Riding on its recent successful marketing campaigns to further strengthen its brand name, MERITUS HOTELS & RESORTS is the only hotel group headquartered in Singapore to be nominated for the 7th Annual Travel Awards 2006 conducted by well-respected travel trade magazine – Selling Long Haul.  The only travel trade monthly dedicated to long distance travel. Published since 1990, it is circulated to every travel agent and tour operator in the UK and Ireland.

Selected by a group of esteemed travel writers and the editorial teams from the U.K. and Ireland travel trade‘s leading monthly, the hotel group is proud to sit on the Best Hotel Group or Resort For The Far East category amongst 6 other candidates.

Frank Foster, Senior Vice-President of Meritus Hotels & Resorts, said, ‘The entire team had worked hard to drive the group forward in both branding and sales aspects in the last nine months. This nomination by Selling Long Haul proves further that we are going in the right direction, offering valuable products and services that the discerning market is looking for.’

Recognised increasingly across the Asia Pacific region, Meritus Hotels & Resorts offers the finest hospitality for both business and leisure travellers in delivering its signature Asian grace, warmth and care experience within its eight strategically located hotels and resorts.

Aimed to highlight the ‘best of’ in each of the 50 individual categories, each winner of Selling Long Haul’s Travel Awards will receive a certificate plus the usage of the award logo’s in publicity and advertising.

The winners will be chosen by the U.K. and Irish Travel Trade and will be announced at the World Travel Market held in London in November.