International recognition

Multiple international awards. One consistent standard.

Recognition for innovation, leadership, storytelling and work that helps move the global travel industry forward.

Lorraine Simpson holding two international travel awards

Recognition with meaning

Awards are not the reason we do the work. They are independent confirmation that the work stands apart.

Nia Global Strategies and Lorraine Simpson have received multiple international honours across tourism innovation, leadership, travel storytelling and specialist FAM-trip development.

The recognition spans established travel-industry awards and wider international leadership programmes. Together, these honours reflect the breadth of the work: creating original tourism ideas, communicating destinations in memorable ways, developing educational experiences and challenging conventional approaches to how travel is marketed and sold.

Most importantly, each award represents work designed to create a real response—from the advisor who feels better equipped to sell, to the destination whose story reaches an audience in a new way.

African Excellence Awards 2026
2026 · African Excellence Awards

Africa FAM Trip Specialist of the Year

Recognition of Nia’s dedicated Africa FAM Trips programme and its educational approach to helping travel professionals experience, understand and confidently sell African destinations.

Top 100 Global Innovative Leaders 2026
2026 · Global recognition

Top 100 Global Innovative Leaders

Lorraine was selected among 100 outstanding global innovative leaders in recognition of vision, leadership and a distinctly original approach to tourism and communication.

International travel-industry honours

Two Gold and one Silver Magellan Awards

Three Magellan Awards recognise excellence across the international travel industry. Lorraine’s two Gold and one Silver honours reflect creativity, quality and the ability to turn travel ideas into work that earns attention.

Internationally recognised. Commercially grounded. Always looking for the idea no one else has considered.

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