Exotic Vacations Number 1 Naiade Holidays Agency in South Africa for 2008 - 25-May-09 Pictured from the left: Lulu Rodrigues from Naiade Holidays, Heidi Strydom and Stephnie Richards Exotic Vacations has done it again! "Second place is never good enough"; said Heidi Strydom, Managing Director of Exotic Vacations. Exotic Vacations was awarded 1st place as the top agency in South Africa for Naiade Holiday. The award ceremony was held at the newly renovated 5-star Les Pavillon. Hard work, dedication and most of all a total customer focus is what makes Exotic Vacations special. If you want a totally unforgettable holiday in Mauritius, organized by the company that sends more travelers to Mauritius than any other company in SA, then call Exotic Vacations today!

Exotic Vacations Officially No. 1 Beachcomber Agency in SA! - 11-Jan-09 Exotic Vacations was awarded 1st place at the annual Beachcomber Top 10 awards ceremony at Royal Palm Hotel in Mauritius. In 2007 Exotic Vacations came 5th so this was a remarkable achievement. Exotic Vacations is now the undisputed leader in travel to the Indian Ocean Islands, taking first spots in Mauritius, Zanzibar and Madagascar. "We are very excited that the hard work over the past few years have paid off and that we have been able to achieve our goal of becoming the market leader." says Heidi Strydom, Managing Director. "It is important for our customers to know that we have unsurpassed knowledge of our destinations and that they can book their holidays with confidence" Heidi said.

Heidi Strydom Wins 1st Place for 2008 - 01-Oct-08 Heidi Strydom, the managing director of Exotic Vacations has once again trumped the competition at the most prestigious awards function on the travel industry calendar. Heidi was awarded the 1st place in the annual Beachcomber top consultant awards in Sandton and received the coveted floating trophy. Her dedication , passion and commitment to customer service was recognized as the secret of her success. We salute you Heidi for once again proving the Exotic Vacations is the undisputed leader in the industry.

Exotic Vacations the Largest - 19-Apr-08 Exotic Vacations has been confirmed as the largest specialist tour operator to Madagascar, Zanzibar and Malawi through the spectacular volumes it has achieved in the past 12 months to April 2008. Exotic Vacations has shown consistent growth of between 30% and 40% for most of it's destinations, with a return customer ratio of more than 68%, demonstrating it's commitment to customer service. Exotic Vacations today released it's GSR results (Guest Satisfaction Ratings), indicating an improvement of 2% from 2007. Exotic Vacations GSR was up from 94.1% in 2007 to 96.3% in 2008. This fantastic achievement once again places Exotic Vacations in the leadership position when it comes to the satisfaction and overall happiness of it's customers.

Heidi Strydom wins Beachcomber award - 01-Nov-07 Heidi Strydom, Managing Director of Exotic Vacations has been awarded the 3rd place at the top consultant award at a function in Sandton this month. This is the second year in a row that Exotic Vacations has been awarded this prestigious award and is testimony to their dedication and commitment to customer service.

5th place at Beachcomber 2007 - 01-Oct-07 Exotic Vacations has been awarded the 5th spot in this years Beachcomber Top 10 awards. This is up from 9th position last year and is a major achievement for this young company. Exotic Vacations beat large groups and has steadily moved up the ranks every year. Personal service, dedication and service excellence is the secret, according to Managing Director, Heidi Strydom.

Exotic Vacations achieves 9th place out of 1,200 agencies - 01-Feb-07 Exotic Vacations was awarded 9th place out of 1,200 travel agencies in South Africa, in the annual Beachcomber top 10 awards. Exotic Vacations did it! We were awarded 9th place out of 1,200 travel agencies in South Africa for Mauritius and Seychelles. Beachcomber held their prestigious Top 10 awards at the Sainte Ann Resort and Spa in the Seychelles. The venue was awesome and the company even better. Beachcomber hosted a great event with great food and fantastic entertainment, all organized to perfection, exactly what we have come to expect of Beachcomber. The Beachcomber team made us all feel very special and went out of their way to make this years top 10 awards the one to remember. Exotic Vacations came 9th while competing against all the big names in travel. The secret to our success? Personal customer service. Less quantity and more quality. We build long lasting relationships with our customers. It's for this reason that more than 60% of our customer are repeat customers and a large percentage of our new business comes from referrals. Well done to all at Exotic Vacations who made this such a successful year. Well done to Heidi (Exotic Vacations Managing Director) for the hard work and for the great example that you are to us all.

Heidi Strydom wins Beachcomber award - 21-Nov-06 Heidi Strydom last night received the "Top Consultant 2006" (South Africa) award from Mr. Terry Munro, Managing Director of Beachcomber. We are all very proud of this fantastic achievement. Heidi epitomizes great customer service and fantastic product knowledge. If you book a vacation to Mauritius through Exotic Vacations, you will experience this for yourself!

1st Birthday Party - 28-Apr-06 Exotic Vacations turned 1 on 28 April 2006. In the first year of it's short life Exotic Vacations has achieved phenomenal success. After only six months Exotic Vacations became the second largest provider of tourism to Zanzibar as confirmed by Air Tanzania and South African Airways. Less than five months later and Exotic Vacations was appointed the fourth largest provider from Gauteng of tourism to BeachComber Resorts in Mauritius. During this time Exotic Vacations added additional exotic destinations to it's growing portfolio of destinations such as Mombasa, Kenya and Thailand. The birthday bash was held at the offices in Zwavelpoort and our first birthday was celebrated in style!

3rd in South Africa - 24-Apr-06 It was recently announced that Exotic Vacations has achieved third place in South Africa out of more than 1200 agencies and tour operators that market BeachComber Mauritius destinations. Steven Montgomery, one of the Mauritius consultants said that the secret of his success is personal customer service and dedication towards achieving total customer satisfaction. Exotic Vacations only recently partnered with BeachComber and has achieved unparalleled success with this destination in less than 5 months.