InterContinental Asiana Saigon Received Numerous Prestigious Awards

HO CHI MINH, Viet Nam - April 7, 2014 - PRLog -- In the first quarter of 2014, InterContinental Asiana Saigon received numerous industry awards including:

Top 25 Best Hotels in Vietnam

2014 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice

Top 3 Best Hotels in Ho Chi Minh City

FinanceAsia Business Travel Poll 2014

Top Five 5 Star Hotels in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism

The hotel is ranked 9^th on the Top 25 Best Hotels in Vietnam in 2014 by TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice, 2^nd on the Top 3 Best Hotels in Ho Chi Minh by FinanceAsia Business Travel Poll, and the 1^st on the Top Five 5 Star Hotels in Ho Chi Minh City by Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice have identified the most outstanding properties in Vietnam and worldwide in the categories of Top Hotels, Luxury, Bargain, Service, Small Hotels, and B&Bs and Inns. Representing its biggest-ever Travellers’ Choice campaign, TripAdvisor has named and honoured over 6,000 elite accommodations worldwide this year, with dedicated lists now covering 82 countries and nine regions globally. Unlike any other hotel recognition, TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice winners are based on millions of valuable reviews and opinions about more than 650,000 hotels and collected in a single year from travellers around the world.

FinanceAsia Travel Poll is one of the annual polls conducted by FinanceAsia - a Hong Kong based magazine launched in 1996 that publishes an array of regular and special features providing unique insights into Asia’s financial markets for corporations, governments, banks, investors and financial intermediaries. This award aims to determine the top hotels and airlines in the region.

The 10^th Tourism Festival, organised by the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, was recently held in conjunction withtourism-related companies in HoChi MinhCity. The purpose of the event was to discuss the quality of the tourism industry, to honour prestigious travel brands and to set up consumer crowd voting, where consumers voted for their favourite brands. This programme has made a remarkable impact on improving the quality and professionalism of the hospitality industry and product diversification, thus creating an attractive tourism market for travellers and tourists.The ceremony, held on 27^th March 2014, recognised more than 100 companies that have done an excellent job in achieving great results in 2013, and who have also gained the trust and votes from the consumers.

Ms Michaela Smith - Director of Sales and Marketing, InterContinental Asiana Saigon said: “Being a flagship property amongst the 272 InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, InterContinental Asiana Saigon has been working hard to deliver our guests the InterContinental service and experience. The entire team at InterContinental Asiana Saigon always challenges themselves and looks for ways to make our guest’s stay memorable through local expertise. We have consistently delivered great results to make InterContinental Asiana Saigon become “Great Hotel Guests Love.”