TripAdvisor announces winners of its annual Travelers’ Choice Awards

TripAdvisor^®, the world's largest global travel site, has announced the winners of its 2014 Travelers' Choice Awards for hotels. In the 12^th year of the awards, the world's most outstanding properties were identified in the categories of Top Hotels, Family, Luxury, Romance, and Small Hotels. The Travelers' Choice award winners were determined based on the reviews and opinions of millions of TripAdvisor^® travellers around the globe.

Lesley Simpson Communications (LSC) is proud to announce that of the 7,123 unique properties worldwide who won awards, three of the Newmark Hotels, Reserves & Lodges properties’ have been ranked tops in some of these prestigious categories.

Victoria & Alfred Hotel:

- 16^th in the category Top 25 Hotels in South Africa.

Queen Victoria Hotel:

- 3^rd in the category Top 25 Hotels in South Africa;
- 15^th in the category Top 25 Luxury Hotels in South Africa; and
- 23^th in the category Top 25 Hotels for Romance in South Africa.

Dock House Boutique Hotel & Spa:

- 14^th in the category Top 25 Luxury Hotels in South Africa.

Neil Markovitz, managing director of Newmark Hotels, Reserves & Lodges, commented: “It is a huge honour to be recognised by the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2014; which, in its 12^th year, commands great respect and prominence among travellers across the globe. We are exceptionally proud of the fact that three of our properties have achieved such fantastic ratings.”

In 1972, Newmark Hotels, Reserves & Lodges was first established as the Ambassador Group, with a heritage spanning 40 years, the company has since then distinguished itself as an industry leader. Creating a tradition of excellence with a portfolio of boutique hotels and lodges that speak to the discerning guest, the Newmark properties include the Victoria & Alfred Hotel – Southern Africa’s most successful hotel in terms of occupancy – as well as Dock House Boutique Hotel & Spa, La Splendida Hotel and the Queen Victoria Hotel. Also within the portfolio is Motswari Private Game Reserve in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve and Coral Lodge 15.41 in Northern Mozambique.