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Vietnamese resorts win top prizes at World Travel Awards 2017

Two Vietnamese resorts have been honored with top prizes by the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2017.

Accordingly, InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort set an unprecedented record in the history of the WTA awards as it was honored as the World's Leading Luxury Resort for the fourth consecutive time. Meanwhile, the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort won the award for World's Leading New Resort 2017.
The two resorts in Vietnam, which are invested in by real estate giant Sun Group, received the highest votes from leading experts and top executives in the field of resort and hospitality across more than 140 countries and territories around the world.
An overview of InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort.
An overview of InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort.
This year, the Da Nang resort overcame 30 outstanding nominees for the award, including Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach, Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, and Ayada Maldives. The number of contestants in the category was nearly three times higher than last year, making the Da Nang resort’s victory a spectacular win.
Alongside the grand award, InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort also won three additional accolades for its La Maison 1888, for being the World’s Leading Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant 2017 and its Harnn Heritage Spa for being voted as Asia’s Best Resort Spa 2017 and Viet Nam’s Best Resort Spa 2017 at the event. Meanwhile, the Chanterelle - Spa by JW at JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort won the World's Best New Resort Spa 2017 award.
WTA President and Founder, Graham Cooke, said that honoring a resort as the world's most luxurious for the fourth consecutive year is an unprecedented event in the history of the WTA over the past 24 years. The InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort has set a record that is unlikely to broken, even in the years to come.
 “This is a huge recognition for our team, and together with our owners at Sun Group and as part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), we remain dedicated to delivering the highest levels of excellence in service and towards creating unforgettable memories for guests who choose our resort as their preferred residence,” said Juan Losada, the resort’s General Manager.
The annual award is heralded as the travel industry’s equivalent to “The Oscars” by The Wall Street Journal. Into its 24th year, the WTA was launched to celebrate organizations that push the boundaries of industry excellence, and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel and tourism accolade.
Located at Son Tra Peninsula, Da Nang city, the InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort was designed by world famous architect Bill Bensley with 200 rooms featuring typical Vietnamese architectural and cultural values. The resort also successfully hosted the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders' Week last November, contributing to enhancing the status and image of Vietnam around the world.
Opened in January 2017 on Vietnam's biggest island, the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort is another creation of Bill Bensley, with a design narrative inspired by the legend of a fictional former university for French colonists - Lamarck University, with 240 rooms and villas, as well as interior decorations arranged as a miniature museum of more than 5,000 antiques collected from 40 European countries by Bill Bensley.
The two Vietnamese resorts have been also honored with a range of outstanding international awards since the beginning of the year.
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