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A total number of 48,300 nominations were received this year from TTG readers across the Asia-Pacific who participated in the print and online voting exercise for the Travel Awards. Based on these results, 25 new awardees emerged across various categories; acknowledged for their contributions and excellent products and services.
New winners include Hong Kong Disneyland for Best Theme Attraction, City of Dreams for the Best Integrated Resort and Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts under the Best Local Hotel Chain award categories. The most significant change is witnessed under the Resorts Individual Property category where all four award winners are new from 2009.
More notably, Thai Airways International clinched two separate awards under Best Airline Business Class and Best South-East Asian Airline. Similarly, Best Western International emerged yet again as winners with the Best Mid-Range Hotel Brand for Hotel Chains, and under the Outstanding Achievement Awards for Best Marketing and Development Effort.
TTG Asia Media's Managing Director, Mr Darren Ng, said, "We need to be adaptable and flexible now, especially with the new kind of working environment the industry faces these days, while still managing to maintain a benchmark for exemplary standards of service and accessibility."
On the same note, TTG's editorial team handpicks the recipients of the Outstanding Achievement Awards for their noteworthy contributions and accomplishments to the industry. Conferred for the first time this year, CTC Travel received the Most Entrepreneurial Travel Company award; acknowledging them for their risk-taking and enterprising new business models that serve as a visionary model to the industry.
In addition, a new honorary member SilkAir, who has won the Best Regional Airline award ten times, will be inducted into the Travel Hall of Fame, joining six other Travel Hall of Fame Honoraries in the Asia-Pacific.
Honoraries in the Travel Hall of Fame are conferred after having won the same award at least ten times at the TTG Travel Awards. The complete list of winners for the TTG Travel Awards 2010 is detailed in Annex A.
This year, between June and August, all readers of TTG Asia, TTG China, TTGmice, TTG-BTmice China, and ttgasia eDaily were invited to vote for their favourite travel and tourism organisations under the Travel Supplier and Travel Agent Awards Category. Spanning across four main categories, award titles consist of two voting, and two non-voting segments.
The 21st TTG Travel Awards 2010 Ceremony & Gala Dinner is held on the last day of Asia-Pacific's foremost MICE and corporate travel events IT&CMA and CTW, where more than 2,300 international attendees converged in one single location, to seek new products, services and resources through a series of breakout sessions, conferences, workshops and an exhibition.
An attendance of almost 700 esteemed travel trade professionals joined in to celebrate 77 of Asia-Pacific's finest travel trade individuals and organisations for their outstanding work. The prestigious event was held at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld.
About TTG Asia Media
Established in Singapore since 1974, TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd is the leading publisher and organiser of events in travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region. Its publications and trade shows provide the best access and solutions to marketing travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific.
Publications are targeted at distinct segments: TTG Asia for travel agents and tour operators; TTG China (Chinese edition) for the travel trade and travel agents in China; TTGmice for the meetings, incentive, convention and exhibition planners (MICE); and TTG BTmice China (Chinese edition) for both MICE planners and corporate travel buyers in China.
TTG Asia Media is also the leading organiser and manager of two major travel events in Asia and China - IT&CMA (Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia) and IT&CM China (Incentive Travel & Conventions Meetings China) are Asia and China's only dedicated MICE exhibitions. CTW (Corporate Travel World Asia-Pacific) and CT&TW China (Corporate Travel & Technology World China) are conferences and exhibitions that focus on the management of business travel and entertainment expenditure.
For more information on TTG Asia Media, visit www.ttgasiamedia.com
Information on the TTG Travel Awards can be found on www.ttgasia.com/ttg-awards
AWARDS WINNERS - 2010
TTG TRAVEL AWARDS 2010 Organisation
Best Airline - Business Class Thai Airways International
Best North American Airline United Airlines
Best European Airline Air France-KLM
Best Middle Eastern Airline Qatar Airways
Best South Asian Airline Air India
Best South-East Asian Airline Thai Airways International
Best North Asian Airline Cathay Pacific Airways
Best China Airline Air China
Best Pacific Airline Qantas Airways
Best Regional Airline Dragonair
Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier AirAsia
Best Global Hotel Chain Accor
Best Regional Hotel Chain Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Best Local Hotel Chain Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts
Best Luxury Hotel Brand The Peninsula Hotels
Best Mid-Range Hotel Brand Best Western International
Best Budget Hotel Brand Holiday Inn Express
Best Hotel Representation Company The Leading Hotels of the World
Best Luxury Hotel Raffles Hotel Singapore
Best Mid-Range Hotel Furama Riverfront, Singapore
Best Budget Hotel Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen
Best Independent Hotel Royal Plaza on Scotts
Best Boutique Hotel The Luxe Manor
Best City Hotel - Bangkok Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
Best City Hotel - Delhi Taj Palace Hotel
Best City Hotel - Hanoi Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
Best City Hotel - Jakarta Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta
Best City Hotel - Kuala Lumpur Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
Best City Hotel - Manila InterContinental Manila
Best City Hotel - Seoul Lotte Hotel Seoul
Best City Hotel - Singapore Mandarin Orchard Singapore
Best City Hotel - Taipei Sheraton Taipei Hotel
Best City Hotel - Tokyo Four Seasons Tokyo at Marunouchi
Best New City Hotel Park Hotel Clark Quay
Best Airport Hotel Regal Airport Hotel
Best Beach Resort The Datai, Langkawi
Best New Beach Resort Soneva Kiri by Six Senses
Best Resort Hotel Alila Villas Uluwatu
Best Integrated Resort City Of Dreams
Best Serviced Residence Operator The Ascott Limited
Best Spa Operator Banyan Tree Spa
Best Business Hotel Swiss'tel The Stamford Singapore
Best Meetings & Conventions Hotel Centara Grand at CentralWorld
Best BT-MICE City Shanghai
Best Convention & Exhibition Centre Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Best Convention & Exhibition Bureau Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau
Best Airport Hong Kong International Airport
Best GDS Travelport
Best Cruise Operator Royal Caribbean Cruises Asia
Best NTO Korea Tourism Organisation
Best Theme Attraction Hong Kong Disneyland
Best Corporate Travel Agency American Express Business Travel
Best Travel Agency - Australia Intrepid Travel
Best Travel Agency - China China International Travel Service
Best Travel Agency - Chinese Taipei Phoenix Tours International, Inc
Best Travel Agency - Hong Kong Westminster Travel
Best Travel Agency - India Creative Travel Pvt Ltd.
Best Travel Agency - Indonesia Pacto Ltd Indonesia
Best Travel Agency - Indochina Asian Trails
Best Travel Agency - Japan JTB Corp
Best Travel Agency - Malaysia Asian Overland Services Tours & Travel
Best Travel Agency - Singapore Chan Brothers Travel
Best Travel Agency - South Korea Lotte Tour
Best Travel Agency - Thailand Diethelm Travel
Best Travel Agency - The Philippines Blue Horizons Travel & Tours
Best On-line Travel Agent Expedia
Travel Personality of the Year Steven Pan
Chairman of Formosa International Hotels Corporation
Destination of the Year Singapore
Most Entrepreneurial Travel Company CTC Travel
Best Marketing & Development Effort Best Western International
Travel Hall of Fame Singapore Airlines
Travel Hall of Fame Singapore Changi Airport
Travel Hall of Fame Hertz Asia Pacific
Travel Hall of Fame Royal Cliff Beach Resort
Travel Hall of Fame Star Cruises
Travel Hall of Fame Abacus International
Travel Hall of Fame SilkAir
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