The Royal Palm Hotel Galapagos is proud to announce that they have been voted �Ecuador�s Leading Resort� at the 13th Annual World Travel Awards.

The World Travel Awards 2006 were hosted in the Turks & Caicos on Wednesday 20th September and attended by a great number of worldwide tourism professionals and members of the media as well as being broadcast by BBC World. This year�s voting reached 167,000 with travel professionals voting for hotels, resorts and travel organisations from around the world.

The Royal Palm Hotel is a Millennium & Copthorne associated property set amidst 500 acres of tropical vegetation in the highlands of Santa Cruz, one of the Galapagos Islands, and is an exclusive hideaway for those who cherish nature and treasure privacy.

The Royal Palm Hotel was also nominated at the 2006 World Travel Awards in the categories of �Leading Hotel in Ecuador� and �Leading Hotel in South America�.

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For further information, please contact: David Curtis-Brignell or Katherine Haynes at Millennium and Copthorne Hotels Tel: 020 7872 2472 or 020 7872 2477 Email: david.curtis-brignell@mill-cop.com or katherine.haynes@mill-cop.com Web: www.royalpalmgalapagos.com

Note to editors: Millennium and Copthorne Hotels comprises over 100 four and five star hotels with 26,673 rooms worldwide in 18 countries. Our World of Hospitality marketing alliance partner Maritim Hotels has 45 hotels with 12,557 rooms in 8 countries. More information from www.millenniumhotels.com www.maritim.com