10 Ghanaian women win awarded amongst Top 100 African Women In Travel

Ghana’s tourism industry received recognition at a just ended Akwaaba African Travel Market held in Lagos, where the country picked 10 awards in the travel and tourism sectors. Ten women, including the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs Catherine A. Afeku, and the Minister of Aviation, Ms Cecilia Dapaah, were honoured for their respective contributions to the growth of the travel and tourism sectors in Ghana. They were among top 100 African women recognised for their immense contribution to tourism growth as a vehicle for the development of Ghana and Africa in general. Other awardees were the Head of Human Resource of the Ghana Tourism Authority,(GTA) Ms Gifty Kwansah; the Head of Sales and Marketing of Africa World Airline, Ms Victoria Takyi; the Managing Director of Apstar Tours Limited; Ms Stella Appenteng; the Chief Executive of Stellar Tours and Ms Glory Brisbane; Chief Executive of Staple Travel and Tours and President of the Tour Operators Union of Ghana (TOUGHA). The rest were Ms Nancy Sam Quartey the Director of Sales and Marketing of Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Ms Victoria Obiakor; the Managing Consultant of Ridge Royal Hotel, Mrs Marigold Mingle and Ms Bertha Degraft Johnson of the Golden Tulip Hotel. The biggest winners on the night, from Kenya, swept 22 awards, including the first female commercial captain to Fly Kenya Airways, as well as the first woman on the continent to fly the world’s biggest aeroplane.]]>