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2008
  • &BEYOND Phinda Private Game Reserve selected by Condé Nast Traveler as a leader in social responsibility, winning the World Savers Award for best in wildlife conservation

  • The Condé Nast Traveller Gold List of the Best Hotels in the World includes &BEYOND’s Mnemba Island and Ngorongoro Crater Lodges

  • The Travel + Leisure List of the 500 World’s Best Hotels includes &BEYOND Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in Tanzania. &BEYOND Kichwa Tembo was listed at No 1 in Kenya

  • Travel News rates &BEYOND Ngorongoro Crater Lodge as Best Safari Lodge and &BEYOND Klein’s Camp as Best Tented Camp in Tanzania

  • &BEYOND Ngorongoro Crater Lodge listed in the Top 10 Best Luxury Hotels in Africa in Trip Advisor’s Traveller’s Choice Awards

  • Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards lists &BEYOND Kichwa Tembo in the Africa & Middle East category as one of the region’s Top 10 Hotels for Service

  • &BEYOND Phinda Private Game Reserve wins the prestigious Corporate Award from the Zoological Society of Southern Africa. This award is presented to the company that has made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of zoology in southern Africa

  • &BEYOND Kwandwe Melton Manor chosen as one of Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot Hotels for 2008

  • &BEYOND Mnemba Island honoured in the UK Telegraph’s Ultra Travel – Summer 2008 magazine as one of the top ten beaches in the world

  • &BEYOND Baghvan features on Concierge.com’s next generation of the world’s best Design Hotels

  • Both &BEYOND’s Mnemba Island and Baghvan Lodges rated in Tatler magazine’s 2008 Travel Guide, which lists the 101 Best Hotels in the World

  • Volumes 11 and 12 of the Andrew Martin Interior Design Review, featuring the world’s 35 most talented designers, both included Chris Browne, &BEYOND Creative Director, for his innovative work on &BEYOND’s Mahua Kothi, Baghvan and Kwandwe Melton Manor

2007
  • The Travel + Leisure Top 500 List named &BEYOND Kichwa Tembo as No 1 in Kenya for its "tranquil location in one of Africa’s most cinematic landscapes"

  • &BEYOND Ngorongoro Crater Lodge features in the Travel + Leisure Top 500 List for its "architecture and design that nearly rival the extraordinary natural surroundings"

  • Tatler’s Travel Guide lists &BEYOND Mnemba Island Lodge in its prestigious list of the world’s 101 Best Hotels

  • &BEYOND is delighted to have been mentioned four times in the most recent T+L 500 (the US Travel + Leisure’s renowned Top 500 list) – this time for the World's Best Hotels. This is the definitive guide to the greatest hotels worldwide!
    Kichwa Tembo was named #1 in Kenya for its "tranquil location in one of Africa's most cinematic landscapes."
    Ngorongoro Crater Lodge was featured for its "architecture and design that nearly rival the extraordinary natural surroundings."
    Phinda Private Game Reserve's "unrivalled natural surroundings and seven distinct habitats" earned its nomination.
    And Londolozi Private Game Reserve was named for its "excellent game viewing and progressive conservation practices."

  • January 2007: Bateleur Camp, Ngala, Phinda Forest Lodge and NCL have been listed in the US Conde Nast Traveler's 2007 Gold List

  • January 2007: &BEYOND has been included on ForbesTraveler.com's list of exclusive safari companies

  • January 2007: Mnemba Island Lodge was listed in the prestigious UK Tatler's 2007 Travel Guide as one of the world's '101 Best Hotels'

  • Condé Nast Traveler recognises Phinda Getty House as one of the world's 130 top new hotels

  • Travel + Leisure named Phinda Getty House as one of the world's 50 most romantic escapes

  • In the Best by Food category of the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List, Phinda Forest Lodge was named second in Africa & Middle East

  • Condé Nast Traveller Gold List, Africa & Middle East – mentioned Kichwa Tembo, Phinda Forest Lodge and Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

  • In the category of Best Hotels in the World for Rooms, the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List named Phinda Private Game Reserve the best in Africa

  • In the category of Best Hotels in the World for Leisure Facilities, the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List named Kwandwe Private Game Reserve the best in Africa

  • Tatler Magazine named Phinda Rock Lodge as one of Tatler's 101 Best Hotels
2006
  • December 2006: The Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE) recently announced their 2006 Crystal Awards. The top honour – the award for “Most Outstanding Catered Event at an Incentive Programme,” – went to Dragonfly Africa for the extravagant and elegant gala dinner they undertook at Londolozi Private Game Reserve in 2005 on behalf of BMW North America

  • December 2006: NCL & Londolozi were listed in the prestigious UK Condé Nast Traveller's Gold List for 2007

  • December 2006: Bateleur Camp, Ngala, Phinda Forest Lodge and NCL have been listed in the US Condé Nast Traveler's 2007 Gold List for 2007

  • October 2006 : Condé Nast Traveler (US) Readers' Choice Awards 2006 readers select the best the travel world has to offer. In the highly esteemed Top Resorts category, we are delighted to see that 5 of the Top 25 Resorts in Africa & the Middle East are &BEYOND properties: Bateleur Camp, Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Phinda Forest Lodge, Ngala Private Game Reserve and Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

