SHERATON LANGKAWI RECOGNISED AS MALAYSIA'S LEADING RESORT

LANGKAWI (Malaysia), Nov 13 (Bernama) -– The Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort
won the award in "Malaysia’s Leading Resort" category at the World Travel Awards
event in London last Saturday.

The hotel's sales and marketing director Stephanie Choi said the achievement
was a proud one and raised the image of Langkawi as a world class tourist
holiday destination.

"The hotel had previously won the Langkawi 2008 award for Outstanding
Resort from the Langkawi Development Authority and the Langkawi Tourism body,"
she added, in a statement here, Friday.

The World Travel Awards is organised to give recognition as well as honour
excellence in the global travel and tourism industry.

Stephanie also said that to ensure maximum satisfaction for its clients, the
238-room hotel will continue to enhance its services in line with the
recognition just received.

This years voting was the highest in the history of the World Travel Awards,
with 183,000 professionals voting to pick the best promoters of the travel,
tourism, hospitality and services industry in Asia.

-- BERNAMA