The Hanoi Times - The Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers leapfrogged many big names in the region to win the World Travel Award for being “Asia’s Leading Conference Hotel” in 2009 at a ceremony in London on November 8.
This is the first time a hotel in Vietnam has won the “ Asia ’s Leading Conference Hotel”, which is expected to contribute to developing the potential MICE tourism (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) in the country.
Sheraton Hanoi Hotel and Evason Ana Mandara Resort were respectively “Vietnam's Leading Business Hotel” and “Vietnam's Leading Resort.”
Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers belongs to the Starwood (USA) hotel group, which has more than 940 properties in more than 100 countries.
Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards honor excellence in all sectors of the global travel industry. Called by the Wall Street Journal as the "travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars," the awards are considered the most prestigious in the industry and have more than 167,000 travel professionals worldwide voting to pick the winners.
Sheraton is a brand of the US Starwood hotel and resort group which runs 940 hotels and resorts in over 100 countries in the world.