The Bermuda Department of Tourism recognised and thanked two of its travel partners for promoting the Island this year.

At a dinner in London last week Purely Bermuda and Prestige Holidays were recognised for their hard work.

Purely Bermuda, an online specialist achieved the award for Outstanding Partnership following a growth in sales of more than 15 percent in 2009.

The Excellence in Partnership award was presented to Prestige Holidays, a long standing partner of over 20 years.

Tourism Director William Griffith said: "While it has been a testing year for Bermuda we have seen a level of stabilisation throughout the third quarter and the continued support of our UK partners has been a valuable contributor to this trend."

"The UK is our most important European market, contributing approximately 10 percent of our overseas business. We're incredibly proud to be working closely with our UK partners to grow market share and wanted to demonstrate our recognition of their support and hard work with the introduction of two annual partnership awards."