The Spanish company has been recognised by UK travel agents for the eight consecutive year in these awards
RIU hotel chain has just won one of the UK’s major tourism awards: the 2011 Travel Bulletin Award for the “Star Worldwide Hotel & Resort Operator”. This is the 8th consecutive year that RIU has won an award at this event. The prize was awarded during the 15th prestigious Travel Bulletin Star Awards ceremony at the Landmark Hotel in London on Monday 12th of September in front of many professionals from the tourism sector.
The award was decided by the votes of British travel agent readers of Travel Bulletin who awarded RIU the prize in recognition of the chain’s superb quality service and high levels of guest satisfaction.
Paul Bunce, Head of UK Market Development for RIU Hotels & Resorts, stated that “With every award we receive we feel even more committed to fulfill and exceed our customers expectations each year and to reflect the confidence that agents demonstrate with each RIU booking they make. This is an accolade that we truly appreciate which confirms to us that the investment in and the development of our business in the UK market has been effective and appreciated.
In the photo, Paul Bunce, Head of UK Market Development for RIU Hotels & Resorts with Jeanette Ratcliffe from Travel Bulletin
Eight years of success at the Travel Bulletin Awards:
2011: Star Hotel Chain
2010: Star Hotel Chain
2009: Star Hotel Chain
2008: Star Hotel Chain
2007: Star European Hotel Chain
2006: Top Leisure Hotel Chain
2005: Top European Hotel Chain
2004: Top European Hotel Chain
About RIU Hotels & Resorts:
The international RIU chain was founded by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family's third generation. The company specialises in sun and sand holiday resorts. More than 50% of its resorts offer RIU's acclaimed all-inclusive by RIU formula. With the inauguration of its first urban hotel in 2010, RIU widens its range of product with a new city hotel product line called RIU PLAZA. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has more than 100 hotels in 19 countries and 23,400 employees which welcome over 3.1 million guests a year. RIU is currently the world's 27th ranked chain (according to HOTELS magazine in 2010), one of the Caribbean's most popular and the fourth largest in Spain.
