HOT | AWARD
HOT | AWARD
JW MARRIOTT PHU QUOC
EMERALD BAY IN VIETNAM
NAMED ASIA’ S LEADING NEW RESORT
Bill Bensley-designed hotel honoured at World Travel Awards: Asia & Australasia 2017
( Phu Quoc, 8 June 2017) – JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay has picked up the prized title of Asia’ s Leading New Resort at the 24th Annual World Travel Awards™ Asia & Australasia. The Bill Bensley-designed luxury resort, inspired by the legend of a fictional former university for French colonists, saw off stiff competition to claim the prestigious accolade at a glittering ceremony in Shanghai on Sunday 4th June.
Pictured: Riccardo Barella, Assistant Director of Sales & Marketing, JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay, collects the World Travel Award for Asia’ s Leading New Resort 2017
Regarded as the“ Oscars” of the travel industry, the World Travel Awards™ recipients are selected by travel industry professionals from over 140 countries who cast more than a million votes over the duration of the campaign.
Every year, regional ceremonies are held in Europe, the Middle East, Africa & the Indian Ocean, South & Central America, North America & the Caribbean and Asia & Australasia, with the successors competing head-to-head to determine who will triumph as the ultimate global category victor in World Travel Awards™ finale, which will take place at the end of the year. The first international luxury hotel brand on Vietnam’ s‘ pearl island’,
JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay opened its doors to the public on 25th January 2017. The resort is devoted to JW Marriott’ s philosophy of delivering enriching experiences and intuitive service, leaving guests richer than when they arrived.
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