Kifissia, 2013-07-01 — /travelprnews.com/ — Aegean Airlines, a Star Alliance member, is a winner in the 2013 World Airline Awards held at the Paris Air Show on 18 June 2013, scooping the award for the Best Regional Airline in Europe. AEGEAN voted by passengers for the 3rd consecutive year the “Best Regional Airline in Europe”. The Survey… Read the full news article
2013-06-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora was named the Best Luxury Beach Resort Worldwide in this year’s Luxury Travel Advisor Awards of Excellence. The magazine’s advisory board, an invitation-only panel of those influential travel advisors who have graced the cover of Luxury Travel Advisor, selected each of the nominees across several categories. The magazine’s readers then voted exclusively… Read the full news article
BANGKOK, 2013-06-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — A global marketing campaign launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to promote Volunteer tourism was one of the winners of the first Digital Innovation Asia Awards conferred at a ceremony on June 10. Conferred the “MOST IMPACTFUL CAMPAIGN” award, it was designed to tap into a growing industry trend known as Voluntourism… Read the full news article
2013-06-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Edward Plaisted of Skytrax described the World Airline Awards event at Paris Air Show on Tuesday 18th June 2013 “as a massive success, attended by the top Management of airlines from across the world. We were delighted to welcome so many airline Presidents, Chairman, CEO’s and others who dedicated their time to… Read the full news article
2013-06-25 — /travelprnews.com/ — Over the past ten months, 18 million passengers from over 100 countries have participated in the world’s largest aviation passenger survey and have recognised Lufthansa’s First Class lounges as the best in the world. The airline has also been voted “Best Western European Airline” and “Best Transatlantic Airline”. Dr Reinhold Huber, Senior… Read the full news article
Se trata de la cuarta edición de estos galardones donde se han congregado hasta cerca de 300 profesionales de diferentes sectores. Madrid, 2013-06-25 — /travelprnews.com/ — El Centro de Atención a Clientes Platino y Oro de Iberia ha recibido el premio al Mejor Servicio de Atención al Cliente en el sector transportes, otorgado por la empresa Contact… Read the full news article
2013-06-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahment Honoured in Lonely Planet Magazine India Travel Awards 2013. Hotel captures the prize as the Best International Heritage Hotel. Readers of Lonely Planet Magazine India (LPMI)have namedFour Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet as the Best Heritage Hotel in International Hotel category. For the second year running, Lonely Planet Magazine India invited the country’s travellers… Read the full news article
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2013-06-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) received last week the prestigious award of “Best Airport for the Middle East region” from the Airports Council International (ACI) in an award ceremony at Çiragan Palace in Istanbul Turkey during the council’s annual meeting. The award came as a result of the… Read the full news article
Airline Wins Three Accolades At Skytrax Awards During Paris Air Show Qatar Airways Voted Best For Airline Staff Service In Middle East For Second Year Running Doha International Airport Boasts Best Business Class Lounge In World Paris Air Show, FRANCE, 2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Qatar Airways took home three honours at the annual Skytrax 2013 World… Read the full news article
Dragonair delight as Skytrax ‘World’s Best Regional Airline’ honour awarded for third time – a first for any carrier HONG KONG, 2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Dragonair has been voted “World’s Best Regional Airline” in the annual Skytrax World Airline AwardsTM programme for the third time. No other airline has achieved this feat since this category was added… Read the full news article
NEW YORK, 2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — TravelClick, a global provider of innovative cloud-based solutions that enable hotels to grow revenue, earned 23 Interactive Media Awards™ (IMA), more than any other company in the ‘hotel/resort’ category. The IMA recognizes the highest standards of excellence in website design and development, and honored TravelClick with a total of eight… Read the full news article
Johannesburg, 2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — South African Airways (SAA) has been named the Best Airline in Africa in a global customer satisfaction survey. The announcement was made during the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony hosted at the 50th International Paris Air Show earlier today. The Skytrax World Airline Awards are regarded as the most prestigious accolades… Read the full news article
2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has won SKYTRAX World Airline Award for Best Airline Staff Service in Africa for its outstanding customer service, on 18 June 2013 in Paris at Le Salon du Bourget Air Show. With its uniquely Ethiopian flavored African hospitality, Ethiopian Airlines is availing high standard… Read the full news article
NEW YORK, 2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, announced today that Lisa Oswald, Senior Vice President of Customer Service for Travelzoo, won a Gold Stevie Award® at the 11th annual American Business Awards gala in Chicagolast night. Other nominees for this prestigious award included the Executive Vice President for… Read the full news article
2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Turkish Airlines has been chosen “Best Airline in Europe”, “Best Airline in Southern Europe” and awarded “Best Business Class Catering” in 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards As a world recognized brand associated with air travel excellence in 21st century by providing unique products to the world airline and airport industry through… Read the full news article
