Islamabad Serena Hotel declared Pakistan’s leading Hotel 2017 at prestigious Travel Awards ceremony
Islamabad Serena Hotel has bagged two awards at the 2017 World Travel Awards Asia and Australasia ceremony in Shanghai, China on June 4, 2017.
Hosted by the luxury Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai, the prestigious event was attended by 250 hospitality leaders from across the regions.
World Travel Awards Vice President, Chris Frost, said: “It has been an honour to recognise some of the leading hospitality providers from Asia and Australasia tonight and I offer my heartfelt congratulations to each and every one of them.
Frost continued: “I look forward to seeing many of tonight’s winners later this year at the Grand Final in Vietnam, where they will compete for the global titles.”
Serena Hotels scooped four awards at the prestigious World Travel Awards. Two awards were bagged by Islamabad Serena Hotel in the category of ‘Pakistan’s Leading Hotel 2017’ and ‘Pakistan’s Leading Hotel Suite 2017’. The other two were won by Kabul Serena Hotel and Dushanbe Serena Hotel.
Deluxe Holidays was declared ‘Pakistan’s Leading Travel Agency 2017’, whereas Quality Aviation emerged as ‘Pakistan’s Leading Travel Management Company 2017’. Hertz was awarded the prize for ‘Pakistan’s Leading Car Rental Company 2017’.
Winners from Pakistan
Pakistan’s Leading Car Rental Company 2017: Hertz
Pakistan’s Leading Hotel 2017: Islamabad Serena Hotel
Pakistan’s Leading Hotel Suite 2017: Presidential Suite at Islamabad Serena Hotel
Pakistan’s Leading Travel Agency 2017: Deluxe Holidays
Pakistan’s Leading Travel Management Company 2017: Quality Aviation
Global Winners
Sri Lanka claimed the title of leading destination and leading adventure tourism destination for Asia at the World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia 2017.
Hainan Airlines was announced the 2017 winner for Asia’s leading airline.
In Australasia, Air New Zealand was hailed Australasia’s Leading Airline and Australasia’s Leading Airline Brand.
Michael Henssler, chief operating officer, Asia, of Kempinski Hotels, took home the trophy for Asia’s Leading Travel Personality 2017.
View the full list of winners from the World Travel Awards Asia Australasia Gala Ceremony here.
World Travel Awards
The World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.
Each year World Travel Awards covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies to recognise and celebrate individual and collective successes within each key geographical region.
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
This year, World Travel Awards celebrated its 24th anniversary in 2017.