{"id":1107,"date":"2012-10-05T10:02:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T10:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelcenteruk.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2019-11-14T08:54:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T08:54:40","slug":"brussels-airport-top-honours-at-the-world-route-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/brussels-airport-top-honours-at-the-world-route-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Airport top honours at the World Route Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brussels Airport is the overall winner of World Routes Award 2012. The event took place in Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit, which is the home of F1 <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/abu-dhabi-the-wealthiest-city-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abu Dhabi<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Grand Prix racing circuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brussels were the winner for the European category while other regional winners were Dallas\/ Fort Worth in the Americas, Nairobi\u2019s Jomo Kenyatta in Africa, Ekaterinburg Koltsovo winning the CIS category and Singapore\u2019s Changi in Asia. Top honours went to Darwin International Airport, Australia under the newest award category and boasting 4 million passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SkyTeam carrier Air France-KLM won the Orbis award for social responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Seychelles Tourism Board was capable of bagging the award for the best destination marketing campaign. Other among the short-listed was Aruba Tourism Authority, Czech Tourism, Greek National Tourism Organization and Department of Tourism, Philippines. Find<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" title=\"Cheap Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelcenteruk.co.uk\">cheap flights<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels Airport is the overall winner of World Routes Award 2012. The event took place in Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit, which is the home of F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix racing circuit. 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