Award "Star Travel.ru" - 2011
On April 18, the next nomination of candidates for the Travel.ru Star Award – 2011, a unique award, which is annually awarded to the best in the field of tourism, began on the Internet. The first in Russia and the only one of its kind tourist consumer award will be awarded for the ninth time by the end of the year, solely thanks to the opinion of holidaymakers, travelers and tourists, and only on the basis of a majority of their votes. Every Internet user has the right to become a member of such a multi-thousand “people’s jury”: http://zvezda.travel.ru There is an opportunity to vote online even for those who still dream of an interesting trip. A total of votes are accepted in 71 nominations, in various thematic categories. You can offer your candidates - your favorite resort, airport, hotel, travel agency, country, city, airline, source of tourist information in any of them or in several at once. And this year, the award "Star Travel.ru" has a new nomination - "Best Russian-language blogger-traveler". All who become winners will be awarded prizes and diplomas at the solemn ceremony, according to tradition, it will be held as part of the 19th International Exhibition "MITT / Travel and Tourism".
The annual online survey and subsequent awarding of the winners is conducted by the founder of the award, Travel.ru portal (http://www.travel.ru), one of the most popular tourist information resources of the Russian part of the Internet. Moreover, the voting organized by him has several interesting features: “Star Travel.ru” not only does not have a professional jury, common for almost all awards, but fundamentally there is no pre-prepared list of nominees. Tourists, for the purpose of maximum objectivity, are given the right to independently, from a "clean slate" to nominate for the award all those whom they consider the best. Thus, candidates automatically enter the fight for the award, and their closed list is formed by themselves, as they are nominated for the award. The organizing committee only counts the votes. As noted by the press Secretary of the Russian Union of travel industry Irina Tyurina, the undoubted advantage and difference of "Star Travel.ru" is also that applicants do not need to pay for participation, as it happens in most other competitions, nor, especially, for victory.
Last year, the Travel.ru Star Award received more than 9,000 votes from Internet users. 264 Russian travel agencies, 203 beach hotels and 320 resorts around the world, 176 places for recreation in 57 countries, 92 airlines, Russian and foreign airports, dozens of travel guides, newspapers and magazines writing about tourism, TV channels and TV programs, thematic Internet sites, representative offices of countries and cities were nominated for the victory.
"Star Travel.Ru" is a real opportunity for tourists to say thank you to those who made the trip unforgettable, whose professionalism, level of services, information can be trusted, official recognition of their best in the field of tourism and hospitality. Also, the award helps to get answers to questions about where to go next time, what place to choose for a new trip. In addition, the annual Internet survey since 2003 reveals the dynamics of consumer preferences, stimulates the winners’ interest in Russian tourists and travelers.
Representatives of the travel business "Star Travel.Ru" gives two opportunities: not only to vote, acting as a consumer (after all, we all, regardless of profession, travel, travel for different purposes - "for business or so, walk"), but also to place on the website of your company a special link "Vote for us", which offers the award. That is, to nominate yourself, and offer tourists a choice.
It is always pleasant, with very rare exceptions, to remember the past holiday, and at the same time you can think about the future. "Star Travel.Ru" invites everyone to vote. Whom to remember a good word, whom to mention, whom to recommend to others – it is up to you. Become an expert! The nomination form will be available before the end of the year at http://zvezda.travel.ru/scripts/awards/awards.cgi/.
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