Mantis, a collection of privately owned boutique hotels and eco -escapes around the world, has been rewarded with five titles before a select audience of the industry’s leading luminaries and international media at the World Travel Awards 2012 Grand Final Gala Ceremony. The Oberoi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India was the impressive venue for the red-carpet event, which was hosted under the patronage of Incredible India.

Mantis, a family run collection of award winning, privately owned, five-star properties located around the world, has picked up six trophies at the World Travel Awards 2012 Europe Gala Ceremony. The event took place at the new Conrad Algarve.

Mantis Collection group marketing director Paul Gardiner bring viewers up to date on the brand’s involvement as official sponsor to the latest Extreme Frontier series.

Charley Boorman will be returning to South Africa for his most intense journey through the country yet as part of the new Extreme Frontiers series to be broadcast on Channel 5. Following a launch party at the Mantis Collection-operated Cannizaro House in London, Boorman will start in Cape Town before traversing the Western Cape by motorbike, exploring everything it has to offer culturally, geographically and gastronomically.

The stunning luxury Cotswolds hotel Ellenborough Park has shot to the number one slot for Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds and Cheltenham on TripAdvisor as travellers can’t stop raving about their experiences at this charming hotel.

Once again the Mantis Group is technologically leaps and bounds ahead of the rest, with travel becoming expensive, their latest launch of an online special video based website designed specifically for training the trade on their products from the comfort of their own desks. Mantis was last year recognised as Africa’s Leading Boutique Hotel Brand by the World Travel Awards.