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2008 Business Traveller China Awards

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2008 BUSINESS TRAVELLER CHINA AWARDS

For photos from the Travel Awards 2008 held in Shanghai, click here. 

21 November 2008 - China’s frequent travellers showed their approval for impeccable service, voting 32 travel and hospitality providers as best in their category in the 2008 Business Traveller China Travel Awards.
 
The roster of accolades included Favourite City in the World, Best Airports in China and the World, eight airline category awardees and 20 hotel and accommodation awardees, out of which 15 were best in each city within China.
 
Launched in 2005, the awards were again distributed before an audience of 380 of the industry’s leading players in China and around the region. The dinner affair, graced by the presence of guest of honour and singing legend Frances Yip, was held at the Grand Ballroom of Hyatt on the Bund on November 21, 2008. In line with the night’s theme “Shanghai Shanghai”, the venue was decorated in Chinese grandeur and the guests had a ball of a time dressed in elegant qi pao and tang zhuang.
 
China’s fascination with Hong Kong SAR remained undimmed, as magazine readers crowned it their Favourite City in the World and Hong Kong International Airport, the Best Airport in China.

Joining the select club of winners this year were Singapore Airlines which garnered Best Airline First Class, and Cathay Pacific for Best Airline Economy Class.
 
The Best New Business Hotel in China produced not just one but two winners: The Westin Beijing Financial Street, winner in 2007, and Hyatt on the Bund. (A hotel is qualified to run for this category for up to three years.)
 
But there were lots of repeat winners. Among them were Air China for the Best Chinese Airline serving China, Grand Hyatt as Best Hotel Brand in the World, Shangri-La as Best Hotel Brand in China, Ascott International as Best Serviced Residence Brand in China and Mission Hills Resort & Spa as Best Golf Resort in China.
 
“In these challenging financial times, our winners have proven their commitment to providing their customers with quality service of the highest standards,” said Peggy Teo, Managing Director of Panacea Publishing Asia and publisher of Business Traveller China, Business Traveller Asia-Pacific, MIX - Asia’s Creative Meetings Magazine and http://www.businesstraveller.asia/.

“Their efforts have not gone unnoticed by their customers, and the awards are proof positive of this acknowledgement.”

In the July/August and September/October 2008 issues of Business Traveller China, 50,000 poll forms were dispatched to travel-savvy readers of the magazine. A response rate of 9 percent was received. Results will appear in the January/February 2009 issue of Business Traveller China.

For the third year running, proceeds of the Silent Auction, held in conjunction with the awards, will benefit the Chi Heng Foundation, which assists the children of AIDS victims in China through educational and liveihood programmes. Renowned songstress Frances Yip, patron of the Honorary Patron of Foundation, handed out the awards to the winners.

Business Traveller China, now in its sixth year of publishing, is one of nine regional editions of Business Traveller, published by Panacea Publishing Ltd. Its sister publications are distributed in the Asia-Pacific, UK, US, Germany, Middle East, Hungary, Denmark and South Africa.

2008 BUSINESS TRAVELLER CHINA AWARDS WINNERS LIST

Airlines

Air China
Best Chinese Airline serving China

Cathay Pacific 
Best Airline Economy Class

Lufthansa
Best European Airline serving China
 

Singapore Airlines
Best Airline in the World, Best Asian Airline serving China, Best Airline First Class 
 

United Airlines
Best American Airline serving China

Virgin Atlantic
Best Airline Business Class

Airports

Hongkong International Airport
Best Airport in China

Singapore Changi Airport
Best Airport in the World,

Cities

Hong Kong
Favourite City in the World

Hotels

Ascott International 
Best Serviced Residence Brand in China

Grand Hyatt
Best Business Hotel Brand in the World
 

Hilton Sanya 
Best Resort Hotel in China

Hyatt on the Bund
Best New Business Hotel in China (tie)
 





Mission Hills Resort & Spa 
 Best Golf Resort in China 

Shangri-La
Best Hotel Brand in China 
 

Westin Beijing 
Best New Business Hotel in China (tie)

Best Business Hotels in 

Grand Hyatt  
Beijing

 

Hyatt Regency
Hangzhou 

 

Island Shangri-La
Hong Kong SAR

Jinling Hotel
Nanjing

JW Marriott
Chongqing

Marco Polo 
Xiamen

Pudong Shangri-La
Shanghai






Renaissance Tianjin TEDA Hotel & Convention Centre
Tianjin






Shangri-La
Changchun






Shangri-La
Dalian






Sheraton Lido 
Chengdu






Sheraton Lido 
Shenyang






The Garden Hotel
Guangzhou






The Pavilion
Shenzhen






Wynn
Macau

For photos from the Travel Awards 2008 held in Shanghai, click here.

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