Dusit International Makes Its Mark at TTG Travel Awards

Dusit International Makes its Mark at TTG Travel Awards

Bangkok, 10 October 2013 – Mr Chanin Donavanik, Managing Director and CEO of Dusit International, was named Travel Entrepreneur of the Year at the 24th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2013, held Thursday 3rd October in Bangkok, Thailand.

Also that evening, the company’s Dusit Thani Maldives property was named Best New Beach Resort Hotel in Asia due to its services, facilities, value-added benefits and professional sales and marketing team.

Both Mr Donavanik and Dusit Thani Maldives’ General Manager Mr Desmond Hatton were on hand to receive the honours.

The 52 Travel Supplier Awards and 16 Travel Agency Awards are voted on by readers of TTG Travel Trade Publishing’s print and online titles, with a total of 120,000 valid votes cast to determine this year’s recipients.

However, the Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award is one of four awards under the organisation’s Outstanding Achievements Awards category, voted upon solely by members of TTG’s editorial team.

The Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award is presented each year to a CEO who makes the right hires to strengthen his organisation, who dares to take risks, sets new standards for the brand and contributes to the industry in critical areas such as training, education and sustainability.

“I am humbled that Dusit has been recognised with such prestigious awards,” said Mr Donavanik, Managing Director and CEO of Dusit International. “Both of the TTG Travel Awards are truly a reflection of the entire team’s efforts over the years.”

“It is my sincere hope that as an organisation, and as an industry, we continue to grow in a sustainable manner, focussing on the development of our people as well caring for the communities and environments in which we operate.”

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For more information about the TTG Travel Awards, please visit www.ttgasia.com/ttg-awards.

Photo Caption

Photo 1 – Mr Chanin Donavanik, Managing Director and CEO of Dusit International, receives the Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 24th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2013.

Photo 2 – Mr Desmond Hatton (centre), General Manager of Dusit Thani Maldives, receives the award for Best New Beach Resort Hotel at the 24th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2013.

Media Contact:

Yingrekha Langulasena | Corporate Director – New Media & Communications | Dusit International

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Thitiporn Wongpakawat | Corporate Assistant Manager – Public Relations | Dusit International

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Note to editor: Dusit International has more than 60 years' experience in the hotel and hospitality field. Founded in 1949 by Honorary Chairperson Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui, whose first hotel was the Princess on Bangkok's New Road, Dusit International has since acquired a unique portfolio of distinctive hotels, building upon Thai culture and tradition to create a personalized welcome for all guests made distinctive under the Dusit International brand promise; the delivery of an 'experience that enlivens the individual spirit, no matter the journey’.

Dusit International comprises four hotel brands: Dusit Thani, dusitD2, Dusit Princess and Dusit Devarana. It also operates Dusit Residences and its own signature Devarana Spa.

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