Fortune hotels premium brand Fortune select Exotica a subsidiary of ITC has won the World Luxury Hotel Award on 8th October 2010.
Winners and finalists were announced at the 2010 WLHA Gala Ceremony held at Dusit Thani Hia Hin,Thailand, on the 8th of October 2010. Luxury hotels from regions across the globe such as the Phillipines, India, Greece, Argentina, China, South Africa, Maldives, Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Mauritius, UAE, Italy, Thailand, Spain attended this years glamorous red-carpet event.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Alok Verma, GM, Fortune Select Exotica hotel, said "Fortune Select Exotica shines at hospitality industry's Oscars. For the first time , Fortune Select Exotica has been a proud contender in the hospitality industry's equivalent to the Oscars, recognizing the creme de la creme of the world's most exclusive establishments."
The World Luxury Hotel Awards, which has become a benchmark in exceptional achievement in hoteliering, has recognized Fortune Select Exotica, Navi Mumbai, India in their 2010 awards ceremony held in Bangkok.
The World Luxury Hotel Awards are accepted as the pinnacle of achievement for Luxury Hotels worldwide, which was established as a celebration of ultimate achievement in hotelier. It is about congratulating hotels that have taken the extra step & such differentiated themselves from "good hotels" to "exceptional hotels". The World Luxury Hotel Awards accounts for all categories in the Luxury Hotel industry. Award winners set the benchmark for luxury hotels in achieving recognition for their world class facilities and service excellence.
All WLHA entrants are put through a strict selection criteria, and those that are selected as nominees are instantly rewarded by being actively marketed and promoted on the WLHA website and in an e-brochure distributed to travel agents worldwide. Nominees in all categories are then invited to attend a red carpet gala awards ceremony, held in a different exotic location each year. Here, they are recognised and rewarded for their achievements with an evening of luxury accompanied by fine wine, cuisine and world-class entertainment.
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The Awards are exclusively for Luxury Hotels, Lodges & Resorts and do not include any other areas of the travel industry. The past winners of this award represented a veritable who's who of international hospitality heavyweights, such as the UAE's Emirates Palace Hotel, Ireland's Solis Lough Eske Castle and Thailand's Royal Sheraton Hotel and Towers as well as Maldive's Coco Palm Bodo Hiti and Zambia's Royal Zambezi Lodge.
While world-class facilities, service excellence, exceptional food, attention to detail and effective management remain the staple requirements for a WLHA nomination, the awards account for all categories in the luxury hotel industry, allowing for a diverse mix of entrants, from luxury spa, coastal and casino hotels to game lodges, golf resorts and country houses.
Fortune Select Exotica is honored with this ward as its caters to the basic requirement of the award , being carefully crafted blend of aesthetics to cater to today’s discerning business traveler. The hotel is equipped with all possible necessities for incoming global travelers, for whom Navi Mumbai is fast becoming an important destination and is the future for this region. Designed on a grand scale, the hotel offers contemporary architecture and interiors making it the ultimate destination at Navi Mumbai.
Fortune Hotels chain is known for the excellence of its cuisine and Fortune Select Exotica, the first hotel under the ‘Fortune’ brand in Mumbai, also ensures that its cuisine lives up to this reputation.
Each year, luxury establishments can be nominated by guests, travel agents or tour operators. Establishments are also welcome to nominate themselves via the WLHA website (http://www.luxuryhotelawards.com) . Votes are then cast by a selected panel of 50 leading tour operators and travel industry consultants.
About Fortune Select Exotica Hotel (FSEH) , Navi Mumbai:
Fortune Select Exotica Hotel (FSEH) , Navi Mumbai is a premium brand under Fortune Park Hotels Ltd, a subsidiary of ITC Ltd, opened in joint venture with M/S Exotic Cuisines Private Limited (ECPL).It its inception in 2008,thehotel was awarded “World luxury Hotel Awards 2010” and is certified for “Enhancing Environment Performance”. Apart from their world class cuisines, this 85 room property includes 50 Standard Rooms, 19 Fortune Club Rooms, 8 Fortune Club Exotica Rooms and 8 Suites. Their signature brand "Nakshatra", a unique interactive Indian restaurant, offers a wide range of dinning experience and the 24 hours coffee shop "Zodiac" offers multi-cuisine. Fortune Select Exotica also offers state-of-the-art banquet facilities for exclusive events and well equipped business centre, designated pool section, play room, superbly equipped gymnasium overlooking the swimming pool, spa and salon with jacuzzi & sauna and also a bar at lobby level named "Nostradamus".