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Annual Premier Travel Awards for Excellence
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The 2003  Premier Travel Awards for Excellence were our most popular yet, with a staggering 52,803 votes cast from viewers covering the entire Globe.

As 2003 was a very hard year for anyone within the travel industry, especially those in Asia who were confronted with unexpected difficulties that arose from terrorism, and especially SARS, we were pleasantly surprised by the number of votes received. Due perhaps, to some of the difficulties mentioned, the biggest surprise came from the Maldives who for the second year in a row managed to beat out tough competition from Koh Samui and Phuket, who came second and third, and other destinations in Asia and around the world, to win the Favourite Holiday Destination Award.

Another major change in this years result came from the luxurious Grand Hyatt Shanghai who not only won the best hotel in Shanghai category but also steamed in to win the Best Hotel in Asia category. Another first came from the award winning Peninsula, Bangkok which for the past few years has won the Best Hotel in Bangkok category but this year also managed to pull in enough votes to win the coveted Best Hotel in the World award.

In other categories there was some movement with new hotels opening, and shifts in ranking but overall no major surprises. The popular restaurant in Phuket the Baan Rim Pa once again managed to beat out a lot of competition from not only in Thailand, but around the region, to win the Best Restaurant in Asia, with the Felix at Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel and Sala Rim Naam at the Oriental Bangkok pulling in at second and third place respectively. Some major movement  as well within the Best Bars in Asia, with the lofty V9 bar and restaurant taking first place, and Brix at the Grand Hyatt Singapore and the new 87 at the Conrad taking the third position of the best in Asia.

We hope you find these results interesting and invite you to let your voice and thoughts be heard by voting in the current  Premier Travel Awards for Excellence.

Hotels in Bangkok Hotels in Manila Hotels in Singapore
Peninsula Bangkok Pan Pacific Manila The Raffles Hotel
Oriental Bangkok Makati Shangri-La, Manila The Ritz-Carlton Singapore
The Conrad Bangkok Peninsula Manila Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Hotels in Hong Kong Hotels in Hanoi Hotels in Saigon
Island Shangri-La Sofitel Metropole Hanoi Sheraton
Peninsula Hong Kong Nikko Hanoi Caravelle
InterContinental Hong Kong Melia Hanoi Renaissance Riverside
Hotels in Jakarta Hotels in Kuala Lumpur Hotels in Dubai
Shangri-la, Jakarta Mandarin Oriental Emirates Towers
Mulia Hotel Sheraton Imperial Burj Al Arab
Alila Jakarta JW Marriott Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort and Spa 
Hotels in Shanghai Favourite Airlines Hotels in Beijing
Grand Hyatt Shanghai Emirates Airlines St. Regis
Sheraton Grand Singapore Airlines China World Hotel
The St Regis Shanghai Cathay Pacific Grand Hyatt
Best Bars in Asia Favourite Holiday Destination Best Restaurants in Asia
V9 in Bangkok Maldives Baan Rim Pa in Phuket
Brix in Singapore Koh Samui Felix in Hong Kong
87 @ the Conrad in Bangkok  Phuket Sala Rim Naam in Bangkok
  Best Hotel in Asia Pacific  
  Grand Hyatt Shanghai  
  Best Hotel in the World  
  Peninsula Bangkok  
     

To see the lists of past winners and for more information about why we do these awards please visit, and to cote in the current awards lease visit the main Premier Travel Awards for Excellence page.