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AkquaSun Holidays India, an Expolanka Company, won the coveted ‘Asia’s Fastest Growing Destination Management Company 2012’ award at the World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony surrounded by the travel elite of Asia, Australasia and the Indian Ocean in a glittering ceremony hosted in Singapore recently.
The WTA awards program, hailed as the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’ by the global media, highlights and rewards those travel brands that have made the greatest contribution to the industry over the past year.
Speaking on the award and the nomination for ‘Asia’s Leading Destination Management Company 2012,’ Chaminda Dias, Group Director of Sales, AkquaSun Group, said: “This award gives us greater impetus and strength to operate in a high growth industry such as the tourism sector, where the competition and market conditions are dynamic. We are proud of the growth we have had so far and are confident that we will be able to soon establish ourselves as Asia’s Leading Destination Management Company.”
Akquasun Holidays, the Mumbai-based destination management specialist, is a B2B destination management network company.
Primarily mandated to attracting traffic from emerging markets like India, Russia, Middle East, and China, it is part of the travel and leisure cluster of the Expolanka Group which also includes Luxe Asia which focuses on inbound high-end tourists, and Classic Travels, the leading outbound travel company.
A packed delegation of VIPs, senior tourism figures and international media travelled from 42 nations to attend the event at InterContinental Singapore, which was held in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board and TravelRave 2012.
WTA’s Asia, Australasia and Indian Ocean Ceremony 2012 marked the final leg of WTA’s Grand Tour, a global search for the world’s leading travel brands. The winners of these legs go head-to-head at WTA’s Grand Final, which takes place in India in December 2012.
Graham E. Cooke, President and Founder, WTA, underlined the depth and quality of the travel and tourism sector across the three regions. He said: “Our winners are drawn from the breadth of Asia, Australasia and the Indian Ocean, reflecting the strength and depth of the travel and tourism sector in the regions.”
Established in 2005, Akquasun Group is a B2B DMC NetworkHandling Groups and FIT’s, MICE, Back to back tours, Hotel bookings, Transfers and excursions, Luxury holidays, Special interest tours and Events in 11 destinations.
The current network spans Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Russia, USA, South Africa, and Dubai.
Headquartered in Mumbai, Akquasun has a network of sales offices in India covering Chennai, Bangalore, Calicut, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Delhi. India is the leading source market for Akquasun Group with new markets emerging from China, Russia, and the Middle East.
