Business and luxury leisure travellers gave Emirates top honours in the annual Global Traveller's GT Tested Awards for 2006, naming the world’s fastest growing international airline “Best Airline for First Class” for the second year in a row. Global Traveller's annual GT Tested Awards is one of the world’s most comprehensive business and leisure traveller polls, showcasing the best and brightest in airlines, hotels, destinations and travel service providers, as voted by magazine readers.
Emirates was also recently named “Best First Class in the World” and “Best Business Class to the Middle East” by Business Traveller readers in the 2006 Readers’ Choice Best in Business Travel Awards as well as “Best Airline for Flights to the Middle East” from Executive Travel magazine’s 2006 Leading Edge Awards readers’ survey.
“Emirates is honoured to accept these awards and to be recognized by these prestigious publications, whose readers are strong opinion leaders within the travel industry,” said Nigel Page, Emirates Senior Vice President, the Americas. “With the recent launch of the new generation of lie-flat Business Class seats aboard our Boeing 777’s, we remain committed to providing outstanding in-flight experiences to all our passengers. Customer service has always played an important role in the growth of the airline, and these awards serve as significant validation from the discerning first and business travelling community.”
Emirates introduced the lie-flat massage seats only in Business Class on Flight EK204, the airline’s non-stop Boeing 777-300ER service between New York and Dubai on October 1. In 2004, when Emirates launched passenger service from North America, it drew international attention and praise for its fully-enclosed First Class suites where passengers enjoy private, a la carte dining, all the features of Emirates’ award-winning entertainment service and other unique amenities.
About Emirates
Since its launch in 1985, Emirates Airline has received more than 300 international awards in recognition of its efforts to provide unsurpassed levels of customer service. It serves 87 cities around the globe, including two-daily non-stop flights from New York’s JFK to Dubai, with a young and technologically advanced fleet of aircraft that are equipped with industry-leading comforts in the air. On October 29, 2006, Emirates added a third daily flight to Dubai via Hamburg. Operations on Emirates from New York connect America to the world through the airline’s route network with extensive connections to the Far East, Australia and Africa.
About Global Traveller
Distributed nationally, Global Traveller has an ABC paid circulation of 60,232. Editorial focuses on issues and concerns of interest to business and luxury travellers. Regular features include in-depth reports on domestic and international destinations and common-sense advice on navigating the ever-complicated world of domestic and international travel, including tips on maximizing hotel and airline reward travel and staying healthy while travelling. Columns highlight the best in fashion, food, wine, design and technology.
About Business Traveller
Business Traveller, published by Varquin Enterprises, Inc., is the magazine of choice for premium business travellers. Business Traveller brings the world of the travelling executive into focus, with guides to destinations and business venues, insightful news on airlines, hotels and local restaurants, and the best business travel deals available across the U.S. and around the world.
About Executive Travel
Executive Travel magazine's mission is to help frequent travellers live life on the road as well as they do at home. Published six times per year, Executive Travel provides readers with relevant travel news and information, coupled with strategies and advice. Executive Travel is published by the American Express Publishing Corporation, the leading publisher of luxury lifestyle magazines, which also publishes Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Departures, Travel + Leisure Golf and Travel + Leisure Family. The company also produces a variety of travel, cooking, wine, time management, and financial books and products, develops online content, operates luxury-market events, and creates custom print and online programs for clients. American Express Publishing is a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Express Company.
