Brands Academy, one of the best brand management and advisory firms in the world, conducted the Indian edition of World Travel Brands in India’s capital, New Delhi, to pay tribute to India’s greatest brands, extraordinary professionals and pioneering organisations belonging to the travel and hospitality industry who have achieved unparalleled efficiency in customer service and developed an unassailable brand for themselves.

Mr. Prahlad Kakar, one of India’s prominent ad film director and legend in the world of branding, was the guest of honour at the gala ceremony. Mr. Kakar distributed the esteemed awards to the final winners, making sure that it was an exceptionally memorable night in his flamboyant manner. Primarily based on market research and opinion surveys conducted by BIG Research, one of the major market research firms in India, the Indian World Travel Brands included popular brand names like Radisson Blu, Vivanta by Taj, The Leela Kovalam Beach, Hyatt Regency, Meluha-The Fern, Royal Tulip, Wyndham Grand, Air India, Thomas Cook, Amadeus (Bird Group), Sterling Holiday Resorts, The Gateway Hotel, Oakwood Serviced Apartments, Moti Mahal Delux, Yo!China, CarzOnRent, Sagar Ratna, Nexus Travel Solutions, Chefs@Work, The Grand Dragon Ladakh, Vijayshree Heritage Village, Spice Court, Shanti Boutique Hotels, Underdoggs Sports Bar & Grill, Vasundhara Sarovar Premiere, Awke-nox, Viva Voyages, Paintball Sports Co. Pvt. Ltd., The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa, Chi Kitchen & Bar, Kai Asia (The Gateway Hotel, Vadodara) and Ranjit’s SVAASA Heritage Boutique Spa Haveli.

As per Mr. Prahlad Kakar, “The travel domain is amongst the foundation stones of India’s overall economy as it not just produces massive revenues for India but generates jobs for hundreds of thousands of individuals. World Travel Brands has helped bring the stalwarts in India’s Tourism sector collectively onto an outstanding platform. This excellent idea launched by Brands Academy will certainly encourage others in the sector to perform even better in future!”

New Delhi based Hotel Radisson Blu, one of the upcoming Luxury Indian hotels, was where the World Travel Brands grand ceremony was organised. Senior officials from Top Indian hotels, restaurants, airlines, spas and salons, tour and cruise operators, travel agencies, travel trade media, and the industry suppliers got together to commemorate the accomplishments of the very best industry players. Adding to the celeb quotient of the ceremony was Anaida, popular Pop Singer from the late 90's who is more popularly recognised as the ‘Oova Oova Girl’. The amazing ceremony also featured magnificent dance performances by Yogi’s Angels, one of India’s top western dance groups based in Goa.

As stated by, Mr. Rishu Monga, Chief Executive Officer, World Travel Brands, “We’re extremely proud to see the fantastic response that our concept, World Travel Brands has received in this country! If its dramatically rising level of popularity is any indication, I am confident that World Travel Brands will soon emerge as the most coveted travel awards that offer awesome worldwide recognition to the top players who are altering the traditional ways of the world hospitality sector.”

To select the World Travel Brands from India, BIG Research conducted the Brands Academy commissioned market study over a period of 12 months with more than 100 field executives who surveyed many properties across India as ‘mystery guests’. The company later on conducted the opinion surveys amongst the end consumers including but not limited to business & leisure travelers, travel agencies, tour operators, suppliers, travel media and industry experts to gauge their popularity and perceptions about them and authenticate the facts gathered in the market study. The primary objectives of this study were to identify, acknowledge and offer befitting recognition to the pursuit of excellence, innovations and best practices of the winners that lead to their exemplary performance and to highlight the crucial role that their dedication to customer satisfaction plays in ensuring their long term success considering the extremely competitive and ever-evolving scenario in the travel and tourism industry.

“The true aim of this mammoth effort is to encourage the participants to showcase their achievements and inspire others on what to do to improve and grow, while continually striving for perfection in their sphere of operations. World Travel Brands Awards are based on comprehensive profiling of the brands, quality of their services and the consumer perception amongst several other criteria,” concluded Mr. Monga.

About World Travel Brands

World Travel Brands is an exclusive status made available to brands, companies and products belonging to Travel sector as a unique honor in acknowledgement to their efforts towards promoting excellence in their operations. World Travel Brands celebrates the success of highly effective brands, outstanding individuals & progressive businesses from Travel sector that have demonstrated excellence in customer service and designed revolutionary techniques to establish an unrivaled brand equity for themselves. It is a concept created and being implemented across many nations by Brands Academy, one of the leading brand management agencies in the world. For additional details, please visit www.WorldTravelBrands.com