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Tours and travel agency and the 2019 World Travel Awards nominee for Kenya’s Leading Travel Agency Expeditions Maasai Safaris, has been nominated for top honours at the inaugural Bizna Kenya’s Annual SME Awards 2019.
The popular travel and tours agency will battle it alongside other notable SMEs for the Prestigious SME of The Year Award as well as the Tourism and Hospitality SME category award.
Bizna Kenya’s Annual SMEs Awards 2019 seek to recognise and celebrate small and medium-sized enterprises based on their performance, profitability, quality of products and customer relations.
The Gala event will be held on May 24th in Nairobi and will bring together key players in the industry. The Awards is an initiative of Bizna Kenya, a leading marketing and business support provider for small businesses in Kenya.
Commenting on their nominations, Expeditions Maasai Safaris CEO Mr. Pancras Karema said: “Our endorsement for the awards is a tacit appreciation by our clients and the public of the quality of tour and travel services, and superior customer service that sets us apart in the tourism and hospitality industry. We are very delighted and will continue offering more to our clients as we pursue our main dream of making affordable holiday travel a reality for every household in Kenya.”
Nominees for the Bizna Annual SME Awards 2019 are from various sectors of the economy including agribusiness, transport, real estate, tourism and hospitality, agribusiness, manufacturing, digital and social media, education and entertainment.
Online voting will end on May 12, and the public can participate by visiting the Awards portal: https://smeawards.co.ke/voting/
Bizna Kenya CEO Tonnie Mello said the public vote will form part of the overall scoring for each nominee and asked Kenyans to participate in the process so that the list of winners can reflect true success in the SMEs sector.
“The judging panel used a weighted scoring system to come up with a list of nominees from names proposed by the public and business owners and we are taking back the process to Kenyans to decide on who to be awarded in the various categories. Public participation will help us make the process very transparent,” said Mello.
Expeditions Maasai Safaris was also a nominee for the prestigious World Travel Awards 2019, which acknowledges, rewards and celebrates excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Mr. Karema won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2018 (male category). The Annual Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards is designed to identify upcoming and industrious entrepreneurs below 35 years old with great business acumen.