WAM Abu Dhabi, 19th Dec. 2009 (WAM) -- It was a historical moment when Emirates Palace walked away with the Best Luxury Business Hotel award and overall winner of excellence trophy of the prestigious 2009 World Luxury Hotel Awards, the exclusive recognitio

WAM Abu Dhabi, 19th Dec. 2009 (WAM) -- It was a historical moment when Emirates Palace walked away with the Best Luxury Business Hotel award and overall winner of excellence trophy of the prestigious 2009 World Luxury Hotel Awards, the exclusive recognition for Luxury Hotels, Lodges '&' Resorts.

The Abu Dhabi's iconic property was recognized and celebrated at the 2009 World Luxury Hotel Awards glitzy gala ceremony held recently in Bangkok, Thailand.

The overall 2008 World Luxury Hotel Awards winner lebua at State Tower's CEO Mr Deepak Ohri proudly handed over the coveted trophy of overall excellence to this year's proud winner Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi which has set an industry example in 2009 with regards to overall excellence.

The World Luxury Hotel Awards is an inspiration to nominees and other luxury properties on the global front to raise their levels of service excellence in order to feel comfortable in competing on an international level and to set a benchmark for themselves.

The luxury hotel won the honour after a vote cast by a selected panel of 50 leading tour operators '&' travel industry consultants.

Emirates Palace General Manager Hans Olbertz said :''By winning this award, the Emirates Palace is growing more popular among the "creme de la creme" of the global hotel industry players.

''This honour provides us with additional catalyst to exert maximum efforts to upgrade our services to the highest world standards,'' he added.

Marinique Truter, Executive Manager of World Luxury Hotel Awards commented: ''Despite the global economic recession, our winners have survived and even thrived.

They have seen challenges as opportunities and are leading the way as industry leaders.

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