방콕여행정보!!Top 10 Holiday Destinatinons(Asia)

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유명한 여행 관련 웹사이트인 Smart Travel.com에서 발표내용에 의하면

2012 Top 10 Holiday Destinations (Asia) 에서

푸켓이 2위, 방콕 3위, 코사무이가 10위를 차지했습니다.

2012 Top 10 Airlines (worldwide) 에서

Thai Airways International가 4위였으며,

Top 10 Airports (worldwide) 에서는

SuvarnabhumiAirport가 6위였습니다.

다음은 관련 기사 전문입니다.

Bangkok, August 22, 2012 :

Thai tourism destinations, airlines, airports, hotels and spa resorts

scored high marks in the Best in Travel 2012 Poll announced by the

popular website Smart Travel Asia 2012.

Altogether, a total of 61 Thai tourism industry products were listed in the

poll rankings, some in the top ten and others in the top 25. The list was

led by Phuket, which was ranked the second-best holiday destination in

Asia. Bangkok ranked 4th best city for business and fifth in the top ten

holiday destinations in Asia. Ko Samui ranked the 10th best holiday

destination in Asia.

Thai Airways International, Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and Samui

Airport also fared well. An analysis of the poll results also indicated that

the award-winning products were located nationwide, including Hua Hin

and Chiang Rai.

Commented TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni, “We are proud to see

so many of our destinations and products scoring highly in these

rankings. It clearly shows that the determined effort made by our entire

industry to upgrade quality is paying off and getting global recognition.”

Announcing the awards, Smart Travel Asia’s Editor-Publisher Vijay

Verghese said, “This year (2012) marks the eighth year of our online poll

to discern travel preferences among our affluent frequent traveller

readers who take over 16 air trips a year.

“The focus of the Best in Travel Poll is to determine which travel brands

are sought after and why. The three-month exercise from May to July

each year offers insights for our own editorial direction and generates

useful comparative research data for hotels and airlines.”

Mr. Verghese said that one interesting finding this year is that affluent

travellers by and large first seek trusted brand eval‎uations online (rather

than price), but often fail to find this due to the blizzard of booking

engines and sales sites that tend to dominate search results. “Readers

clearly state that they will first eval‎uate a brand before booking it,” he

said.

“Another point to emerge is that while affluent travellers make travel

decisions online, they do not commonly book online. They go offline to

talk to a human being in order to ask questions and personalise the

purchase. Business travellers in particular are averse to online bookings

as travel circumstances change rapidly and unpredictably. They tend to

use their own trusted travel agents or will talk to sales persons at a hotel

of their choice. In other words, tracking ‘conversions’ often fails with this

elite audience.”

Approximately 70 percent of the voters were based in Asia (largely

Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, India, China, Japan, Malaysia,

Thailand, Philippines, and the Middle East), 15 percent in UK/Europe and

15 percent in USA and North America. They recorded an average of

16.22 air trips (up from 15.75) over the past 12 months and earned

US$162,134 in household income (up modestly from US$156,716 in

2011).

There was no charge for nomination or any hidden fee. Readers were

free to vote for any of thousands of travel products in Asia from Japan

to the Middle East.

Here is a listing of all the Thai destinations and products that won

awards:

Top 10 Holiday Destinations (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
2	Phuket	2
3	Bangkok	10
10	Ko Samui	9

Top 10 Cities for Business (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
4	Bangkok	10

Top 10 Airlines (worldwide)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
4	Thai Airways International	4

Top 10 Airlines, Business Class (worldwide)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
6	Thai Airways International	6

Top 10 Airlines, Cabin Service (worldwide)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
3	Thai Airways International	2
6	BangkokAirways	7

Top 10 Budget Airlines (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
10	Nok Air	9

Top 10 Airports (worldwide)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
6	SuvarnabhumiAirport	5
10	SamuiAirport	9

Top 25 Business Hotels (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
8	Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok	9
14	SheratonGrande Sukhumvit, Bangkok	12
15	InterContinental Bangkok	19
16	Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok	17
19	ConradBangkok	14
23	Centara Grand at CentralWorld, Bangkok	19
25	DusitThaniBangkok	25
25	JWMarriottHotel Bangkok	23

Top 25 Conference Hotels (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
10	Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok	13
11	InterContinental Bangkok	15
14	Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok	16
16	SheratonGrande Sukhumvit, Bangkok	14
17	AngsanaLaguna Phuket	-
22	ConradBangkok	15
24	Centara Grand At CentralWorld, Bangkok	20
25	DusitThaniBangkok	22
25	JWMarriott PhuketResort & Spa
25	Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok	25

Top 25 Spa Hotels & Resorts (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
4	Banyan Tree Phuket	5
5	Amanpuri, Phuket	4
8	Six Senses Samui – A Sala Property	9
10	The Peninsula, Bangkok	11
11	JWMarriott PhuketResort & Spa	9
11	Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok	15
12	Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai	16
12	CentaraGrand BeachResort & Villas Hua Hin	13
13	Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai	23
18	CentaraGrand BeachResort Samui	16
18	Chiva-Som, Hua Hin	20
20	AntaraHuaHin Resort & Spa	22
21	AngsanaLaguna Phuket	-
22	Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok	25
24	CentaraGrand BeachResort & Villas Krabi	23
24	Plaza Athenee Bangkok	25
25	AleentaPhuket– Phang Nga Resort & Spa	25
25	ConradBangkok	19

Top 25 Leisure Hotels & Resorts (Asia)

2012 Rank		2011 Rank
4	AmanpuriPhuket	4
7	Twinpalms Phuket Resort	8
12	Banyan Tree Phuket	17
13	Mandarin Oriental Bangkok	24
13	SalaPhuketResort & Spa	25
13	The Chedi Chiang Mai	16
14	Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai	18
15	CentaraGrand BeachResort Samui	16
17	CentaraGrand BeachResort & Villas Hua Hin	12
19	JWMarriott PhuketResort & Spa	18
24	Indigo Pearl, Phuket	-
25	Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa, Chiang Rai	23
25	CentaraGrand Mirage BeachResort Pattaya	21
25	The Library, Ko Samui	20