Routes Africa Awards Winners Announced!

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

Kilimanjaro International Airport takes top spot in 4th regional
heat of 2013

Last night during an impressive networking evening which took
place on the stunning Lakeside Pool Lawns of the Speke Resort, which
sits right on Lake Victoria, Uganda, Kilimanjaro International
Airport was announced as winner of the African heat of this year's
Routes Airport Marketing Awards. Over 300 aviation professionals were
gathered to witness the presentation of the awards and to take part
in the 8th Routes Africa - the largest route development event for
the entire African region, which this year is hosted by the Civil
Aviation Authority of Uganda and Entebbe International Airport.

"This has been one of the most amazing evenings for us at
Kilimanjaro International Airport to win this award," said Christine
Mwakatobe, Business Development Manager, Kilimanjaro Airports
Development Company, after collecting the award, continuing: "We
would like to thank all of the airlines that serve the airport for
voting for us in this process and we are pledging our commitment that
we will keep working hand-in-hand with all of our partners. Thank you
for trusting in us and believing in us and giving us this wonderful
opportunity to show the rest of Africa what we are doing at
Kilimanjaro International Airport."

The Routes Airport Marketing Awards have become synonymous with
recognising and rewarding the highest standards of marketing
activities undertaken by airports. The 2013 awards will see a number
of innovations including taking a blended approach to the nomination
process, meaning the final nominees will include a number of airports
who will be shortlisted using our online voting form together with a
number of airports who have been selected by a panel of industry
experts drawn from the airline network planning community. This year
the awards were split into two categories based on the size of the
airport and also a new tourism award for best destination marketing
campaign by a tourism authority.

"We would like to congratulate all of the winners and highly
commended airports and tourism authorities in this regional heat of
the 2013 awards. Kilimanjaro International Airport has delivered true
route development results," said Nigel Mayes VP Commercial - Routes,
UBM Live explaining: "Launching three new international airlines,
Qatar Airways, Kenya Airways and Turkish Airlines, in the last year
is a fantastic achievement along with delivering on a clear air
service development strategy which was set out three years ago."

Kilmanjaro were also named as the winner from the Under 4 Million
Passengers category with Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport ranked top from the Over 4 Million Passengers category and
the Destination Marketing Award went to Seychelles Tourism Board.

The full list of companies shortlisted under each award category
were as follows:

Over 4 Million Passengers

- Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Winner
- Casablanca - Mohammed V International Airport - Highly Commended
- Addis Ababa - Bole International Airport
- Algiers - Houari Boumediene Airport
- Cairo International Airport

Under 4 Million Passengers

- Kilimanjaro International Airport - Winner & Overall Winner
- Dar es Salaam - Julius Nyerere International Airport - Highly Commended
- Accra - Kotoka International Airport
- Luanda - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
- Maputo International Airport

Destination Marketing Award

- Seychelles Tourism Board - Winner
- Tourism KwaZulu-Natal - Highly Commended
- Mozambique Tourism Authority
- Zambia Tourism Board
- Zimbabwe Tourism Authority

As overall winner of this regional heat, Kilimanjaro International
Airport will be automatically shortlisted for the World Routes
Airport Marketing Awards which will take place at the event in Las
Vegas, 5-8 October 2013. Kilimanjaro join San Diego International
Airport, Changi Airport Group and Munich Airport who were announced
as overall winners of the Americas, Asia and Europe heats
respectively, earlier in the year.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events
through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one
global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS
respectively. http://www.routesonline.com
- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd., a
consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.
http://www.asm-global.com [http://www.asm%E2%80%90global.com ]
- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.
From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition
become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.
- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five
continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote
their brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as MD&M, CPhI,
IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes portfolio of
events, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, conferences, awards
programs, publications, websites and training and certification programs are an
integral part of the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry
sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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