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Pacific Resort Aitutaki on Top of the World
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Pacific Resort Aitutaki has just been named the ‘World's Leading Boutique Island Resort’ at the 15th Annual World Travel Awards final held recently in the Turks & Caicos islands.
Aitutaki’s Pacific Resort, described by the awards organisers as “a secluded ultra-luxury Pacific hideaway in the Cook Islands”, has place the Cook Islands and Australasia on centre stage at what has been described by the Wall Street Journal as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry”.
Pacific Resort chief executive officer Greg Stanaway says this award is considered to be a significant achievement for Pacific Resort Aitutaki, for the island of Aitutaki and for the Cook Islands.
“Quite simply it is one of the highest accolades we can expect, an award that will be great for our business and for the Cook Islands in total”, says Stanaway. “Because as our guests have become more sophisticated and more widely travelled than ever before, they have also become more demanding and discerning, with higher expectations”.
Voting for the World travel Awards 2008, came from 167,000 travel professionals worldwide, who in their assessments were looking for “the key factors that transform a well-run company into an excellent one” said the awards president Graham Cooke, who also explained that “Winners are judged on their ability, to understand visitor needs and expectations; maximise business performance; value personnel; undertake enterprising product expansion and development; foster innovation and creativity as well as work together as a team externally and internally”.
Stanaway was quick to share the accolades with all involved saying that “Once again we are seeing the results of a total team effort, the success of Pacific Resort Aitutaki owes much to all of the people involved in the experience that is a visit to Aitutaki: whether it is a lagoon cruise on Aitutaki’s famous lagoon; a visit to the Post Office at One Foot Island; a meal at a local restaurant or attending a Sunday church service; every little bit adds up. In a similar way the experience starts when our visitors board their flight, with Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue or Air Tahiti, to Rarotonga and then Air Rarotonga to Aitutaki and of course last but by no means least it is our loyal Aitutakian team at the resort who all so proudly play a role in underpinning the success of Pacific Resort Aitutaki and in winning this award”.
Stanaway also acknowledged the vision of Eden Hall, Pacific Resort’s founder and chairman, who pulled together the original team of creators, pioneers and visionaries who “had created the Cook Island’s leading resort and also one of the world's leading luxury resorts; the only hotel/resort in all of Australasia to gain this level of World Travel Award recognition in 2008”.
Log on to www.worldtravelawards.com for a full list of winners.
Notes to Editors
About Pacific Resort Aitutaki
Secluded Luxury…Like a siren of the Pacific, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, beckons you. This magical place, full of South Seas idyll and romance, is home to Pacific Resort Aitutaki, an enclave of privacy, refinement and luxury, that seduces even the most discerning traveller. Pacific Resort Aitutaki has just 27 luxurious ‘absolute beachfront’ bungalows, suites and villas all with their own personal, panoramic view of Aitutaki’s world-famous lagoon, where every sunset majestically captures the colours of the lagoon and the ocean beyond.
And even when your idyllic getaway comes to an end, the seduction doesn’t stop. When you return home feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, you’ll pause every now and then to revisit your magical memories of the experience that is Aitutaki. Memories of this exclusive, luxurious, romantic sanctuary will hold you in its spell forever. For more information visit www.pacificresort.com
About World Travel Awards
The World Travel Awards were conceived in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the world's travel and tourism industry. Now in their fourteenth year, travel professionals and discerning travellers have come to regard the World Travel Awards as the very best endorsement that a travel product could hope to receive. With thousands of votes cast by travel professionals from 167,000 travel agencies, tour & transport companies and tourism organizations in over 160 countries across the globe, winning a World Travel Award has become one of the highest accolades a travel product or organization can achieve. World Travel Awards are especially coveted as, uniquely, the votes are cast globally by fellow professionals. With trophies awarded in over 1,000 different categories, the World Travel Awards are undoubtedly the world's most comprehensive awards celebration. For more information visit www.worldtravelawards.com
For further information, please contact:
Thomas Koteka, General Manager – Sales & Public Relations, Pacific Resort Cook Islands – koteka@pacificresort.co.ck
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