{"id":89572,"date":"2025-11-07T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:27:15","slug":"the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025","title":{"rendered":"The Gambia Wins Best Stand Design Award at WTM London 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Gambia, proudly showcasing its global tourism brand \u201cThe Smiling Coast of Africa,\u201d has been awarded the WTM London 2025 Best Stand Design at the World Travel Market (WTM) London 2025, held at Excel London on Wednesday, 5th November, day two of the event.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leading the delegation in remarkable style, Honourable Abdoulie Jobe, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), alongside the Gambian team, dazzled the summit in elegant all-white attire complemented by national-colour mufflers boldly inscribed with \u201cThe Gambia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Jobe received the prestigious plaque on behalf of the country and its tourism stakeholders. The celebration was shared with partners and supporters, including Nigerian travel icon Ambassador Ikechi Uko and his team, who joined in acknowledging The Gambia\u2019s outstanding achievement.<\/p>\n<p>WTM London, one of the world\u2019s biggest tourism gatherings, has this year attracted more than 43,000 visitors, nearly 5,000 exhibitors representing 180 countries, and facilitated over 34,000 business meetings. The Gambia continues to use this influential platform to expand its international visibility and promote the nation as a vibrant, year-round travel destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia, proudly showcasing its global tourism brand \u201cThe Smiling Coast of Africa,\u201d has been awarded the WTM London 2025 Best Stand Design at the World Travel Market (WTM) London 2025, held at Excel London on Wednesday, 5th November, day two of the event. Leading the delegation in remarkable style, Honourable Abdoulie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-to-homepage","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Gambia Wins Best Stand Design Award at WTM London 2025 - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gambia, proudly showcasing its global tourism brand \u201cThe Smiling Coast of Africa,\u201d has been awarded the WTM Londo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Gambia Wins Best Stand Design Award at WTM London 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gambia, proudly showcasing its global tourism brand \u201cThe Smiling Coast of Africa,\u201d has been awarded the WTM Londo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-07T16:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-07T16:27:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762520201.59273.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"The Gambia Wins Best Stand Design Award at WTM London 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-07T16:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-07T16:27:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762520201.59273.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-gambia-wins-best-stand-design-award-at-wtm-london-2025\",\"name\":\"The Gambia Wins Best Stand Design Award at WTM London 2025 - 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