2 TTG TRAVEL AWARDS 2018 SPECIAL EDITION
The family of achievers
keeps on growing
T
he 29 th annual TTG Travel Awards feted 83 exceptional travel
and tourism stars and welcomed 20 new winners across various
categories who took home the coveted signature Hermes trophy
for the first time. Once again, the prestigious award ceremony and glam-
orous gala dinner took place at Centara Grand at CentralWorld, TTG’s
official venue sponsor for the event.
The joyous event featured eight new award categories, including Best
Inflight Service, Best Serviced Residence Operator (Property Level) and
Best Luxury Cruise Operator, and two returning titles Best Car Rental
Company and Best Tour Operator.
Joining the family are 20 first-time award winners including Avis
Budget Group (Best Car Rental Company), Dream Cruises (Best Cruise
Operator), Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (Best
Convention & Exhibition Bureau), Oakwood Premier OUE Singa-
pore (Best Serviced Residence Operator (Property Level)) and Wildlife
Reserves Singapore (Best Theme Attraction). Previously dominated by
industry veterans, the awards for Best Business Hotel and Best Online
Travel Agency were claimed by Sofitel Singapore City Centre and
Ctrip respectively.
This year’s Outstanding Achievement Awards were carefully selected
by TTG’s editorial team in recognition of their impressive contributions
to the industry. The winners are Robin Yap, chairman emeritus of The
Travel Corporation (Travel Personality of the Year), Thailand (Destina-
tion of the Year), Klook (Travel Entrepreneur of the Year), Switzerland
Tourism (Best Travel Marketing Effort) and EXO Travel (Most Sustain-
able Travel Company).
The TTG Travel Hall of Fame saw two new inductees, Royal Plaza on
Scotts and Royal Caribbean International, join the ranks of 15 other
honoraries who were inducted from 2002 to 2016.
Our heartiest congratulations to all our award winners of 2018!