The World Travel Awards, held January 11 in Qatar, have announced the winners for 2012. Two Moscow hotels were rewarded for excellence.

      The Radisson Royal Hotel has been voted as World's Leading Luxury Business Hotel and the Swissotel Krasnye Holmy has been voted as World's Leading Meeting Hotel. Russian hotels have again proven their positions as the best business hotels around the world

      The World Travel Awards is often described as the “Oscars of the travel industry”. It was launched in 1993 to recognise excellence in global tourism. Travel professionals from about 200 countries choose the best companies and destinations by voting. It is considered to be the the most prestigious awards programme in the industry. The winners of the various nominations are able to use the emblem of WTA as a symbol of the quality in the tourism sector.

      Source: FashionTravel.