Kolkata, Jan 2:

After picking up several World Travel Awards last year, Indian tour organisations and destinations have a number of automatic nominations for this year.

Known as the Oscar for the international travel industry, WTA has opened the regional nominations for 2014. Nominations will close on March 31.

Indias nominations as the Asias leading destination was automatic as the 2013 runner up. Taj Mahal also got automatic nomination as the Asias leading tourist attraction along with the Great Wall of China and Borobudur temple.

Incredible India, last years winner as the leading tourist board, has an automatic entry. For responsible tourism award category, Spice Village, Thekkady, and for the airport hotel segment, Radisson Blu Plaza, Delhi, has also been nominated because of their runner up status in the respective categories.

Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, (leading conference hotel), Tree of Life Hotel Resort & Spa (experimental holiday resort), The Oberoi Amarvilas (green resort), Trident, Gurgaon and Taj Mahal Palace (leading hotel brand), Maharaja Pavilion, Raj Palace (leading suite), Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces (lifestyle hotel brand), Oberoi Gurgaon (luxury hotel), Taj Exotica, Goa (luxury resort) and Rambagh Palace (most romantic resort) are also among the automatic nominations list.

Palace on Wheels (luxury train), Kuoni India (travel agency) and Carzonrent India (leading car hire) found their place in the list by virtue of their ranking last year.

jayanta.mallick@thehindu.co.in

abhishek.l@thehindu.co.in

(This article was published on January 2, 2014)

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Indian nominations for World Travel Awards