Rocky Mountaineer Wins Big in 2020 as World’s Leading Luxury Train, Best Sustainable Train Journey, and More
Rocky Mountaineer has earned global recognition from the World Travel Awards as World’s Leading Luxury Train experience and Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel Award for Best Sustainable Train Journey, following several other awards earlier this year: Best Rail Supplier at the Nexion Travel Group Supplier of the Year Awards, Favourite Rail provider in the Baxter Travel Media Agents’ Choice Awards, and Best Rail Company at the prestigious Travel Weekly Globe Travel Awards in the UK.
Rocky Mountaineer in the Thompson Okanagan Region
Rocky Mountaineer features several rail routes which travel through the Thompson Okanagan region with a night stay in Kamloops, including:
First Passage to the West: Vancouver to Kamloops, passing through the Shuswap, to Banff/Lake Louise
Journey Through the Clouds: Vancouver to Kamloops, passing through the Shuswap, Pyramid Falls, and Mount Robson to Jasper
Multiple circle routes
World Travel Awards: World’s Leading Luxury Train
The World Travel Awards are a global initiative to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry. Rocky Mountaineer was crowned the winner after a year-long search for the world’s top travel, tourism and hospitality brands. Votes were cast by travel industry professionals and a record number of the public from around the world.
This is the ninth World Travel Award for Rocky Mountaineer, which also received the award for World’s Leading Travel Experience by Train in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and World’s Leading Luxury Travel Product in 2010.
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) received the 2020 World’s Responsible Tourism Award for the third consecutive year and will host the World Travel Awards North America Gala Ceremony at Predator Ridge Resort in Vernon this Autumn 2021.
Lonely Planet Best in Travel: Sustainable Train Journey
Rocky Mountaineer received this award for taking steps to reduce carbon emissions, increase on-board recycling, and partner with organizations to protect the local wildlife.
Train travel is a sustainable method of transportation to the Thompson Okanagan region from both east and west. The Rocky Mountaineer is committed to sustainable tourism. The train line works to protect the areas it travels through and focuses on using resources wisely – including reducing carbon emissions. Further, the Rocky Mountaineer makes annual contributions to Tree Canada’s National Greening Program, which has resulted in over 13,500 new trees being planted across BC to date.
About Rocky Mountaineer
Rocky Mountaineer offers premium train experiences between Vancouver and the Canadian Rocky Mountains, showcasing the best scenery Canada has to offer. Rocky Mountaineer is an exclusive travel experience that offers unparalleled journeys in its spacious glass-domed train coaches thanks to the pristine scenery, local gourmet cuisine, and attentive service. Since it was founded in 1990, Rocky Mountaineer has welcomed more than two million guests and become the largest privately-owned premium tourist train in the world. Learn are more at RockyMountaineer.com.
