Outrigger wins Australian award

PHUKET Outrigger Resorts won an award in the “Best Hotel/Resort Group” category from the Australian Federation of Travel Agents last week.

The National Tourism Industry Awards for Excellence, were presented in Sydney 16 July.

Outrigger beat other finalists such as Accor Hotels, Club Med, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and Leading Hotels of the World.

More than 500 travel industry representatives turned out for what is the Australian hospitality industry’s night of nights at Darling Harbour in Sydney to recognise and celebrate excellence across a range of categories.

The Hawaiian-based Outrigger Enterprises Group is a privately held, leisure lodging, retail and hospitality company operating in the Asia-Pacific, Oceania and Indian Ocean regions.

A family business for 68 years, Outrigger runs a multi-branded portfolio of hotels, beachfront resorts, condominiums and vacation resort properties located in Hawaii (Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Hawaii Island); Guam; Fiji (Coral Coast Viti Levu, Castaway Island); Thailand (Phuket, Koh Samui); Mauritius; and the Maldives.

The portfolio currently has 38 properties with approximately 8,000 rooms.

Representatives from Outrigger’s Sydney Regional Sales Office, Andrew Gee – regional director of sales & marketing Australia & New Zealand, Maria Alaveras – sales manager retail travel, wholesale & industry partners and Juliet Hudson – sales manager destination weddings, groups & MICE were on hand to accept the award.

Outrigger Resorts has opened five island properties in the last three years: in Mauritius, Maldives, Phuket, Samui, and Fiji.

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