Most Excellent!

TRIPADVISOR has announced the “Most Excellent” hotel chains that have the highest percentage of TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence recipients globally. Now in its eighth year, the Certificate of Excellence is given to accommodations, as well as other travel businesses, that deliver great service and consistently achieve high traveller reviews on TripAdvisor. 

A number of hotel chains based in Asia Pacific were also recognised as the “Most Excellent” hotel chains globally. The Indian Hotels Company (Taj and Vivanta) and Shangri-La Group came in #3 and #5 respectively under the medium chains category, whereas The Oberoi Group, Aman Group, Pan Pacific Hotels Group and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts made up the top 10 in the small chains category.

Global “Most Excellent” Large Hotel Chains

1.   Preferred Hotels & Resorts  

2.   Hyatt Hotels Corporation 

3.   Hilton Worldwide Holdings 

4.   Premier Inn 

5.   Marriott International 

6.   Best Western International 

7.   Radisson Hotel Group 

8.   La Quinta Holdings 

9.   InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 

10. Travelodge Hotels Limited (UK)

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Award for Channel Islands Harbour

CHANNEL Islands Harbor has been awarded a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, the Ventura County Harbor Department announced.

As the first recreational harbor in Ventura County, Channel Islands Harbor has become one of the largest in #California. It now includes over 300 acres of land and water, but the initial development included only a small portion of the current harbor area. 

Additional construction took place over the years, with eight marinas comprising over 2200 boat slips, two hotels, two yacht club buildings, two boat yards, three shopping areas, restaurants, a Maritime Museum, over 100 condominiums and 485 apartments. 

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Certificate of Excellence for Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai

MILLENNIUM Airport Hotel Dubai and three of its restaurants – Da Vinci’s, Cactus Jacks and Biggles Pub – have been awarded with TripAdvisor 2018 Certificate of Excellence. 

 Biggles has been Dubai’s favourite British pub for over 20 years, known for its excellent food and live entertainment. This award winning British bar decorated in WWII aviation-themed memorabilia is not only an ideal venue for night entertainment but also a sports pub with 17 screens for ultimate viewing of your favourite sport.

Equally successful is Da Vinci’s that opened in 1989 and was the 3rd Italian restaurant in Dubai. Since then, the outlet flourished quickly picking up numerous culinary awards, including ‘Dubai’s Favourite Italian Restaurant’.

Cactus Jacks is one of the most popular Latino restaurants in Dubai serving Latino food and late night “fiestas” daily. The outlet is known for its famous frozen margaritas and mojitos. The outlet has been awarded as well as Best Mexican Restaurant last year.

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Award-winning Seabreeze Resort Samoa

THE luxurious Seabreeze Resort, Samoa has won “Best Deluxe Accommodation” for the second year at the recent 2018 Samoan Tourism Excellence Awards. The awards, which began in 2017, are voted on by visitors through guest surveys distributed at Faleolo Airport, Apia and in Apia town by the Samoa Tourism Authority.

In 2016 Seabreeze was recognised as the number one hotel in Upolo and ranked 11 out of 25 for the Top 25 small hotels in the South Pacific in the 2016 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice™ awards and was voted 9th in the Top 25 resorts in the South Pacific for Romance in the Travellers’ Choice Awards (2016 and 2014). 

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Still smiling . . .

THE Smiling Seahorse, a French run scuba diving company operating dive cruises in #Thailand and #Myanmar announced that it has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.

The Smiling Seahorse operates liveaboard #dive cruises for the last 6 years out of Ranong. Running trips in the best spots of Thailand (namely Surin and Similans Islands) and of Myanmar, also known as Burma, Mergui Archipelago is a new destination offering wonderful dives to the adventurous divers.

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Top beachfront resort wins TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

CASA Dorada Los Cabos Resort & Spa, one of Cabo San Lucas top beachfront resorts, has been awarded with the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. 

The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. 

Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this prestigious award.

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Club Paradise Palawan certificate of excellence award winner

CLUB Paradise Palawan, a luxury private island in the breathtaking Coron, Palawan, is a recipient of the 2017 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. Now in its seventh year, the achievement celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. Certificate of Excellence recipients include accommodations, restaurants and attractions located all over the world that have continually delivered a quality customer experience.

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