TripAdvisor today announced the winners of its 2013 Travellers’ Choice awards for hotels. In their 4th year in India, the awards have identified the 104 most outstanding properties across the country. In all, 150 awards have been given in the following categories: Top Hotels, Luxury Hotels, Bargain Hotels, Service Hotels, Small Hotels, B&B/Inns.
Representing its biggest ever Travellers’ Choice campaign, TripAdvisor has named more than 6,000 award-winning properties around the world this year, with dedicated lists now covering 82 countries and nine regions worldwide. Unlike any other hotel honours, TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice winners are based on millions of valuable reviews and opinions covering more than 650,000 hotels and collected in a single year from travellers around the world.
This year’s list saw an almost equal presence of chain hotels and independent/boutique players in the Service category. In fact, standalone hotels such as Sajhome, Kaiya House and Chapslee rank higher than many large hotel brands in the list of top hotels for Service.
Dislodging last year’s winner Kerala, Rajasthan emerged as the state with the maximum number of awards across categories. Rajasthan hotels won 37 awards followed by Kerala hotels with 31 awards, swapping last year’s winning order. Also Himachal Pradesh takes the third spot knocking off Goa (which was the state with third most awards last year) to fourth spot.
While Kerala dominates the B&B/Inn & Bargain categories, Rajasthan establishes itself as the hot spot for high end tourism with the most winning hotels in the Luxury & Top Big hotels categories.
Hotels in Srinagar and Andaman & Nicobar make their debut in the Traveller’s Choice list this year in the Top Small & Bargain categories respectively. Srinagar has seen a revival in tourist arrivals in 2012 and this debut is a reflection of this welcome change as well as a growing interest in offbeat Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
The Oberoi Group which leads the brigade of best hotels in several categories has maximum number of winning properties this year. While the Oberoi Group had outnumbered Taj Hotels by a very slim margin last year, this year they have surpassed the Taj group properties by a significant lead.
While other Leela properties have received Travellers Choice Hotel Awards in the past, their relatively new property, The Leela Palace New Delhi has clocked an impressive three awards in the India list for Top Big, Service and Luxury hotels and two awards in the Asia list for Top Big & Luxury hotels in its debut year on the list.
Commenting on the recognition, Tamir Kobrin, general manager, The Leela Palace New Delhi said, “Digital evolution highly impacts the decisions of discerning travellers the world over, therefore being recognized by the World’s largest and most trusted travel site for two consecutive years, is indeed a proud moment. We thank all our patrons for sharing their valuable experience on TripAdvisor and believe these accolades are the true testament of our hard work and a great way to enter 2013 and it is just the beginning.”
The National Capital strides ahead of all other metro cities with the highest number of winning hotels as well as awards. Delhi leads with 11 awards and 7 winning hotels while Chennai falls behind with not a single award this year.
Last year’s topper in the Bargain category, Kaiya House, Kerala maintains its sheen and continues to be at number one.
Saubhag Bed and Breakfast, Delhi continues its reign as number one in the B&B/Inn category for the third year in a row.
Sajhome, Kerala shines at the top spot for Service for the third year in succession.
None of the chain hotels retained their top positions from last year.
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