V Resorts, a boutique Indian leisure travel & hospitality brand bagged the World Tourism Award (UNWTO) 2018-19 held at St Petersburg, Russia, recently.

V Resorts has been felicitated by the award in the Enterprises category, for its “Community Impact by V Resorts”, an initiative of the brand under the aegis of Bliss Inns Ltd India.

For the 15th UNWTO Awards, a total of 190 applications from 71 countries were received in the three categories - Public Policy and Governance, Enterprises, and NonGovernmental Organizations. V Resorts competed with enterprises from Canada, Colombia, India, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the Philippines. The list of finalists for the 2019 UNWTO Awards ranged from community-based tourism development and innovation-driven nature conservation to heritage tourism and promotion of accessible tourism.

Aditi Balbir, Founder and CEO, V Resorts in a statement said, “We have been identified for contributing to the advancement of the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We want to create inroads for local community upliftment and revamp tourism globally through our asset-light and sustainable business model.”