Accra (Greater Accra) 10th July 99 -
Ghana Airways has presented awards to 10 travel agents at the fourth annual Travel Agents Awards night in Accra.
ELNENTAL Travel and Tours was adjudged the best travel agent for the airline. The second and third prizes went to DIVINE and JOURNEYMAX Travel and Tour.
The Managing directors of the companies were each given tickets for overseas trips with their spouses.
They each also received unspecified sums of money, a television set, a video deck and a certificate.
A statement signed in Accra by Mr Sam Bannerman-Bruce, Public Relations Manager of Ghana Airways, said
the 10 beneficiaries were Phoenix Travel, F & A Travel, Jaidos Travel, Graceland Travel and Jet Travel.
Others were Kumasi Travel, Tours Tropicana, Sky Life Travel and Expert Travel and Tours.
The statement said the destination of the award winners would be announced later.
It said the Chief Executive, Mr E. L. Quartey, jnr was grateful to the travel agents for their efforts in helping the airline to achieve significant results.
"There is still room for improvement and that the airline will still open its doors to the agents who provided a remarkable 65 percent of the airline's sales revenue", Mr Quartey added.
The statement quoted Mr Quartey as saying that for the first time in the history of the airline, its sales crossed the 100 million-dollar mark in 1998.
He said with the successful completion of negotiations for co-operation agreements with South African Airways and Ethiopian Airlines, Ghana Airways is looking for partners outside the African continent for a "globalised approach to its business strategy."
The Chief Executive announced that under the airlines fleet expansion programme, a DC 9 aircraft, the first of three to be purchased, has been procured and would arrive in Accra within the next fortnight.
The second aircraft, a DC 10, is due in by the end of July and the third, also a DC 10, would follow shortly.
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