Cox & Kings crowned 'Best Travel Agency' at the 29th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2018

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Cox & Kings crowned 'Best Travel Agency' at the 29th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2018

Monday, 24 September 2018 | Agencies | Mumbai

Cox & Kings crowned 'Best Travel Agency' at the 29th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2018

Celebrating 260 years, Cox & Kings was crowned as India’s leading travel agency by TTG Asia, the leading travel trade publication in Asia. It won the title of 'Best Travel Agency – India' for its exemplary service in the travel industry. The award was presented at a star-studded event held at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre, Bangkok on 20th September 2018.

Cox & Kings emerged as a top winner in the category of Best Travel Agency after having received the maximum votes from the discerning readers of a bouquet of TTG publications.  

On receiving the award, Mr Peter Kerkar, Group CEO, Cox & Kings Ltd said," It is an absolute honour to be recognised by our clients. We have the highest regards for our travellers and strive to bring the best to them. Cox & Kings' legacy of dynamism continues as the award only motivate us to better every day and transform travel"     

Cox & Kings' tremendous contribution to the country's travel industry is known to all. With innovations like 'Enable Travel' – unique holidays for the disabled travellers to specialist brands such as ' Trip 360' for adventure enthusiasts, 'Getaway Goddess' for women travellers and 'Self Drive 365' that is set to change the realm of self-drive tours in India and elsewhere, Cox & Kings has reinvented the space.

Since the awards first began, this celebrated event has grown significantly in terms of participation from the industry as well as the number of awards given out each year. Each year, the awards ceremony and gala dinner is attended by some of the industry’s most renowned personalities.

ABOUT COX & KINGS LTD: (BSE: 533144 | NSE: COX&KINGS)

Cox & Kings Ltd. (‘C&K’) is the oldest travel company in the world and also one of the leading leisure and education travel groups with operations in 22 countries across four continents. It is one of the most experienced travel companies in the world, having been in operation since 1758. Headquartered in India, C&K has over the last three decades transformed itself into a diversified, multinational travel conglomerate with a focus on the new-age global consumer.

C&K operates in three key verticals; Leisure, Education, Hybrid Hotels.

Leisure—India is best known by the ubiquitous Cox & Kings brand in India, where we are an integrated travel enterprise, offering the best and widest range of travel options to individuals, groups and businesses in the fastest growing major economy in the world. www.coxandkings.com

Leisure—International operates in multiple countries, mainly under the Cox & Kings brand, with a greater focus on premium-end travel. www.coxandkings.co.uk

Education operates under the brand names PGL and NST, among others. PGL and NST are market leaders in experiential learning in the UK and we intend to take these brands across the world; we have recently entered the Australian market. www.pgl.co.uk, www.nstgroup.co.uk

Meininger currently operates more than 8,500 beds across 17 hotels in 11 European cities. The unique hybrid concept of Meininger combines the service and comfort of a hotel with the uncomplicated nature of a hostel; top locations, high-quality amenities, flexible room structure and reasonable prices. www.meininger-hotels.com

Cox & Kings is one of the founding members of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and also a member of premier industry associations across the world. Over the years the company has won many awards which stand testimony to its excellence in service.

Cox & Kings has been the recipient of various accolades both in India and internationally. It has been winning the prestigious World Travel Award in different categories since 2013.  The title of Asia's Leading Luxury Tour Operator was retained for the 3rd time in 2017 after bagging it in 2015 and 2016. It won the title of India’s Leading Tour Operator in the year 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and India’s Leading Travel Agency for the 5th Consecutive time. In 2017, Cox & Kings also won Hospitality India Travel Award in Best Domestic Tour Operator and Best Outbound Tour Operator categories. It bagged the Best Experiential Travel Company by India Travel Award West. Continuing with its winning legacy, Cox & Kings won the coveted SATTE Award and Travel and Lifestyle Leadership Award for Best Outbound Tour Operator. The prestigious PATA Gold award 2017 was also presented to Cox & Kings for Marketing Media in Social Media category.

About the TTG Travel Awards:  The TTG Travel Awards has been recognising the best of Asia-Pacific’s travel industry since 1989. This prestigious annual event honours stellar organisations and individuals in 4 categories: Travel Supplier, Travel Agency, Outstanding Achievement and Travel Hall of Fame. This TTG Travel Trade Publishing event is proudly organised by TTG Asia, with the support of TTG China, TTG India, TTG mice, TTG-BT mice China, TTG associations and TTG Asia Luxury.

 

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