Shangri-La receives seven other accolades at the 2009 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Travel Awards
HONG KONG, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group, took home the highly coveted title of Best Business Hotel Brand in Asia-Pacific plus seven other titles at the 2009 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific's 18th Travel Awards, which was held in Hong Kong today.
Regarded as one of the travel industry's most anticipated events, Business Traveller Asia-Pacific's Readers' Poll is held annually, surveying its readers, both frequent business and leisure travellers, mainly in Asia-Pacific.
For the eighth consecutive year, the title of Best Business Hotel in the World went to Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. The hotel was also voted Best Business Hotel in Asia-Pacific and Best Business Hotel in Singapore, for the ninth and seventh time, respectively.
Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, Makati Shangri-La, Manila and Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei all received awards for Best Business Hotel, in their respective cities.
"We are honoured and delighted that Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has been named Best Business Hotel Brand in Asia-Pacific for the ninth year running and we would like to sincerely thank our guests and the readers of Business Traveller for their support. We will continue to offer our distinct brand of hospitality - hospitality from the heart - to guests from all around the world," said Madhu Rao, managing director and chief executive officer, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.
The results from Business Traveller Asia-Pacific's Readers' Poll will be published in the October edition of the magazine.
About Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel group, currently owns and/or manages 65 hotels under the deluxe Shangri-La and mid-market Traders brands, with a rooms inventory of over 28,000. The group has over 40 projects under development in Austria, Canada, mainland China, France, India, Macau, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Seychelles, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at http://www.shangri-la.com .
For digitised pictures of the group's hotels, please go to
http://www.shangri-la.com/imagelibrary .
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