Crown gets the Crown

Crown Towers Melbourne has been voted the Top Hotel – Australia / Pacific at the prestigious U.S. Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards in New York, with the results derived from the largest independent poll of consumers’ preferences, the Readers’ Choice Survey, second in size only to the U.S. census and a record number of more than 28,000 travellers voting this year, showing an even greater global variety and depth.

The Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards gala ceremony was held at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York on Wednesday, 10 October 2007.

“The readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine are sophisticated and well travelled and it is an honour for Crown Towers to be awarded this prestigious accolade.”

“This coveted award reinforces our guests’ confidence in our services and facilities, and is an encouragement to all our staff, to whom credit should be attributed for their efforts in maintaining the highest standards of service,” said Peter Crinis, Executive General Manager of Crown Towers.

Designed with sophisticated opulence, Crown Towers is described as a rare haven of luxury located on the southern banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River in the heart of the city’s arts and leisure precincts, distinctive in design and location, the hotel sets the benchmark for luxury accommodation in Australia, offering superior quality and an impeccable standard of customer service.

The premier hotel also achieved the following awards recently:

HotelClub Hotel Awards of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands 2007 – Winner in the Top 3 Hotels in Oceania and Winner in the Top 3 Hotels in Victoria. The winners were selected through an independent consumer survey held from April 2007 to June 2007 by HotelClub in conjunction with Getaway and ninemsn. Over 50,000 nominations from over 21,000 respondents in more than 200 countries were received from consumers – the most important panel to select and recognise the most popular hotels and resorts in the region.

In addition, Crown Towers was also awarded Best Business Hotel in Australia during the 2006 / 07 Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards. The Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards was first established in 1998 to recognise hotels that provide business travellers with excellence in service and facilities in the highly competitive Asia Pacific hotel industry. The prestigious awards honour the top business hotels from 14 countries across Asia Pacific in 17 different categories.

In the Elite Traveler 2007 Pure Decadence listing (published out of New York), Crown Towers is one of two Australian properties selected for feature on the list of Top 101 Suites Around the World. The Georgian Manor Villa at Crown Towers has been named among the world’s most luxurious hotel and resort suites. The list was determined by Elite Traveler’s editors, a panel of globe-trotting celebrities and luxury travel advisors. The luxury lifestyle magazine is distributed aboard private jets in more than 90 countries.

Report by The Mole