Pan Pacific KLIA Voted World's Leading Airport Hotel

Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport has been voted "Asia's Leading Airport Hotel" and "World's Leading Airport Hotel" for the second time by over 170,000 industry professionals in a global poll conducted by the World Travel Awards.

The poll this year saw the highest participation in awards' six-year history, with industry professionals casting their votes for what they considered to be the very best travel, tourism and hospitality products and services in various regions around the world.

"Our quest is to give our guests memorable hospitality experiences and conveniences an airport hotel can ever give," said Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport's executive assistant manager Sharmini Moganasundram.

"Doing it all with a passion for excellence and unbridled warmth and enthusiasm clearly sets us apart," she said in a statement on Monday.

The hotel has won a string of awards and accolades this year, including being named as "Best Airport Hotel in Asia" by Business Asia magazine.

Source : Bernama
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Proud moment for Pan Pacific KLIA

PAN Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport was awarded the BrandLaureate 2008-2009 for Product Branding under the Airport Hotel category.

Former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi presented the award to the hotel during the awards ceremony recently.

Presented by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF), the BrandLaureate honours branding excellence among multinationals, public listed and government-linked companies in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region.

In selecting Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport for the award, the APBF noted the hotel’s ability in “displaying best branding practices that have assisted in the development of the organisation’s growth.”

A big boost: Winsnes (fourth from left) with some of the Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport Hotel team after receiving the award.

Pan Pacific KLIA general manager Hans Winsnes said: “Our consistency and commitment to providing the best services by an airport hotel has resulted in our hotel being at the top of the minds of business travellers. It is our desire that the Pan Pacific brand be synonymous with service excellence in an airport hotel.”

Pan Pacific KLIA is owned by KL Airport Hotel Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malaysia Airports.

Malaysia Airports was also recognised by APBF with the BrandLaureate award for KLIA, Corporate Branding - Best Brands in Transportation.

This is the third time that Malaysia Airports has won this award.

Source : STAR
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Pan Pac's management of KLIA hotel extended

Pan Pac's management of KLIA hotel extended
Corinne Wan

KUALA LUMPUR - Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts' (PPHR) management contract with Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport (PPKLIA) has been extended for another 10 years.

PPHR was part of the planning group and has been managing the hotel for its owner, Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd, since it started operations in June 1998. The hotel has been refurbished and upgraded over the past years.

Source : TravelWeekly
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