NOVEMBER 2018 businesstraveller.com
BTAP AWARDS
48
ACCORHOTELS
Following its acquisition of FRHI
Hotels and Resorts in 2016 – a
move that saw the addition of
Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel
brands to its portfolio –
Accorhotels has continued to
build on its footprint in a similar
fashion this year, acquiring
Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts
and adding the company’s 84
properties to its collection.
BEST MID-MARKET HOTEL
BRAND IN THE WORLD
1 Novotel
2 Holiday Inn
3 Courtyard by Marriott
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL
INHANOI
1 Sofitel Legend Metropole
Hanoi
2 InterContinental Westlake
3 InterContinental Hanoi
Landmark72
FULLERTON HOTELS
Fullerton Hotels has just
two properties in Singapore
- The Fullerton Hotel and
the Fullerton Bay Hotel,
Singapore – making it all the
more impressive that both
won awards this year for the
third and fifth year running,
respectively, proving the two
historic hotels’ classic styles
have lost none of their charm.
BEST BOUTIQUE HOTEL
IN ASIA-PACIFIC
1 The Fullerton Bay Hotel,
Singapore
2 137 Pillars Suites Bangkok
3 Hotel Fort Canning ,
Singapore
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL
INSINGAPORE
1 The Fullerton Hotel
2 Shangri-La
3 Grand Hyatt
HILTON HOTELS
AND RESORTS
Hilton Hotels and Resort’s
flagship Hilton and Conrad
brands may have taken home
the awards this year, but a new
luxury collection brand, LXR
Hotels and Resorts, may well
end up vying for a position
on the podium next year as
well. Hilton launched the new
collection earlier in 2018 with
the conversion of the former
Marriott-managed St Regis
Dubai Al Habtoor City to the
Habtoor Palace, LXR Hotels and
Resorts in July.
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL BRAND
IN EUROPE
1 Hilton Hotels and Resorts
2 Sofitel
3 InterContinental
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL
INTOKYO
1 Conrad
2 Grand Hyatt
3 Park Hyatt
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
HOTEL GROUP
This year’s awards show that
business travellers continue
to be particular fans of the
Mandarin Oriental brand, with
the group’s Hong Kong hotel
taking the award forBest
Business Hotel in the World
for the second year running,
making the recently announced
plan to close the company’s
sole four-star hotel – the
landmark The Excelsior, Hong
Kong–anevengreatershame.
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL
IN THE WORLD
1 Mandarin Oriental,
Hong Kong
2 The Peninsula, Hong Kong
3 Shangri-La Singapore
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL
INKUALA LUMPUR
1 Mandarin Oriental
2 Grand Hyatt
3 Hilton
Hilton London Paddington Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
Novotel Bangkok Fullerton Singapore