The Peninsula Hotels has been recognized by the Cannes Corporate and Media TV Awards for its brand heritage documentary, "Tradition Well Served," which received the top Golden Dolphin award.
After the DIA E-Tourism Asia Boot Camp in Bangkok, Thailand, Digital Innovation Asia announced the winners and runner ups in each of the five categories, as well as presented the Top 5 Digital Innovators. Both the DIA E-Tourism Asia Boot-Camp, as well as the DIA Awards was free to attend for registered attendees, due to the generous sponsorship by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), and Digital Innovation Asia (DIA), as well as the support of many partners from travel trade media and the tourism industry.
Turi Beach Resort is honored to be among the winners of the prestigious "Anugrah Insan Pariwisata Batam 2014" or Batam Hospitality Award 2014 organized by Batam Tourism Office. It competed against a number of hospitality industries in the island to achieve this accolade, which was awarded to Turi Beach Resort as "The Best Resort in Batam 2014".
The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), in partnership with the Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) has announced they are accepting nominations for the Rising Star Award South Asia. This will be the second year the two organizations have joined together to recognize emerging talent in the Indian subcontinent.
Mr. Peter Wong, Vice President – China Operations of Regal Hotels International and General Manager of Regal Hotels Investment & Management (Shanghai) Ltd. was delighted and honoured to receive the award, “We are pleased to be recognized as the ‘Best Regional Hotel Group of the Year’ by Travel Weekly China. It is indeed a remarkable accomplishment. We will continue to strive for excellence and ensure high quality of hospitality services for our valuable guests.”
Ovolo Hotels is proud to announce that the Group received two awards at the 9th China Hotel Starlight Awards hosted in Shenzhen, China.
Professor Kaye Chon, Dean and Chair Professor of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has recently been honoured among the "Top 10 Hoteliers of the Year in China" at the 9th China Hotel Starlight Awards held in Shenzhen on 12-13 March 2014. The award is given to hospitality professionals with significant contribution to the advancement of the industry.
Dorsett Mongkok, Hong Kong has recently been awarded one of the Top 25 Bargain Hotels in China by the world's most popular travel site – TripAdvisor, in its yearly "2014 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice" award programme. Earlier on, this hotel in Kowloon has also earned another equally prestigious recognition "Certificate of Excellence" from TripAdvisor for two consecutive years. This recent award is another feather on the hat which has proven the hotel's consistently high service quality and its superior yet affordable accommodation option.
Hotel ICON was among the honourees at the prestigious United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism 2013, an annual event acknowledging tourism leaders from around the world.
The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) and Hotel Investment Forum India (HIFI) will present Saurabh Bakshi the inaugural Rising Star Award (RSA) at HIFI on 15 January 2014. Saurabh is the General Manager at Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway, a part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. HIFI is co-hosted by Burba Hotel Network (BHN) and Horwath HTL and will be held 14-15 January 2014 at the Leela Ambience Gurgaon Hotel and Residences, Delhi (N.C.R.) India.
Hawaii-based Aqua Hospitality, founded in 2001, has announced it will assume management of two hotels in Guam beginning in December 2013. The two additional properties brings the number of hotels in the company's portfolio to 26. The new management contracts represent a milestone for Aqua as they will be the company's first hotels outside of Hawaii. The two Guam properties owned by Sentry Hospitality collectively offer almost 200 rooms.
Dorsett Hospitality International is pleased to announce that the group has entered into four management contracts with Mayland Group Malaysia and Far East Consortium International Limited to manage the following hotels:
Australian hotel management company Toga Hotels has announced it will manage and/or provide consultancy services to 11 of Rendezvous Hotels' sites in Australia and New Zealand. The move was prompted by the recent joint venture between the Toga Group and Far East Hospitality Holdings (Far East Hospitality).
Effective today, Kempinski Hotels and Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts have mutually agreed to bring the companies' fruitful 25-year relationship to a close. Following a progressive phase out which began in 2012, both parties will from now on promote their businesses separately. This will allow Leela to further consolidate its sales and marketing network independently, while facilitating Kempinski Hotels' direct penetration into the important Indian market.
IHG was again awarded the “International Hospitality Excellence Award 2013” at the China Hotel Investment Conference (CHIC). The award acknowledges IHG as an exceptional organisation that is committed to the advancement of the hospitality industry globally and to consistently delivering best practices and excellence in service standards in China.
Evening in Singapore. The scent of frangipani and the soft hum of conversation drift across the Palm Court at Raffles Hotel. Is it 1887 or 2012? The doormen, looking crisp in their distinctive Gieves & Hawkes uniforms, welcome arriving travellers. Somewhere deep in the hotel a butler swoops in from a teak veranda and as the grandfather clock in the airy lobby strikes eight, the piano strikes up…"I'll see you again" (Noel Coward would approve) - and outside, the Travellers' Palms rustle in the breeze.
Following the Hong Kong Business High-Flyers Award, Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong has been honoured with the Best Elite Satisfaction Score in Asia Pacific region by Expedia lately celebrating again its service excellence regionally! Apart from this, Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong is also a holder of Certificate of Excellence by Tripadvisor recognizing the hotel's exceptional staff service. Both of the honor are reflected directly through outstanding travellers' reviews meaning that we are excellent around the world on a consistent basis and now particularly in Asia Pacific region!
Cosmo Hotel Mongkok's website was launched in July 2011 and it has been proving product excellence for both hotel bookers and the hotel's business growth.Its Thishotel in Kowloon with its functional, informative, aesthetic design together with effective SEO campaign has further won her 2 notable awards – Adrian Award and WebAward.
The Peninsula Shanghai has been honoured by Travel + Leisure magazine as the world's finest business hotel. In the December 2012 issue of Travel + Leisure, widely recognised as a leading international authority on travel and tourism trends, the US-based magazine published its list of the best hotels for business travellers in cities around the world as voted for by its readers in the annual World's Best Awards survey.
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) took home 18 accolades at the 2012 World Travel Awards (WTA), which took place at the InterContinental Singapore last night. IHG took home the title for Asia's Leading Business Hotel Brand, as well as a slew of awards across its brands for properties across Asia, Australasia and the Pacific.Shantha De Silva, Director of Operations, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, who accepted the award on behalf of IHG said: "We are thrilled to be Asia's Leading Business Hotel Brand and also to have received so many other awards across categories. The recognition from our guests and customers reflect the people and the brand promise that these properties deliver, and we are very proud of this achievement. A big thanks to WTA for the recognition."The WTA also honoured the award's host venue, InterContinental Singapore as Asia's Leading Meetings & Conference Hotel. IHG also recorded notable country-specific wins in categories such as the Leading Hotel in Australia, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Nepal and Kazakhstan.The awards IHG received for the first time at the WTA 2012 ceremony are: