The 2023 WLA World Leisure Awards Ceremony, sponsored by Travel & Leisure All Media and supported by the Beijing Pinggu District Bureau of Cultural and Tourism, was successfully held on Bibo Island in Beijing Pinggu District on September 21, 2023! Ambassadors and envoys from over ten countries, as well as award-winning representatives from the global leisure industry, gathered together to witness a grand tour of the world's leisure industry. an exciting grand award ceremony was presented by the wonderful speeches of the ambassadors, multi-dimensional sharing of the micro forum and the shining moments of the awarding! The guests also truly felt the latest trend and bright future of the global leisure industry in 2023!
H.E. Mr. Ismail Hakkı Musa，Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to China, H.E. Mr. Dario Mihelin，Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to China，H.E. Mr. M.Adel EI Arbi, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to China, H.E. Ms. Paulette Bethel, Ambassador of The Bahamas to China solemnly attended this award and received the Annual Promotion Ambassador Award. H.E. Dr Ann Derwin, Ambassador of Ireland to China, H.E. Mr. Farhod Arziev, Ambassador of The Repulic of Uzbekistan to China also appointed representatives to attend and receive the Annual Promotion Ambassador Award. The attendance of numerous distinguished guests such as Mr. Mogamat Mahdi Basadien，Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Africa Embassy and representatives from more than 10 countries including the United States, Greece, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other embassies in China, Mr. Gianpaolo Bruno, the Trade Commissioner of Italian Trade Agency (ITA) Beijing Office & Coordinator of ITA Offices in China and Mongolia, fully demonstrated the high level and global perspective of this WLA World Leisure Awards.
Ambassadors or their representatives received awards and delivered acceptance speeches
Numerous envoys and distinguished guests attended the award ceremony
Ms. Xiao Yang, the publisher of Travel & Leisure All Media, delivered a welcome speech, thanking many guests for their attendance and introducing the new concept of this WLA World Leisure Awards. This award ceremony received support from the Beijing Pinggu District Bureau of Culture and Tourism. Pinggu has set the goal of building a World Leisure Valley and is committed to building the brand of Ecological Leisure Capital. The landing of the WLA World Leisure Award in Pinggu is also a beneficial attempt of Pinggu's focusing on conveying new concepts of leisure life, gathering achievements in world leisure life, promoting the vigorous development of the leisure industry and creating a sample of Chinese leisure cities.
The Travel & Leisure All Media has upgraded the 20-year-old Travel & Leisure Industry Awards to the WLA World Leisure Awards, which is also in line with the trend of today's world consumption and leisure era. The extension of leisure is constantly expanding while its connotation is constantly deepening, and the leisure lifestyle is increasingly representing the level of economic and cultural development and civilization of a society. The 2023 WLA World Leisure Awards has been upgraded and adjusted with the times in terms of target positioning, industry perspective, award settings, and other aspects. Its fields are more segmented, vision is broader, and concept is more advanced, striving to better showcase the latest state and future trends of the world's leisure industry development today.
This WLA includes numerous awards such as destinations, aviation, hotels, cruises, sailing , yacht, new energy vehicle, outdoor camping, RV, golf, food and wine, etc. From the Best Leisure Destination, Best Cultural Destination, Best Cycling Destination, Best City Walk Destination, Best Island Destination, Best Camping Destination to the Best Parent-child Destination; From the Best Aviation Brand, Best First Cabin, Best Business Cabin, Best Aviation Entertainment to the Best Aviation Food & Wine; From the Best Cruise Brand, the Best Small Luxury Cruise, to the Best River Cruise, each category of awards fully reflects the latest trends in the industry and gives industry leaders proud shining moments.
In the micro forum segment, from the perspectives of multi-dimensional interpretation of global leisure lifestyles and integrating sustainability into leisure life, guests participating in the forum had in-depth discussions and sharing. They discussed the continuous innovation of leisure industry concepts, the deep exploration of product diversity and integration, and the implantation and deepening of sustainable concepts. They published numerous cases and in-depth thinking with unique perspectives, frontline practice, and forward-looking exploration, It resonated widely with the attending guests.
The successful hosting of the 2023 WLA World Leisure Awards is another full demonstration of the development concept of Travel & Leisure All Media that they do not forget their original intention and keep up with the times. The Travel & Leisure All Media will continue to voice the global leisure industry with a broader perspective, deeper exploration, and more innovative concepts, presenting the development achievements of the global leisure industry, conveying the development demands of the global leisure industry, building a platform for global leisure industry exchange, interaction, and cooperation, and participating in the development of the global leisure industry with more diverse roles! The 2023 WLA World Leisure Awards (Shanghai) will be held in early 2024, let's look forward to another exciting show of the WLA World Leisure Awards together!
