Ascott was named the ‘Best Serviced Residence Operator’ at the 23rd TTG Travel Awards held in Bangkok on 4 October 2012. Ascott has won this award for the eighth consecutive year.
SINGAPORE – CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has garnered several prestigious awards from leading international travel publications in recent weeks, recognising it as the best serviced residence provider in Asia Pacific and Europe.
Ascott was named the ‘Best Serviced Residence Operator’ at the 23rd TTG Travel Awards held in Bangkok on 4 October 2012. Ascott has won this award for the eighth consecutive year. The award is voted by readers of TTG Asia Media’s stable of publications (TTG Asia, TTG China, TTG India, TTGmice and TTG-BTmice China) comprising travel trade professionals.
Ascott also won the ‘Best Serviced Residence Brand in Asia-Pacific’ award at the 2012 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards held a fortnight ago in Hong Kong. This marks the ninth year running that readers of Business Traveller Asia-Pacific magazine have chosen Ascott for the coveted accolade. In addition, Ascott’s flagship serviced residence in Singapore, Ascott Raffles Place Singapore, emerged top in the ‘Best Serviced Residence in Asia-Pacific’ award category while Ascott Jakarta was ranked second.
In the United Kingdom, Ascott took top honours at the Business Traveller UK Awards for the sixth consecutive year. The well-travelled and discerning readers of Business Traveller UK magazine have given their votes to Ascott as the ‘Best Serviced Apartment Company’.
Mr Chong Kee Hiong, Ascott’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are honoured to have won these prestigious awards every year since the inception of their serviced residence award category. We thank our customers and travel partners for their continued vote of confidence, and for making us the most awarded serviced residence company in the world. These awards speak volumes about the quality of our products and services and reaffirm the strong brand reputation we have built over the past 28 years. Starting from one Ascott serviced residence in 1984, we have grown the Singapore brand to more than 70 key cities over the world. To always provide our customers the best home-away-from-home experience at our properties, we will continue to innovate and enhance our product offerings and service quality, to deliver unique Ascott moments across every touch point.”
With the TTG and Business Traveller awards, Ascott has received over 60 accolades this year.
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