CNBC AWAAZ to felicitate “India’s Most Preferred Travel Brands and Tourist Destinations”

Business channel CNBC AWAAZ, in association with e-commerce business One Stop Shop, will honour India’s best-in-class travel destinations and tourism ancillary services at the fourth edition of the CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards 2010. Supported by Incredible India, the nodal agency for the development and promotion of tourism in India, the awards will be held at the Taj Palace on September 8, 2010, in New Delhi.

The theme of this year’s awards is ‘Ghoom India Gloom!’. This year, the awards will aim at recognising the stellar efforts of those organisations that have created newer standards with their unique and innovative business models. In addition, the introduction of new categories of awards such as‘Emerging Trends in Indian Tourism” and ‘India Going Global’ seeks to encourage not only the pioneering concepts of the brands that have presented Indian culture and heritage to a global audience but also highlight their success and achievements.

The channel will also present a citation – ‘Indian Heritage Renaissance’ - to The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower (Colaba, Mumbai) as a special recognition for the revival of the Heritage wing post the Mumbai terror attacks.  The best stakeholders from emerging categories like medical tourism, eco tourism, adventure sports, heritage and leisure tours will also be honoured with Jury Category Awards.

Commenting on CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards 2010, Sanjay Pugalia, managing editor, CNBC AWAAZ, said, “India, a nation rich in its cultural heritage, archaeology and tourist destinations,has evolved as a primary market for the travel and tourism industry worldwide. It is amazing to see the phenomenal growth in the last six years in thissector. Hence at CNBC AWAAZ, we wanted to felicitate and acknowledge the contribution made by India’s best brands in the travel and tourism Industry and the people behind them.”