Legends go for gold...
India Travel Awards celebrated the achievements of those behind the success of the industry at the second edition of the East India Travel Awards, held on November 19, 2015 at the Holiday Inn Chandigarh Panchkula. The event was graced by Basanta Rajkumar, Executive Director, Punjab Heritage & Tourism Promotion Board, Government of Punjab, along with other distinguished personalities who came together to acknowledge the contributions of the best in the travel and tourism industry in East India. The Gallery of Legends award went to Rajindera
Kumar, Working Director Ambassador Hotel, Former President, FHRAI, Senior MC Member and Chairman, Convention Organising Committee, while Rupak Gupta, Joint Managing Director, U.P. Hotels, won the DDP Game Changer award. Prem Pal Gandhi, Chairman, KC Group of Institutions, Colleges and Hotels received the DDP Trailblazer award.
Bjorn Noel Deniese, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Mayfair Hotels & Resorts and Director, Mayfair Spa Resort & Casino in Gangtok, Sikkim, won the Face of the Future award. The winners of the awards were defined by a fair and unbiased selection process done through online voting and judgment by a panel of jury consisting of travel industry luminaries. The awards saw a total of 2,88,395 votes being received in 96 categories from 25 countries.