  • September 2006: Condé Nast Traveler's latest listing of the world's 10 most spectacular swimming pools, with Londolozi's Founders Camp coming in at number 4! The pool was selected as one of the worlds very best as it is “perfect after a hard day's safari”

  • September 2006: Condé Nast Traveller (UK) - 2006 Readers' Travel Awards , showcasing the Best in the World, in the accommodation category for the Middle East, Africa & the Indian Ocean Islands , Ngorongoro Crater Lodge came 3 rd , with Londolozi Private Game Reserve following closely at #5

  • August 2006: Travel and Leisure – USA – World best hotels – the top 100, Kichwa Tembo listed 35; Phinda Private Game Reserve listed 45

  • August 2006: GQ Magazine South Africa named Phinda Forest Lodge in 10 th place for the sexiest spots on the planet

  • June 2006: Hideaway Report features an outstanding review of Kichwa Tembo , Klein's Camp, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge and Grumeti River Camp

  • June 2006: &BEYOND is delighted to feature in Travel + Leisure magazine's 2006 World's Best Service awards. BEST IN THE WORLD for service, in the Africa and the Middle East category: Kichwa Tembo was voted 2 nd and Londolozi Private Game Reserve was voted 7th

  • March 2006: 1000 Places to see before you die, Phinda qualifies as one of the 1000 places, whilst Londolozi and NCL are featured as recommended places to stay in the Sabi Sands and at the Crater respectively

  • March 2006: Zimbabwe Tourism Authority awarded Matetsi Game Lodges a Silver Jubilee Tourism Merit Award, for outstanding contribution to tourism during the period 1980 – 2005

  • June 2006: Hideaway Report features an outstanding review of Kichwa Tembo , Klein's Camp, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge and Grumeti River Camp

  • June 2006: &BEYOND is delighted to feature in Travel + Leisure magazine's 2006 World's Best Service awards. BEST IN THE WORLD for service, in the Africa and the Middle East category: Kichwa Tembo was voted 2 nd and Londolozi Private Game Reserve was voted 7th

  • February 2006: Travel+Leisure named Phinda Getty House as one of the top 50 Romantic Escapes

  • Condé Nast Traveller Gold List, in the category of The Best by Food 2006, Phinda Forest Lodge was named second in Africa & Middle East

  • Condé Nast Traveller Gold List, Africa & Middle East, 41 Gold List and 15 Reserves of Luxury and wilderness, mentioned was Kichwa Tembo, Phinda Forest Lodge, Londolozi Private Game Reserve and Ngorongoro Crater Lodge.

  • Condé Nast Traveller 2006 - The Gold List, in the category of the best Hotels in the world for Rooms, named Phinda Private Game Reserve in Africa

  • Condé Nast Traveller 2006 - The Gold List, in the category of the best Hotels in the world for Leisure Facilities, named Kwandwe Private Game Reserve in Africa

  • Tatler Magazine named Phinda Rock Lodge Tatler's 101 Best Hotels

  • "100 Best Places in the World," the Harpers Abroad Magazine awarded Phinda Getty Lodge, for its "amazing level of service" as one of the best in the "Private World"

  • "100 Best Places in the World," the Harpers Abroad Magazine awarded Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, for its "fantastic 'funky farmhouse' food, pretty baby bed linen and Theo the Butler" in the "One-Off Destination-Child-Friendly category

  • "100 Best Places in the World," the Harpers Abroad Magazine awarded Mnemba Island Lodge, won as one of the best "Beach Escapes-Luxe for Less" category for its "beach"

  • This year "The Woman of the Year Trophy" was awarded to Nicky Fitzgerald and Yvonne Short of &BEYOND, two strong, intelligent and energetic women who, they stated, "show remarkable tenacity and commitment to their property," the Londolozi Private Game Reserve. Both women develop and operate &BEYOND lodges and are passionately devoted to nature conservation

  • T+L (January 06) Worlds 500 Best Hotels, voted number#1 in Kenya Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp and number #1 in Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater Lodge. Londolozi Private Game Reserve also featured in Worlds Top 500 Hotels

  • Condé Nast Traveler recognises Phinda Getty House as one of the world's 130 top new hotels

  • Travel + Leisure named Phinda Getty House as one of the world's 50 most romantic escapes

  • In the Best by Food category of the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List, Phinda Forest Lodge was named second in Africa & Middle East

  • Condé Nast Traveler recognises Phinda Getty House as one of the world's 130 top new hotels

  • Condé Nast Traveller Gold List, Africa & Middle East – mentioned Kichwa Tembo, Phinda Forest Lodge and Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

  • In the category of Best Hotels in the World for Rooms, the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List named Phinda Private Game Reserve the best in Africa

  • Condé Nast Traveler recognises Phinda Getty House as one of the world's 130 top new hotels

  • # In the category of Best Hotels in the World for Leisure Facilities, the Condé Nast Traveller Gold List named Kwandwe Private Game Reserve the best in Africa

  • Tatler Magazine named Phinda Rock Lodge as one of Tatler's 101 Best Hotels
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