BANGKOK – The Pacific Asia Travel Association has announced the winners of the 2009 PATA Gold Awards, sponsored by the Macau Government Tourist Office.
This year the awards recognise the achievements of 24 separate organisations and individuals.
The awards ceremony takes place on September 25 during PATA Travel Mart 2009 in Hangzhou, China (PRC).
PATA Grand Awards are presented to the outstanding entries in the four principal categories: Marketing, Education and Training, Environment and Heritage.
This year the Grand Awards go to Visa Worldwide Pte. Limited (Marketing); Bintan Resorts (Education and Training), Spice Village Thekkady, India (Environment) and Temple Tree, Malaysia (Heritage).
PATA Gold Awards 2009
Marketing – Primary Government Destination
2008 Korea, Sparkling Campaign
Korea Tourism Organization
Marketing – Secondary Government Destination
DreamSeason in God’s Own City
Kerala
Marketing – Allied Partner
VisitBritain & British Airways Partnership Project
British Tourist Authority
Marketing – Carrier
Cathay Pacific New Cabin Designs Marketing Campaign
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Hong Kong SAR
Marketing – Hospitality
The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai after Attack and Re-launch Campaign
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
Marketing – Industry
Perfect Moments
Kuoni Travel (India) Pvt. Ltd., India
Ecotourism Project
Xizha Eco-tourism Community Project – ‘Same Ancient Town, Different Wuzhen’
China Wuzhen Tourism Development Co., Ltd., China (PRC)
Corporate Environmental Programme
Together we can make it, The Jetwing Eternal Earth Project
Jetwing, Sri Lanka
Environmental Education Programme
Environmental Education at Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa
Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa, Malaysia
Heritage
Mamallapuram
Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation, India
Education and Training
Singapore Specialist Program
Singapore Tourism Board
Marketing Media – Consumer Travel Brochure
Enhancement of the Complete Suite of HKTB
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Marketing Media – Travel Advertisement Broadcast Media
Incredible India
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Marketing Media – Travel Advertisement Print Media
Malaysia Truly Asia — Truly More with every Visit. It must be Malaysia
TBWA-ISC Malaysia
Marketing Media – Travel Poster
Incredible India
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Marketing Media – Promotional Travel Video
Meetings & Exhibitions Hong Kong (MEHK)
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Marketing Media – Public Relations Campaign
Enviro.aero – An Industry United
Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), Switzerland
Marketing Media – Web site
Responsible Tourism Guide to the Mekong www.ExploreMekong.org
USAID, ACE Project, Mekong Tourism and OPEN Advertising
Marketing Media – E-Newsletter
Creatively Yours
Creative Travel Pvt. Ltd, India
Travel Journalism – Destination Article
Taipei 2.0 by Jennifer Chen
Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, September 2008
Travel Journalism – Industry Business Article
DMCs defined: The real knights of creativity
TTGmice, September 2008
TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd, Singapore
Travel Journalism – Travel Photograph
Path to the Past
Lester V. Ledesma
Ink Publishing, Singapore
Travel Journalism – Travel Guidebook
Korea, Sparkling 365-365 Reasons to Visit Korea
Korea Tourism Organization
Honourable mentions
Marketing Media – Promotional Travel Video
Experience Macau
Macau Government Tourist Office
Macau SAR
Travel Journalism – Destination ArticleT
Is Baja on the Block? by James Conaway
National Geographic Traveler, November/December 2008
Travel Journalism – Destination Article
Shanghai Surprise by Julie Miller
VIve magazine, April 2008, Australia
