On Friday 22nd April 2005 Australia�s Northern Territory Tourist Commission (NTTC) accepted TravelMole.com�s top prize for best tourist board website at the third annual �Travel & Tourism Web Awards� held in London.

TravelMole.com is one of the UK travel trade�s significant on-line mediums boasting 35,000 subscribers, the greater proportion of whom come from the independent travel sector.

Subscribers were asked for nominations in 12 categories, one of which was best tourist board website and the main selection criteria were a). ease of use b). clarity of purpose and c). functionality. A total of 500 nominations were received.

On accepting the award, Robert Hardless, the NTTC�s UK Regional Director said, �To say that we are delighted with this reward would be a understatement. We are all over the moon and extremely happy that all the hard work, ingenuity and creativity that went into the design of our website by our talented team in Darwin has been so significantly recognised. You just have to consider the stiff competition we had to beat to get this award to understand its value and importance.�

�In the long term we hope that this award will draw even more attention to our website allowing the travel trade to use it to its full capacity, helping them to sell even more holidays to the Northern Territory.�

To locate the NTTC�s winning website log on to www.travelnt.com

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