{"id":1320,"date":"2017-08-29T08:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T12:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2017-08-29T08:05:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T12:05:17","slug":"barbados-looks-to-win-big-at-2017-world-travel-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/barbados-looks-to-win-big-at-2017-world-travel-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados Looks to Win Big at 2017 World Travel Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barbados is looking to win top prizes at the 2017 World Travel Awards with nominations in key categories including <strong>Caribbean&#8217;s Leading Destination<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>The island is also contending for Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Cruise<\/strong> Destination, Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Honeymoon<\/strong> Destination, and Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Tourist Board.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worthing-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Worthing Beach\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worthing-beach.jpg 600w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worthing-beach-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barbados&#8217; airport &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.org\/airport\">Grantley Adams International<\/a> &#8211; is nominated as Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Airport<\/strong> while the Bridgetown cruise port is vying for Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Cruise Port<\/strong> and Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Home Port<\/strong>. The largest conference centre on the island &#8211; Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre &#8211; is nominated as Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Meetings &amp; Conference Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1299 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barbados-airport.jpg\" alt=\"Barbados Airport\" width=\"752\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barbados-airport.jpg 752w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barbados-airport-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the island&#8217;s best hotels &amp; resorts are also hoping to be winners, with nominations for<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/bb\/treasure-beach-amp-spa.html?aid=875929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasure Beach Hotel <\/a>&#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>All Suite Hotel<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/personaholidays.com\/accommodation\/hotels\/Almond-Beach-Resort\/35\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Almond Beach Resort<\/a> &#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>All-Inclusive Family Resort<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandylane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandy Lane<\/a> &#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Beach Resort<\/strong> and Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Luxury Resort<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/personaholidays.com\/accommodation\/hotels\/Coral-Reef-Club\/20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coral Reef Club<\/a> &#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Boutique Hotel<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/personaholidays.com\/accommodation\/hotels\/Fairmont-Royal-Pavilion\/213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairmont Royal Pavilion<\/a> &#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s Leading <strong>Green Resort<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/personaholidays.com\/accommodation\/hotels\/Colony-Club-Hotel\/19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colony Club by Elegant Resorts<\/a> &#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s <strong>Leading Hotel<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/bb\/sandals-barbados.html?aid=875929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandals Barbados<\/a> &#8211; Caribbean&#8217;s <strong>Leading Resort<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbados is looking to win top prizes at the 2017 World Travel Awards with nominations in key categories including Caribbean&#8217;s Leading Destination!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,85,91],"tags":[171,13],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}