made to voting customers / travel trade professionals will be conducted,
 hence, a fair  and balanced results are maintained.

Two weeks before the event the Top six nominees for each category, will be announced,  out of which the top three winners (Platinum, Gold and Silver) will be determined.

Categories
- Best 5-star business / corporate hotel
- Best 4-star business / corporate hotel
- Best 5-star leisure hotel
- Best 4-star leisure hotel
- Best conference / convention hotel
- Best 5-star new hotel for the year 2003
- Best 4-star new hotel for the year 2003
- Best environmental 5-star hotel
- Best environmental 4-star hotel
- Best price value hotel
- Best tourism project
- Best conference / convention center
- Best ME&NA airlines
- Best car rental – international brand
- Best car rental – local brand
- Best duty free
- Best spa
- Best golf club

Entry Fee
While each entrant may enter more than one category,

Each single category entry fee is:                                              $150.00 USD

- Please complete an Entry Form and include it with your submission
- No discounts can be given for hotel group submissions
- Your entry should be accompanied by an international bank draft,
   OR swift transfer
- A receipted invoice will be issued immediately upon receipt of your entry fee
- Payment or payment proof (In USD Only) must accompany the award application

Closing Date

The closing date for entries is March 26th 2004.