KUONI INDIA WINS THE INAUGURAL KL MAYOR’S TOURISM

Kuoni India was felicitated with the Award of Excellence for the category Best International Tour Operator at the prestigious Kuala Lumpur Mayor’s Tourism Award 2011 at Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur recently. Kuoni India is the only Tour Operator in India to be conferred with this honour. The winner for this category was selected based on ‘Marketing Effort To Promote KL, Number of room night produced in 4-star and 5-star hotels, Creativity of the package, Production to KL and Future plans for Kuala Lumpur.’ Frederick Divecha, Senior Vice President Business Development Marketing Kuoni India received the award on behalf of Kuoni India from Dato’ Raja Nong Chik Bin Dato’ Raja Zainal Abidin, Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing. Speaking about this achievement Rajiv Duggal, MD Kuoni India said, “We are extremely honoured to be felicitated with the prestigious Kuala Lumpur Mayor’s Tourism Award. It is indeed an achievement, to be recognised for our efforts to promote Kuala Lumpur as a preferred tourism destination and our commitment to strive for excellence. This award serves as an inspiration for us to promote Kuala Lumpur through various innovative strategies.” These awards were launched for the first time this year by the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur to recognise establishments and individuals that make Kuala Lumpur an International tourism destination of choice. Kuala Lumpur Mayor’s Tourism Awards identify, recognise and reward excellence achieved in making Kuala Lumpur a preferred destination among tourists. The winners of this award are regarded as benchmark of eminence for all in the industry to strive to achieve. Kuala Lumpur Mayor’s Tourism Awards are conferred across nine categories. The eligible entries in each category are judged through points awarded by the panel of judges and public voting. Members of the judging panel are made up of experts and stringent judging criteria are followed for each award. Kuoni Travel Group, a 100% subsidiary of the CHF 3.9 billion (INR 172 billion) Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. Founded in 1906, and head-quartered in Zurich, Kuoni has operations across the world today and has won the “World’s Leading Tour Operator” award at the prestigious World Travel Awards for eleven years in a row.