Century wins PATA award

Century wins PATA award

JAKARTA (JP): Century International, an international hotel chain, won the 1996 PATA Travel Mart Professionalism Award for Outstanding Seller Organization during the Travel Mart held in Pattaya, Thailand.

The chain said in a statement here yesterday that the professionalism award, provided by Baxter Publishing of Canada, is based on the efficiency and professionalism of a seller organization.

"All the hard work and contribution of the Century sales and marketing team into making PATA Travel one of the most successful trade shows around has paid off with this award," Danai Wansom, the vice president of the Hong Kong-based hotel chain.

Century International Hotels currently operates nine star- hotels in Asian countries, including the 630-room Hotel Atlet Century Park in Jakarta and 197-room Imperial Century Hotel and Resort in Karawaci, west of Jakarta.

The hotel chain expects to open four more hotels in Indonesia this year. (hen)