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"RIU RESORTS ......BEST HOTEL CHAIN in the WORLD 2002"


Gold 'Travel Star' awarded to the Spanish group for 2002
RIU Hotels & Resorts (www.riu.com) was this week proclaimed 'best hotel chain in the world in 2002' by a majority of more than 700 Swiss travel agents - a gold 'Travel Star' award from the country's travel sector in recognition of RIU's product quality.

The result of the vote was made public yesterday during the Swiss tourism sector grand gala held in Regensdorf, Zurich, and attended by over 500 professionals from the sector.

The Travel Star awards are decided annually by 'Travel Inside' magazine on the basis of voting by travel agents in Switzerland, a country with a demanding level of consumer and service quality.

This is the tenth year that these prestigious prizes have been awarded. In earlier editions, RIU Hotels has won successive awards for second and third 'best chain in the world'.

The 'number one' award is another confirmation that RIU - now operating in 10 countries with 95 hotels - is growing while maintaining its traditional high standards of quality, according to the independent appraisal of the travel agents, who in turn reflect the opinions given to them directly by their clients.