St.Moritz, November 2009: And the “Travel Oscar” goes to…? The travel industry treasures the World Travel Awards no less than others treasure film awards. Two awards at the 16. World Travel Awards 2009 went to the Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains in St. Moritz. It won in the categories World’s Leading Ski Resort and Switzerland’s Leading Ski Resort.
“These independent awards confirm our strategy once more. We firmly focus on first-class service in the 5-star segment and position ourselves to national and international guests with individuality, authenticity and innovation. We pursue our own positioning strategy as a lifestyle-oriented, sportive wellness resort in St. Moritz and with it, closed a gap in this famous Swiss village”, explains Rupert Simoner, General Manager of the hotel.
“The Grand Hotel des Bains is one of the ‘flagships’ of the Kempinski group”, adds Rupert Simoner „and continuous investments and ever new ideas will continue to be the driving force of our future success”.
The Wall Street Journal called the World Travel Awards the “Oscars of the global travel and tourism industry”. The World Travel Awards are based on the evaluation of 180,000 travel experts from all over the world and are considered to be the highest award in the tourism industry.
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