Two of Seychelles premier hotels, North Island and Banyan Tree, have picked up prestigious awards at the London World Travel Market meeting.

Banyan Tree Seychelles won the "2003 Commitment to Quality Award" for Africa, presented by the Leading Hotels of the World.

The award was one of 12 given by the Leading Hotels organisation, with the Banyan Tree Resort claiming the award for the African region.

The other 11 awards were distributed between luxury international hotels, two from each of the six geographical regions surveyed by the organisation.

The award winners were chosen on the basis of anonymous inspections carried out by Leading Hotel's staff over the course of the last 12 months.

Minister for Tourism and Transport, Ms Simone de Comarmond, accepted the award on behalf of the Banyan Tree Resort.

The second Seychelles hotel to take home an award from the London meeting was the newly opened North Island resort.

Acting manager of the eco-sensitive North Island hotel, Mr Michael Poliza, was on hand at the tourism awards of British Newspaper, the Sunday Times to collect the hotel's trophy.

North Island scooped the Sunday Times Travel Magazine Editor's Award for "World's Best Resort–Outstanding Style."

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