Cast your vote in the TravelMole Asia Pacific Awards 2017
Only two weeks left to vote!
The voting period is in full swing for the TravelMole Asia Pacific Awards 2017, which this year marks the 10th anniversary. Click on the above link to see which APAC businesses made the cut to our shortlist.
In association with ITB Asia, it’s the main award event for the Asia Pacific travel industry, honouring the best of the best in web, social, mobile and travel technology. The award ceremony takes place during ITB Asia, which is attended by 10,000 travel industry professionals, from 110 countries.
We are delighted to present AccorHotels as our platinum sponsor for this year’s awards, and other valued award sponsors include Visit Greece, Be My Guest, roomsXML, Centara Hotels & Resorts, Traveltek, PATA, Khiri Travel, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, Venture Republic, Philippines Department of Tourism and Visit The USA.
The shortlist was earlier selected by a panel of non-partisan expert judges from across the travel industry. These include Asia Pacific travel technology guru Clement Wong, founder and CEO at BeMyGuest.com.sg. Assisting Clement was Dr.Mario Hardy, CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Thao Nguyen, Airbnb’s Head of Strategic Partnerships for the Asia Pacific, Kei Shibata, co-founder and CEO of Venture Republic Inc. Venture Republic owns Japan’s largest online travel search engine and online travel guide media ‘Travel.jp’. Also on the panel is Soon Hwa, Regional Director – Asia Pacific of Blacklane, a chauffeur drive service provider offering rides at 500 airports in some 250 cities globally.
Every vote counts. Choose your favourite from the shortlisted websites in each category. Award winners are picked for the best website, technology, innovation or tool only, rather than the company or brand that the site represents. When making a pick, base your decision on these main criteria: Content – Layout – Ease of Navigation – Innovation.
Don’t delay – voting ends on October 13, 2017.
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