2013-06-19 — /travelprnews.com/ — Norwegian has been voted Europe’s best low-cost carrier of the year by the renowned SkyTrax World Airline Awards. It is the passengers themselves who have evaluated over 200 airlines worldwide in what is described as the most prestigious award in the airline industry. Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos accepted the prize during Paris Air… Read the full news article
LONDON, 2013-06-17 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 is celebrating after its director of sales and marketing was awarded a prestigious Acorn Award this week. Run by Caterer & Hotelkeeper, the awards recognise future stars of the hospitality industry and are now in their twenty-seventh year. The Acorns acknowledge flair and reward good… Read the full news article
MCLEAN, Va., 2013-06-14 — /travelprnews.com/ — Hilton Worldwide today announced honors for its top annual development awards in North America. Awards are presented in five categories across the company’s portfolio of hotels, including: Developer of the Year, Best Conversion, Deal of the Year, Outstanding Achievement and Lifetime Achievement. Recipients are awarded based on criteria ranging from total… Read the full news article
Incheon, Korea, 2013-06-13 — /travelprnews.com/ — Incheon Airport had the honor of being named as the best in airport service for eight consecutive years, at an award ceremony organized by the Airports Council International (ACI) at the Çıragan Palace Hotel Kempinski in Istanbul, Turkey on June 12th (local time in Korea). At the ACI World Congress… Read the full news article
2013-06-13 — /travelprnews.com/ — Manchester Airport’s Escape Lounge has won a prestigious global award in the Priority Pass of the Year awards. The Terminal One Escape Lounge has been announced as winner of the Best Staff category, beating off competition from over 600 lounges around the world. Suzy Taylor, Manchester Airport Escape Lounges Manager, said: “To… Read the full news article
2013-06-13 — /travelprnews.com/ — Virgin Trains has renewed its certification in the Recognised for Excellence (R4E) programme at the highest level of 5 stars, following a bi-annual assessment by the British Quality Foundation (BQF). The company, which originally achieved 5 star status in May 2011, improved its overall score by around 20 per cent, with higher… Read the full news article
Istanbul, Turkey, 2013-06-12 — /travelprnews.com/ — Today, Airports Council International (ACI) honoured recipients of its annual 2012 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards and inductees to ACI’s Director General’s Roll of Excellence during the ACI Europe and World Annual Congress & Exhibition 2013 Gala Dinner and ASQ Awards Ceremony at Ciragan Palace Kempinski. Director General’s Roll of… Read the full news article
2013-06-12 — /travelprnews.com/ — Heathrow has been named ‘Europe’s Best Airport’ at the ACI’s 9th annual Airport Awards, adding to other highly coveted global awards received earlier this year for ‘Best Airport Shopping’ and ‘Best Airport Terminal’ for Terminal 5. The award, in the over 25 million passengers category and shared jointly with Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, reflects… Read the full news article
2013-06-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — On Monday evening, 10 June, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol came first for the fourth time running in the ‘more than 25 million passengers’ category of the 2013 ACI EUROPE Best Airport awards. Jos Nijhuis, President & CEO of Schiphol Group, received the award at the ACI EUROPE Annual General Assembly in Istanbul. A… Read the full news article
2013-06-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — London City Airport has been named the best airport of its size in Europe at an industry awards ceremony. The 9th annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards took place in Istanbul on Monday [10th June], where LCY was announced as the winner of the 1-5 million passenger category for the second year running. The… Read the full news article
2013-06-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — Swissport International Ltd., the world’s leading provider of ground and cargo services to the aviation sector, was awarded “Air Cargo Handling Agent of the Year 2013” by the distinguished and esteemed ACW World Air Cargo Awards. Readers of “Air Cargo Week” have granted the top spot in this ranking for the fifth… Read the full news article
Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo Selected by Travel + Leisure Readers for 2013 World’s Best Service Award. 2013-06-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo has been honoured by readers of Travel + Leisure as a recipient of the 2013 World’s Best Service Awards. The Resort received an overall score of 96.09 out of… Read the full news article
2013-06-10 — /travelprnews.com/ — World Travel Awards, heads for Lima Peru to make history, for this is where the Central and South America Gala ceremony will be held for the first time on July 20th 2013. The glittering red carpet event will take place at the site of the ancient Huaca Pucllana temple, located in the… Read the full news article
Kabul, Afghanistan, 2013-06-10 — /travelprnews.com/ — Travelport – the leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data for the global travel industry – recently gathered Afghanistan’s travel industry in Kabul for a special awards ceremony. Organized by Travel Solutions – the official distributor of Travelport’s Galileo system in Afghanistan – this was the first event of… Read the full news article
2013-06-07 — /travelprnews.com/ — Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2013 Airline Reliability Performance Award from Bombardier Aerospace. This is the third time Ethiopian has won the award in a row. The award was given to Ethiopian for achieving an average dispatch reliability rate of… Read the full news article