Same old, same old? TTG Travel Awards 2012 announces winners

ASIA – Fifty-one out of the 72 awards at this year’s Annual TTG Travel Awards were retained by their 2011 winners.
 
The 23rd Annual TTG Travel Awards is a TTG Travel Trade Publishing event held at the World Ballroom at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld.
 
The annual event recognised 80 of the Asia-Pacific travel trade’s best organisations and individuals and was attended by 700 people. Online the awards garnered 60,000 valid votes, a 20 per cent increase from 2011.
 
Nine winners took home the signature Hermes trophy for the first time including Song Saa Private Island being awarded Best New Beach Resort and Amankora awarded the Best Non-Beach Resort.
 
In the Hotel Chain sub-category, only Park Hotel Group (Best Regional Hotel Chain) and Preferred Hotel Group (Best Hotel Rep Company) were new winners, while Mercury Travels (Best Travel Agency – India) became the only new travel agency winner this year. Similarly, the entire airline category returned to take away their respective awards for the third year running.
 
Notably, among the returning winners, Wing On Travel has returned after more than a decade since its last win in 2001 to retake the Best Travel Agency – Hong Kong title.
 
“It’s heartening to see our industry colleagues innovate and reinvent their products to stay relevant and in demand,” said TTG Asia Media MD, Darren Ng. “The fact that so many of our winners can return to reclaim their titles is testament to their constant drive for improvement, amidst so many other up-and-coming competitors.”
 
The Awards also honoured its eight Travel Hall of Fame luminaries including Singapore Airlines, Lotte Tour, and Singapore Changi Airport, who has won the same award more than 10 consecutive times.
 
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