April 13th, 2006
Hotel Awards continue to shine - Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards
Asia’s most prestigious hotel industry awards are back for 2003. Now in its sixth successful year, the Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards are now established as the leading accolades for all of Asia’s five star hotels.
A record field of 99 nominees are vying for the top honours in 17 categories this year. The categories for 2003 are: Best Business Hotel in Australia; Best Business Hotel in China; Best Business Hotel in Hong Kong; Best Business Hotel in India; Best Business Hotel in Indonesia; Best Business Hotel in Japan; Best Business Hotel in Malaysia; Best Business Hotel in New Zealand; Best Business Hotel in the Philippines; Best Business Hotel in Singapore; Best Business Hotel in South Korea; Best Business Hotel in Taiwan; Best Business Hotel in Thailand; Best Business Hotel in Vietnam; Best Airport Hotel; and Best New Hotel. One outstanding hotel will also be chosen to be crowned as the Overall Best Business Hotel in Asia.
Initiated by Business Asia Magazine, the Awards were established to recognise excellence in the hospitality industry, particularly when it comes to servicing the needs of the crucial business travel sector. The event partner for this year’s Best Business Hotel Awards in Asia is CNBC Asia.
The nominees in each category have been chosen by a panel of industry experts. Readers of Business Asia are now asked to vote for their favourites by returning the ballot paper on page 18,
The judges for 2003 were David Armstrong, editor in chief, South China Morning Post; Peter Charlton, chairman of First Charlton Communications and publisher of Business Asia Magazine; and Robert Hecker, managing director of Horwath Asia Pacific.
In its relatively short history, the Awards have become one of the most popular industry accolades in the region. Asia’s hospitality sector has truly embraced the Awards concept, which was demonstrated by the massive number of 12,000 votes received for last year’s event.