Voting has now closed for the Routes Middle East & Africa Marketing Awards and the shortlisted airports and destinations were announced earlier this week.

The annual Routes Marketing awards are highly regarded as the most prestigious awards in the industry as they are voted for and judged by the airline network planning community. They provide the airline community with the chance to have their say as to which airport they think provides the best overall marketing services to them ensuring that the most effective campaigns are rewarded for their hard work and dedication to route development.

Shortlisted airports have now been contacted and asked for a submission to support their nomination. This submission process is designed to enable the shortlisted airports to provide information for the judging panel as to why they think they should win the award, providing evidence to support their case.

This year there will be four awards categories comprising of three airport categories, split by size, and a destination category for the best destination marketing campaign by a tourism authority. From the airports nominated the following have been shortlisted within each category:

Over 20m Passengers

Dubai International Airport

Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport

Abu Dhabi International Airport

King Abdulaziz International Airport

Between 4-20m Passengers

Queen Alia International Airport

Cape Town International Airport

Lagos- Murtala Muhammed

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport

Under 4m Passengers

Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

Entebbe International Airport

Julius Nyerere International Airport

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport

Kilimanjaro International Airport

Destination

Tourism Ministry of Egypt and Egyptian Tourist Authority

Tanzania Tourist Board

Jordan Tourism Board

Zimbabwe Tourism Authority

Winners of the Routes Middle East & Africa 2015 Marketing Awards, will be announced during the Routes Middle East & Africa Networking Evening which will be held on Monday 1^st June 2015 at the event in Bahrain and the overall winner will be automatically shortlisted, along with the winners of the other regional heats for the World Routes 2015 Marketing Awards which will be announced in Durban in September.

Click here for more information on the Routes Middle East & Africa Marketing Awards 2015.