YARDLEY, Pennsylvania – Global Traveler, the only monthly magazine for business and luxury travelers, announces the 2014 Airline and Hotel of the Year award nominees. Which airline and hotel will follow in the illustrious footsteps of 2013 winners Etihad Airways and Address Hotels + Resorts to be named the fourth Airline and Hotel of the Year?
Global Traveler staff vote on the nominees. Each well-traveled staffer submits a list of airline and hotel nominees. Nominees are notified and invited to fill out an online application with pertinent information, including financial data, occupancy rates, load factors, on-time figures, safety records and menus. A selected panel of Global Traveler employees and Advisory Board members choose the winners based on information completed by the individual airlines and hotels, outside research and experience. Only those invited are considered for the honor.
Once an airline or hotel wins the award, it is ineligible for consideration for three years. Inaugural winners Asiana Airlines and Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts are eligible for the honor again in 2014, pending nominations; 2012 and 2013 winners, including South African Airways, Etihad Airways, Jumeirah International and Address Hotels + Resorts are not eligible this year.
Congratulations to the following airline nominees:
Air Canada
All Nippon Airways
American Airlines
British Airways
Brussels Airlines
China Airlines
Delta Air Lines
EL AL Israel Airlines
Emirates
Finnair
Iberia
LAN
Lufthansa
Qatar Airways
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
TAM
United
Congratulations to the following hotel nominees:
Anantara Hotels & Resorts
Conrad Hotels
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
Hilton Hotels & Resorts
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
JW Marriott
Kimpton Hotels
Langham Hotels & Resorts
Lotte Hotels & Resorts
Mandarin Oriental
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Park Hyatt
The Peninsula Hotels
Posadas
The Ritz-Carlton
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Sofitel
St. Regis
Westin Hotels
The Airline and Hotel of the Year winners will be announced in the December 2014 issue.
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WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- Which airline and hotel will follow in the illustrious footsteps of 2013 winners Etihad Airways and Address Hotels + Resorts to be named the fourth Airline and Hotel of the Year.
- A selected panel of Global Traveler employees and Advisory Board members choose the winners based on information completed by the individual airlines and hotels, outside research and experience.
- The Airline and Hotel of the Year winners will be announced in the December 2014 issue.
