KUCHING: Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) ended 2008 on a sweet note by winning one of the nine Aseanta Awards for Excellence 2009.
STB won the Best Asean Marketing and Promotional Campaign category for its Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2008 entry.
Organised by Asean Tourism Association, the award will be presented at the opening ceremony of the Asean Tourism Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Friday.
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited won the prestigious "ASEANTA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2009's" on Best ASEAN Conservation Effort Award for its «Keep the World Beautiful» with THAI campaign.
The ASEANTA Awards for Excellence in Tourism is an annual event held by the ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA) to recognize individuals and organizations with distinct supports and contributions to the tourism industry, products and services in the ASEAN region.
Mr. Pandit Chanapai, THAI's Executive Vice President, Commercial Department said «To celebrate THAI's 48th anniversary last year, we created the "Keep the World Beautiful" campaign to portray the stunning natural beauty of the selected destinations from the airlines' network. The campaign, with the stunning natural scenery breathtakingly displayed, presented strong and effective message and firmly established an eco-awareness among the viewers, encouraging each individual to help conserving those natural beauties for the years and generations to come.
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Thai Airways International’s inflight magazine, Sawasdee, has won two awards at the 17th annual ASEANTA Awards for Excellence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The May 2002 issue of the magazine featuring “A Simian Saga,” written by Jason Gagliardi, won the Best Asean Travel Article Award for its portrayal of the town of Lopburi in Central Thailand, while “Back in Time on Two Rails,” a feature story about train travel in Thailand by Morris Dye, won a Merit Award in the same category.
