Travelzoo had been recognised as the World’s Leading Travel Deals Website at the 20th annual World Travel Awards Grand Final in Doha, Qatar.

The World Travel Awards, established in 1983, are regarded globally as the highest accolade in the travel industry and have been called the “travel industry’s equivalent of the Oscars” by the Wall Street Journal.

Consumers and over 200,000 travel industry professionals cast their votes online to select the winners.

Travelzoo won the World’s Leading Travel Deals Website, ahead of brands such as LivingSocial, Groupon Getaways and lastminute.com.

“It is a great honour to be recognised by travellers worldwide and the global travel industry, as the leading online brand in travel deals.” said Chris Loughlin, Travelzoo chief executive.

“Since 1998, we have focused on finding the very best deals and recommending these to our subscribers. 

“We thoroughly research and test book each deal, as a result our travellers have come to trust our brand and we have built a strong following of 26 million weekly subscribers. 

“Unlike other deal websites, we focus squarely on quality, we only recommend trips we would take ourselves.”