TravelMole launches 2008 Asia Web Awards
SINGAPORE – The travel industry’s most widely anticipated travel and tourism industry Web Awards will touch down in Asia in 2008.
The TravelMole Web Awards – already well established in the United Kingdom where this year the prestigious 5th annual Web Awards can expect in excess of 1,500 nominations.
The 2008 TravelMole Asia Web Awards will be equally exciting with competition sure to be tough in a region renown for the quality of its web skills and innovation..
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Asia Web Awards with the announcement of the winners being made at Singapore’s Suntec Convention Centre on March 18 before an expected audience of more than 1,000 travel technology leaders from Asia and beyond.
The full list of eleven award categories is:
Accommodation only site
Airline site
Car Rental site
Deployment of Mobile Technology
Hotel/Resort site
Online Travel Agency site
Responsible Tourism site
Tour Operator site
Tourist Board site
Use of Video site
WEB 2.0 Mash up
Nominations for each category will remain open until February 15. At this point the nominations will be short-listed by a group of tourism and technology experts independent of TravelMole.
The short-list in each category will be published on March 3. The shortlists will then be whittled down to a winner in each section by a separate team of independent judges made up of travel industry personalities from around the globe.
If you think you have what it takes to be a Mole Web Judge then email now!
The web site winner will be announced at a grand lunch event at the Suntec Convention Centre with an expected audience of more than 1,000 travel technology leaders, who are attending the EyeforTravel Travel Distribution Asia conference.
Between now and then, look out for company profiles, award news, judges, venues and timings.
A wide range of sponsorship opportunities are available and for those interested in maximizing exposure to the TravelMole readership around the globe please contact [email protected]
To ensure that the web site you most admire gets in the running, nominate it today at 2008 Asia Web Awards, stating your name and reasons why your chosen web site is the best of the best.
Click the following link to view video of the 4th TravelMole UK Web Award Ceremonies held at the Canadian High Commission in Trafalgar Square, London.
Ian Jarrett
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