IFA hotels & resorts receives ‘leading middle eastern overseas developer’ award
IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) received an award at the 2008 World Travel Awards ceremony recently held in Dubai as ‘Leading Middle Eastern Overseas Developer’. The award was handed by this year’s Miss World Zhang Zilin of China.
IFA HR received the award for successfully expanding its international mixed use model as well as the delivery of excellent quality and services representing its “Living a la Carte” philosophy.
Talal Jassim Al-Bahar, Vice Chairman and CEO of IFA HR, commented: “It’s always a pleasure to receive such awards from acclaimed institutes. We have been focusing heavily on increasing our global footprint over the past few years and appreciate the recognition we receive from industry professionals.”
Specialists in developing mixed-use resorts, IFA HR is currently present in 14 markets across four continents: Kuwait, Dubai, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Seychelles, Thailand, Caribbean and New York, with plans to link its resorts to new parts of the globe.
The World Travel Awards is the most comprehensive, prestigious and biggest award program in the travel industry worldwide, often referred to as ‘The Oscars in the Travel Industry.’ The World Travel Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate the enormous achievements to be found in all sectors of the global travel industry.
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