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October 1 , 2008
Hotels praised at Asia Web Direct awards
Excellence awarded for hotels in Bangkok, Phuket and Malaysia
BANGKOK – 1 October 2008: Hotels who excelled at marketing and selling rooms through Asia Web Direct’s suite of destination and booking websites were doubly rewarded by being recognized at their annual awards ceremonies in Bangkok, Phuket and Malaysia.
At the awards hotel executives gathered to see who achieved the most sales through booking sites LateStays.com, SmartStays.com and the Asia Web Direct destinations websites, including the popular Bangkok.com and Phuket.com during the past 12 months.
Wotif Group’s Executive General Manager for Asia, Sii Eawsakul said, “Our booking sites, LateStays.com and SmartStays.com and Asia Web Direct destination portal sites provide hotel partners with many avenues to market their properties to travellers.
“By working closely with our Product Teams, the winning hotels produced exceptional results and filled rooms that may have otherwise gone unsold,” she added.
At events in Bangkok, Phuket and Malaysia, 80 hotels received awards for being top revenue contributors, top room night sellers and proactive users of the Asia Web Direct suite of sites.
The awards ceremonies were combined with awards for other Wotif Group accommodation site, Wotif.com, and accolades were also given to it’s top hotels.
“These were our first events held together as Wotif Group, and going forward Asia Web Direct hotel partners will be able to achieve even better results through our combined suite of sites and services,” said Sii.
“We are excited about these possibilities and look forward to even more competition for these awards in the future,” she added.
Wotif Group purchased Asia Web Direct earlier this year and all hotel partners from Wotif.com, Asia Web Direct, LateStays.com and SmartStays.com now work with the one Product Team to sell their accommodation through all of these sites.
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"Note to editor: All AWD Award winners are listed below"
For further information please contact Kirsty Harrison, PR & Marketing Director, The Wotif Group, Asian Business Unit, kirsty.harrison@wotif.com
Bangkok Awards Winners
Top Bangkok Hotels (Room Nights) Gold – Grand President Bangkok Silver – The Twin Towers Hotel Bronze – Ambasssador Hotel Bangkok Merit Awards Le Fenix Sukhumvit Asia Hotel Bangkok Omni Tower Serviced Residences The Davis Bangkok Somerset Lake Point Grand Sukhumvit By Sofitel Viengtai Hotel
Top Hotels - Central & Northern Thailand, other than Bangkok (Room Nights) Gold – Centara Duangtawan Hotel Chiang Mai Silver – Evason Hua Hin Resort and Six Senses Spa Bronze – Maninarakorn Hotel (Chiang Mai) Merit Awards A-one Royal Cruise Hotel, Pattaya Pattaya Centre Hotel, Pattaya Tim Boutique Hotel, Pattaya All Seasons Pattaya Novotel Chiang Mai AKA Hotel Resort & Spa, Hua Hin – Cha-Am Royal Orchid Resort, Pattaya
Top Bangkok Hotels (Revenue) Gold – Grand President Bangkok Silver – The Davis Bangkok Bronze – Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square Merit Awards Grand Sukhumvit By Sofitel Ambassador Hotel Bangkok The Twin Towers Hotel Somerset Lake Point Shangri - La Hotel Bangkok Holiday Inn Bangkok Lebua at State Tower
Top Hotels - Central & Northern Thailand, other than Bangkok (Revenue) Gold - Evason Hua Hin Resort and Six Senses Spa Silver – AKA Hotel Resort and Spa Bronze – A-one Royal Cruise Hotel Merit Awards Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya Centara Duangtawan Hotel Chiang Mai Tim Boutique Hotel, Pattaya Dusit Thani Pattaya Maninarakorn Hotel, Chiang Mai Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa Royal Orchid Resort, Pattaya
Top Boutique Hotels Bangkok Gold – The Davis Bangkok Silver – Shanghai Inn Bronze – The Key Bangkok
Top Boutique Hotels, Central & Northern Thailand, other than Bangkok Gold – Tim Boutique Hotel Silver – AKA Hotel Resort and Spa Bronze - Bodhi Serene Chiang Mai
Top New Hotels (Bangkok) Gold - Le Fenix Sukhumvit Silver – The Key Bangkok Bronze – S15 Sukhumvit Hotel
Top New Hotels - Central & Northern Thailand, other than Bangkok Gold – Maninarakorn Hotel Silver – Tim Boutique Hotel Silver – NOVA PLATINUM – an Amari Associate |
Phuket Award Winners
Top Producer hotels (> than THB 15M)
• Holiday Inn Resort
• Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort
• Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket
• Katathani Phuket Beach Resort
• Allamanda Laguna Phuket
Valued Partner (between THB10M and THB15M)
• Laguna Beach Resort
• The Chedi, Novotel Phuket Resort
• The Royal Phuket Yacht Club
• JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa
• Twinpalms Phuket
• Deevana Patong Resort & Spa |
Malaysia Award Winners
Top Achiever Award - Kuala Lumpur
1. Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center
2. Impiana KLCC Hotel & Spa
Top Achiever Award – Langkawi
1. Berjaya Langkawi Beach & Spa
2. Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa Langkawi
Top Achiever Award – Penang
1. G Hotel Penang
2. Copthorne Orchid Hotel Penang
Top Achiever Award – Malacca
1. Mahkota Hotel Melaka
2. A Famosa Resort
Top Achiever Award - Other Areas of Malaysia
1. Berjaya Tioman Beach Golf & Spa Resort
2. Colmar Tropicale
Appreciation Certificate
1. The Datai Langkawi
2. Berjaya Redang Beach Resort
3. Tanjung Rhu Resort, Langkawi
4. Langkasuka Resort, Langkawi
5. Swiss Garden Hotel Kuala Lumpur
6. Hotel Capitol, Kuala Lumpur
7. Corus Hotel Kuala Lumpur
8. The Westin Langkawi
9. Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa
10. Parkroyal Penang
MOST PROACTIVE INDIVIDUAL
Mr. Edmund Tey - Revenue Manager for Impiana KLCC Hotel & Spa |
About Wotif Group
Wotif Group operates leading online travel brands in the Asia Pacific region. We provide business and leisure customers with convenient booking services for all their travel needs. Our services are simple to use, value-focused and provide a wide range of accommodation, flights, car rental, insurance, travel packages or tours.
In Asia, our family of brands includes Asia Web Direct’s accommodation booking websites LateStays.com and SmartStays.com, Wotif.com and approximately 100 other travel content and destination websites including Bangkok.com and Phuket.com.
We strive to be the first choice for business and leisure consumers with a particular focus on those travelling to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. We work as partners with our travel suppliers providing a cost-effective distribution platform for their products.
Since launching in 2000, we have grown to be a truly international company, employing over 400 staff in 13 countries on five continents. Our Asian offices are in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia with people working on the ground in Vietnam, China and Indonesia. Head office is in Brisbane Australia with additional offices in New Zealand the United Kingdom and Canada. We listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in June 2006 as Wotif.com Holdings Limited, trading under the code “WTF”. |