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Johannesburg - InterContinental Hotels & Resorts claimed five awards at the 21st World Travel Awards grand finals, including the title of World’s Leading Hotel Brand.
This is an accolade the brand has held for six consecutive years since 2009 and twice before that in 2005 and 2006.
At the grand finals, which were held in held in Anguilla on Sunday, InterContinental Bangkok, Thailand was named World’s Leading City Hotel, while the brand’s resorts, InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort in Vietnam and InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort in Thailand, received the awards for World’s Leading Luxury Resort and World’s Leading Wedding Resort respectively.
InterContinental Davos, Switzerland was also voted World’s Leading New Hotel.
With the latest awards at the grand finals, the brand and its properties have received a total of 50 wins throughout the 2014 Award’s Grand Tour held across the globe.
The hotel brand was awarded Asia’s Leading Business Hotel Brand, Asia’s Leading Luxury Business Hotel Brand, the Leading Hotel Brand in Australasia as well as in Mexico and Central America and North America.
Simon Scoot, vice president, global brands of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts said the awards are testaments to the great work, dedication and service of the people behind the InterContinental brand and its 178 properties around the world.
