Singapore, 19 October 2012 - 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:
- Asia's Leading Business Hotel Brand - InterContinental Hotels Group
- Australia's Leading Hotel - InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto, Australia
- Thailand's Leading Beach Resort - InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort
- Thailand's Leading New Resort - InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort
- Vietnam's Leading Hotel - InterContinental Asiana Saigon Hotel
- Vietnam's Leading Business Hotel - InterContinental Asiana Saigon Hotel
- Asia's Leading Meetings & Conference Hotel - InterContinental Singapore
- Singapore's Leading Conference Hotel - InterContinental Singapore
- India's Leading Conference Hotel - Crowne Plaza New Delhi Rohini
- India's Leading New Business Hotel - Crowne Plaza New Delhi Rohini
- Nepal's Leading Hotel - Solatee Crowne Plaza Kathmandu
Repeated awards received at the WTA 2012 ceremony are:
- French Polynesia's Leading Spa Resort - InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa (second year running)
- French Polynesia's Leading Resort - InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa (second year running)
- Australasia's Leading Business Hotel - InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto, Australia (second year running)
- Australasia's Leading Spa Resort - InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa, French Polynesia (second year running, also won in 2009 and 2007)
- Japan's Leading Hotel - The Strings by InterContinental Tokyo (second year running)
- South Korea's Leading Hotel - InterContinental Grand Seoul Parnas (second year running)
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Kazakhstan's Leading Hotel - InterContinental
Almaty (fourth time win, previously in 2009, 2007
and 2006)
The awards come on the back of the group's recent success
at the 2012 Business Traveller Asia Pacific Awards, which
were held in Hong Kong. This saw Holiday Inn pick up the
Best Mid-Market Hotel Brand for the 12th consecutive year,
and InterContinental being named Best Business Hotel Brand
for the third year running.
Earlier this month, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts also
picked up Europe's Leading Hotel Brand at the WTA Gala
Ceremony in Europe.
The WTA were launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in
the travel and tourism industry and are now in their 19th
year. Dubbed the 'travel Oscars' by The Wall Street
Journal, the awards are decided and based on votes made by
the public and travel professionals worldwide.
The WTA's Asia, Australasia & Indian Ocean Ceremony 2012
that took place last night was held for the first time in
Singapore in partnership with TravelRave - Asia's most
influential travel trade festival. It was the final
regional leg of the WTA's grand tour. The winners of each
leg will go head-to-head at the WTA's Grand Final, set to
take place in New Delhi, India on 12 December 2012.
Results are based on votes from 167,000 travel agencies,
industry professionals and the public from more than 160
countries.
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Media Contacts:
Romilly
King
Director,
Asia
Mango
PR
Office: +65 6536
6527
Email: romilly.king@mangopr.com
Candida Lee
Press Officer, Asia, Middle East and Africa
IHG
Office: +65 6395 6159
Email: candida.lee@ihg.com
Notes to Editors:
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with nine hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, as well as our two newest brands, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts. IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world's first and largest hotel loyalty programme with over 67 million members worldwide.
IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,500 hotels and more than 666,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. With more than 1,000 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG expects to recruit around 90,000 people into additional roles across its estate over the next few years.
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