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Tourism minister attends TTG Travel Awards 2017 in Thailand
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Tourism Minister Arief Yahya during an award show called Indonesia Tourism Award 2017 at Bidakara Assembly Hall, Jakarta. The event marked the last day of Tourism National Coordination Meeting III which was held coincidentally with the World Tourism Day on Sept. 27. (Pesona Indonesia/File)
T
ourism minister Arief Yahya took an early flight to Bangkok, Thailand on Sept. 28 to attend the 28th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2017.
The Travel Trade Gazette (TTG) is a travel publication that can be found in almost every travel market in the world, first published 1953.
The TTG Travel Awards is a prestigious award given for tourism practitioners in the Asia Pacific region and has been held annually since 1989.
The event is hosted by TTG Asia with the support from TTG India, TTG China, TTG Mice, TTG Associations, TTC BT Mice China and TTG Asia Luxury. In the early days, the awards used to have 10 categories but now there are more than 80 awards divided into four categories: Travel supplier, travel agency, outstanding achievement and travel hall of fame.
The voting process was took two months from May until July this year. The committee asked industry professionals as well as readers to vote.
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Travel supplier awards are given for travel consultants, tour operators and travel companies. Meanwhile, travel agency awards are for hotels, aviation staff, car rentals, broadcast operators, national tourism organizations, GDS companies and other professional travel companies.
This year, Indonesia is being nominated in the outstanding achievement category, “Last year the winner was Thailand, since 2010 Thailand has won the award three times (2012, 2013 and 2016) and then followed by Singapore who won two times (2010 and 2011). This year, Wonderful Indonesia will be the one who goes up to the stage,” said Arief.
“We’re going to win destination of the year, it is the most prestigious award from TTG for countries. The award will strengthen our 3Cs: Calibration, confidence and credibility,” he added.
The travel hall of fame category is given for 10-time champions. So far there are 15 names that can no longer take part in this category because they have been winning consistently and they are: Singapore Airlines, Singapore Changi Airport, Hertz Asia Pacific, Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Star Cruises, Abacus International, Silk Air, Lotte Tour, Hongkong International Airport, Raffles Hotel, Regal Airport Hotel, Banyan Tree Spa, Qatar Airways, Thai Airways and Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau. (asw)
