Responsible Tourism awards for the African hospitality and tourism industries
2013 Entries Open
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Past winners

  • 2011 winners
  • 2010 winners
  • 2009 winners
  • 2008 winners
  • 2006 & 2007 winners
  • 2004 & 2005 winners

    Photo album

  • 2011 award ceremony
  • 2010 award ceremony
  • 2009 award ceremony
  • 2008 award ceremony
  • Winners: 2012

    Overall winner: Riverside Sun Resort

    Best social involvement programme
    Group winner: Sun International Zambia
    Independent winner: Ulusaba Private Game Reserve
    Highly commended: So We Too
    Finalists: African Impact, Amakhala Game Reserve, Maliba Mountain Lodge, Open Africa, Sun International Zambia, Tongabezi Lodge and Tsogo Sun Group

    Best practice - economic impact
    Group winner: Sun International Zambia
    Independent winner: Zalala Beach Lodge and Safaris
    Highly commended: Calabash Tours
    Finalists: Cape Town International Convention Centre, Garden Court Polokwane and Riverside Sun Resort

    Best overall environmental management system
    Winner: Intercontinental Sandton Towers and Sandton Sun Hotel
    Finalists: Da Vinci Hotel & Suites, the Drakensberg Sun Resort, the Prince’s Grant Golf Estate & Lodge and the Riverside Sun Resort

    Best single resource management programme – energy management
    Winner: Riverside Sun Resort
    Highly commended: City Lodge Hotels
    Finalists: Beacon Island Resort, Garden Court Hatfield, the Sandton Convention Centre and Sun City Resort

    Best single resource management programme - water management
    Winner: Riverside Sun Resort
    Finalists: Beacon Island Resort, the Drakensberg Sun Resort, Garden Court Hatfield, Garden Court Sandton and Kievitskroon

    Best single resource management programme – waste management
    Winner: Vineyard Hotel & Spa
    Finalists: Drakensberg Sun Resort, Garden Court Hatfield, Riverside Sun Resort, Southern Sun Waterfront Hotel and the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company

    Most empowered tourism business
    Group winner: Tsogo Sun Group
    Independent winner: White Shark Adventures
    Finalists: Kamogelo Guest House, the Kondowe Game Reserve, the Protea Hotel Bloemfontein Central and Scan Display

    Investing in people
    Group winner: Red Carnation Hotel Collection
    Independent winner: Cape Grace Hotel
    Finalists: African Safari Lodge Foundation, Garden Court Blackrock, the Oude Werf Hotel and the Vineyard Hotel & Spa

    FEDHASA Chairman's Award
    The Chairman's Award is independent of the other awards and may be made to any organisation or individual making a meaningful contribution to responsible tourism.
    Winner: Mavuso Msimang, Chairperson of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, who is heading up a government project to address the issue of rhino poaching in South Africa.