Qatar Airways has claimed yet another major international award, this time retaining its Best Middle Eastern Airline title as voted by readers of Asia Pacific TTG, for four years in a row. Readers of TTG Publishing trade magazines TTG Asia, TTG China, TTGmice and TTG-BTmice China placed Qatar Airways top in its annual polls conducted to determine which travel companies in the region have excelled in showing “strong commitment towards travel excellence”. The win comes after Qatar Airways was named Airline of the Year 2009, TTG Asia’s sister publication’s annual Travel Awards held in London last month. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker was delighted by the award, and said that the airline again showed its prowess in the highly competitive service-led Asia Pacific region. “The airline continues to collect awards on the back of its dedication to providing customers with the highest levels of service. We are proud that our commitment to demonstrating these exceptional standards has again been recognised by our peers in the industry and of course by our valuable customers,” said Al Baker. Qatar Airways was presented with the award at the 20th TTG Asia Travel Awards ceremony held at the Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World in Bangkok. Representing the airline at the awards ceremony, Qatar Airways Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations, Marwan Koleilat said the consistency of Qatar Airways’ award-winning 5-Star service was a key factor in the airline receiving continued recognition. http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=October2009&file=Local_News2009101202914.xml

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