For the third year in a row, and for the first time in the history of the World Travel Awards competition, Travel Yalla Tours has won the award for Best Online Travel Company in Africa for 2025, at the 32nd edition of the World Travel Awards ceremony held yesterday, Saturday, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Travel Yalla thus achieved a first, becoming the first Egyptian, Arab and African company with an online hotel and flight booking platform in Africa to win this award 3 times in a row, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, reflecting travelers' trust in its services and its digital excellence in the tourism market.
Travel Yalla had won the award for Best Online Travel Company in Egypt for three consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023), and was nominated as Best Online Travel Company in Africa for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Travel Yalla Tours is one of the leading companies in the region, having launched the first Egyptian website for promoting travel offers in 2012, before launching its global website for online hotel and flight bookings starting in 2018.
The website "www.travelyalla.com" offers hotel booking and travel packages to most Egyptian, Arab and international cities. The most notable in Egypt include Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Taba, El Gouna, Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria, Marsa Matrouh and the North Coast, alongside the most popular Arab tourist destinations, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Beirut and Marrakesh, as well as international destinations such as the Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Mauritius, South Africa, Istanbul, Paris, Amsterdam, London and others.
The website also supports online payment in 6 currencies: the Egyptian pound, Saudi riyal, UAE dirham, Kuwaiti dinar, US dollar and euro, in addition to offering an easy-to-use app via "Google Play" and the "Apple Store," backed by a strong team to meet the requests of customers from all over the world.
It is worth noting that the World Travel Awards (WTA) was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Today, the WTA brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which others aspire.
Each year, WTA organizes a series of regional ceremonies held to recognize and celebrate individual and collective success in each major geographical region. The ceremonies are widely considered the travel industry's best networking opportunities, attended by government and industry leaders, prominent stars, and international print and broadcast media.
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