Jan Chovanec, General Manager Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow (right), receiving the Award from Kevin Taylor, Group Vice President, World Travel Awards — Photo by Swissôtel

Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy is proud to announce the receipt of the award of the World Travel Association (WTA), one of the world’s comprehensive travel trade polls. For the third year in a row the hotel was voted “Russia’s Leading Hotel” and the trophy was accepted by Jan Chovanec, General Manager and Tamara Afonina, PR & Communications Manager.

The World Travel Awards European regional ceremony took place mid of October 2009 in Portugal, where senior management and decision makers of Europe’s travel and tourism industry celebrated their achievements. ”The past 12 months have brought several challenges, namely the economic downturn and the outbreak of swine flu, which has impacted travel and tourism worldwide; today’s winners have remained focused on their long term objectives, and continued to deliver above and beyond the call of duty, setting an industry example”, mentioned Graham Cooke, President of the World Travel Awards.

“We are very proud that for the third time in a row our hotel receives the title “Russia’s Leading Hotel”, says Jan Chovanec, General Manager. “I would like to sincerely thank the entire team for maintaining our brand quality of service and for caring and attentive attitude to our guests”, said Jan Chovanec, General Manager, after the ceremony.

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Eva Maria Lindner
Director Communication, Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts
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