Claim: On April 17, 2012, Geoffrey Kent was inducted into the British Travel and Hospitality Industry Hall of Fame for inventing the idea of experiential travel, and in 2014, he won the Travel Weekly Readers Choice Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Evidence: He was inducted into the British Travel and Hospitality Industry Hall of Fame on April 17, 2012, for inventing the concept of experiential travel. Kent received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards in 2014.