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The
2003 Premier Travel Awards for
Excellence were our most popular yet, with a staggering 52,803 votes
cast from viewers covering the entire Globe.
As 2003
was a very hard year for anyone within the travel industry, especially
those in Asia who were confronted with unexpected difficulties that
arose from terrorism, and especially SARS, we were pleasantly surprised
by the number of votes received. Due perhaps, to some of the
difficulties mentioned, the biggest surprise came from the Maldives who
for the second year in a row managed to beat
out tough competition from Koh Samui and Phuket, who came second and
third, and other destinations in Asia and around the world, to win the
Favourite Holiday Destination Award.
Another
major change in this years result came from the luxurious Grand Hyatt
Shanghai who not only won the best hotel in Shanghai category but also steamed
in to win the Best Hotel in Asia category. Another first came from the
award winning Peninsula, Bangkok which for the past few years has won
the Best Hotel in Bangkok category but this year also managed to pull
in enough votes to win the coveted Best Hotel in the World award.
In other
categories there was some movement with new hotels opening, and shifts
in ranking but overall
no major surprises. The popular restaurant in Phuket the Baan Rim Pa
once again managed to beat out a lot of competition from not only in
Thailand, but around the region, to win the Best Restaurant in Asia,
with the Felix at Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel and Sala Rim Naam at the
Oriental Bangkok pulling in at second and third place respectively. Some
major movement as well within the Best Bars in Asia, with the
lofty V9 bar and restaurant taking first place, and Brix at the Grand
Hyatt Singapore and the new 87 at the Conrad taking the third position
of the best in Asia.
We hope
you find these results interesting and invite you to let your voice and
thoughts be heard by voting in the current Premier Travel Awards for
Excellence.
| Hotels
in Bangkok |
Hotels
in Manila |
Hotels
in Singapore |
| Peninsula
Bangkok |
Pan
Pacific Manila |
The
Raffles Hotel |
| Oriental
Bangkok |
Makati
Shangri-La, Manila |
The
Ritz-Carlton Singapore |
| The
Conrad Bangkok |
Peninsula
Manila |
Shangri-La
Hotel, Singapore |
| Hotels
in Hong Kong |
Hotels
in Hanoi |
Hotels
in Saigon |
| Island
Shangri-La |
Sofitel
Metropole Hanoi |
Sheraton |
| Peninsula
Hong Kong |
Nikko
Hanoi |
Caravelle |
| InterContinental
Hong Kong |
Melia
Hanoi |
Renaissance
Riverside |
| Hotels
in Jakarta |
Hotels
in Kuala Lumpur |
Hotels
in Dubai |
| Shangri-la,
Jakarta |
Mandarin
Oriental |
Emirates
Towers |
| Mulia
Hotel |
Sheraton
Imperial |
Burj
Al Arab |
| Alila
Jakarta |
JW
Marriott |
Le
Royal Meridien Beach Resort and Spa |
| Hotels
in Shanghai |
Favourite
Airlines |
Hotels
in Beijing |
| Grand
Hyatt Shanghai |
Emirates
Airlines |
St.
Regis |
| Sheraton
Grand |
Singapore
Airlines |
China
World Hotel |
| The
St Regis Shanghai |
Cathay
Pacific |
Grand
Hyatt |
| Best
Bars in Asia |
Favourite
Holiday Destination |
Best
Restaurants in Asia |
| V9
in Bangkok |
Maldives |
Baan
Rim Pa in Phuket |
| Brix
in Singapore |
Koh
Samui |
Felix
in Hong Kong |
| 87
@ the Conrad in Bangkok |
Phuket |
Sala
Rim Naam in Bangkok |
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Best
Hotel in Asia Pacific |
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Grand
Hyatt Shanghai |
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Best
Hotel in the World |
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Peninsula
Bangkok |
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To see
the lists of past winners and for more information about why we do these
awards please visit, and to cote in the current awards lease visit the
main Premier
Travel Awards for Excellence page.
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