PATA Grand and Gold Awards winners 2017
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Bangkok : Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the winners of the 2017 PATA Grand and Gold Awards .
These awards, supported and sponsored since 1995 by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), recognise the achievements of 28 separate organisations and individuals.The awards ceremony will take place in Macao SAR on September 15 during PATA Travel Mart 2017.
The PATA Grand Awards are presented to outstanding entries in four principal categories: Marketing; Education and Training; Environment, and Heritage and Culture.
Hotel ICON, Hong Kong SAR will receive the 2017 PATA Grand Award for Education and Training for its ‘Being Brilliant Together’.
The Environmental award will be presented to Accor Hotels Asia Pacific for its ‘Drive the Change towards Positive Hospitality.”
The Heritage and Culture Award will be awarded to Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi.
The Marketing Award will be presented to the Korea Tourism Organization for its ‘Korea Visits You’.
PATA GOLD AWARDS 2017
1. PATA Gold Award 2017
Marketing – Primary Government Destination
Best of All, It’s in Hong Kong New Brand Campaign
Hong Kong Tourism Board
2. Marketing – Secondary Government Destination
Just Another Day in WA
Tourism Western Australia
3. Marketing – Carrier
Air China
4. Marketing – Hospitality
Hunan TV’s Reality Show up Idol II at Melco Resorts
Macao Government Tourism Office – Melco Resorts & Entertainment
5. Marketing – Industry
Eastern Sunrise Spectacular Show, Rizhao, Shandong Province, China
ECA2, France
6. Marketing – Young Travellers
USS Halloween Horror Nights 6
Resorts World at Sentosa, Singapore
7.Environment – Ecotourism Project
Elephant Hills Luxury Tented Camps, Thailand
8. Environment – Corporate Environmental Programme
Sands ECO360 Global Sustainability Program
Macao Government Tourism Office – Sands China Ltd
9. Environment – Environment Education Programme
Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields
Tourism Bureau, Chinese Taipei
10. CSR
Village to the World
Tourism Authority of Thailand
11. Heritage and Culture – Heritage
Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark
Langkawi Development Authority (LADA), Malaysia
12.Heritage and Culture – Culture
Muay Thai Live Bangkok
Thai Show 2013 Co.,Ltd
13. Education and Training
Educating, transferring skills and knowledge, creating awareness and training on sustainability
The Frangipani Langkawi Resort and Spa, Malaysia
14.Marketing Media – Travel Advertisement Broadcast Media
The Parisian Macao Grand Opening
Macao Government Tourism Office – Sands China Ltd
15. Marketing Media – Travel Advertisement Print Media
Go Beyond
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
16. Marketing Media – Consumer Travel Brochure
Film Tourism Brochure
Kerala Tourism
17. Marketing Media – Promotional E-Newsletter
Island Diaries
Jetwing Travels, Sri Lanka
18. Marketing Media – Travel Poster
International Trade 2016 Posters
Tourism Malaysia
19. Marketing Media – Public Relations Campaign
It’s more fun in the Philippines
Beautiful Destinations, USA
20. Marketing Media – Social Media
Forever Young
Cox and Kings, India
21. Marketing Media – Mobile Travel Application
2016 Shop Guam e-Festival Mobile Campaign
Guam Visitors Bureau
22. Marketing Media – Promotional Travel Video
Ras Al Khaimah: Beyond A Journey
Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, UAE
23. Marketing Media – Web Site
Best of all, it’s in Hong Kong’ Campaign Site Entry
Hong Kong Tourism Board
24. Travel Journalism – Destination Article
Christine Retschlag
Go Slow in the Solomons
wellbeing.com.au, Australia
25. Travel Journalism – Business Article
Sri Lanka – Enlightened Serendipity
Travel Weekly, December 12, 2016
Northstar Travel Group, USA
26. Travel Journalism – Travel Photograph
Thin Fish Drying, Indonesia by Chue Ardi
Colours Garuda In-flight magazine, September 2016
Agency Fish, Indonesia
27. Travel Journalism – Travel Guidebook
Blue Paradise Thailand
Tourism Authority of Thailand
July 27 , 2017
