The Peninsula

10 May 2009 - The Peninsula

Regency wins travel Oscars for third year

Tareq Abdullatif Taha, CEO of Regency Travel and Tours, receives the award from Graham Cooke, Chairman and Founder of World Travel Awards.

DOHA: Regency Travel and Tours of Qatar has indomitably proven its excellent reputation in the travel industry, successfully winning the Middle East Leading Travel Agency for 2009 award for the third year in a row.

Tareq Abdullatif Taha, Chief Executive Officer of Regency Travel and Tours received the award in the presence of an elite assembly of senior travel, tourism and hospitality executives and international press and broadcast media. General Manager N M Shafiq, along with other guests from Qatar was also present in the ceremony.

Attended by over 800 senior travel and tourism executives, the glittering Middle East Winners Awards Ceremony of the World Travel Awards was recently held in Dubai.

Taha said he would like to contribute this award to the people of Qatar and he would like to thank the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for bestowing their blessings and guiding Qatari companies to compete against major global players and win against them.

"It is a great moment for us and we are proud to win this honour for Qatar on the global stage. We have always strived to build a world-class travel services organisation offering international facilities and services. I am proud that this effort is being recognised with the award," said Taha. World Travel awards described by the Wall Street Journal as the "Oscars" of the travel industry serve to acknowledge, reward and celebrate the enormous achievements to be found in all sectors of the global travel industry.

"World Travel Awards is without a doubt the most prestigious and comprehensive awards programme of the travel industry. Now in our 16th year, we will host a total of eight events this year to reward our winner's successes and achievements in each region, covering all sectors of the global travel, tourism and hospitality industry," said Graham Cooke, Chairman and Founder of World Travel Awards.

Source: The Peninsula

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