The Chancery Pavilion has been chosen as a Hospitality Partner for this year’s edition of South Asian Travel Awards (SATA).
According to SATA Secretariat, The Chancery Pavilion, located in the Indian IT hub of Bangalore, will host nominee presentations from north and central India. A separate Hospitality Partner would be assigned later for south India, it added.
A landmark in Bangalore’s central business district, The Chancery Pavilion is a contemporary, 225-room hotel featuring modern décor and warm wall colours. Services and facilities available round-the-clock include a gym, business centre, travel desk, laundry, exquisite in-room dining and complimentary Wi-Fi access.
Champa Central Hotel was earlier made the Hospitality Partner for the Maldives.
More than 414 nominations from the Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal have been received for the 39 categories included in this year’s edition. Online voting is ongoing, and will complement the judging by a panel of experts.
Launched last year by Maldives-based event management company High Rise, SATA has been endorsed by regional tourism authorities and organisations, including the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Sri Lanka (FCCISL), Colombo Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO), Confederation of Associated Tour Operators (India), Association of Travel Agents (ATA) Maldives, Association of Travel and Tour Operators India (ATTOI), Association of Professionals in Tourism (APT, India), Kerala Hotel General Managers Club (KHGMC), Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Liveaboard Association of Maldives (LAM).
SATA is the first ever regional travel awards endorsed by multi national associations, providing the tourism sector of the South Asian Region with recognition towards their facilities and service excellence. It aims to encourage and raise service standards in the region’s tourism industry.
The awards’ first edition, which wrapped up with a gala ceremony at the iconic Mount Lavinia Hotel in Sri Lanka, saw an overwhelming support with more than 260 nominations. Major travel media organisations, including Maldives Insider, Asian Traveller, Asian Geographic, Asian Diver and Floating Asia were appointed media partners of SATA 2016.
This year’s edition of SATA will take place in the Maldives in October.