2013 Business Traveller Poland Award Winners Announced!

Business Traveller Awards have a long and rich history. Many national editions of Business Traveller magazine organize their own award ceremonies. These include Business Traveller China, Business Traveller Middle East, Business Traveller America, and Business Traveller Africa. The UK-based Business Traveller magazine, which was founded in 1976 in London, organizes its annual Business Traveller Awards event that attracts major airlines and hotel chains around the world.

In Poland Business Traveller has been published since 2009 on paper as well as in online (www.businesstraveller.pl) and tablet versions. This year, for the first time in its history, BT Poland organized its own event based on reader voting. Almost 1,000 people, including business travellers and travel managers, took part in the online survey which contained questions related to products and services. The survey results were then analysed by consultancy firm Deloitte.

“We have decided to organize this event, because we strongly believe that it is worth writing about and awarding good products. Despite the economic downturn there always is and will be demand for luxury products for business travellers. Never before have hotels rooms offered as many amenities as today, and the offer of airlines is equally impressive,” says Robert Grzybowski, the publisher of Business Traveller Poland. – “The results of our survey, which was aimed at business travellers and travel managers, say a lot. Congratulations to the winners,” continues Mr Grzybowski.

– Our magazine is an inspiration both for business and leisure travellers. I hope that the presented awards will be a source of ideas for travel in 2014. We appreciate the independent choice of our readers, thanks to which the Business Traveller Poland Awards are exceptional,” emphasizes Marzena Mróz, the editor-in-chief of Business Traveller Poland.

During the gala, which was attended by more than 70 representatives of the nominated companies, we awarded winners in 22 categories. The statuettes were presented to Warsaw Chopin Airport (Best Airport in Poland), Changi Airport in Singapore (Best Airport in the World), Frankfurt Airport (Best Airport in Europe), Lufthansa (Best Long-haul Airlines and Best Business Class), Miles And More (Best Loyalty Programme), Star Alliance (Best Air Alliance), LOT Polish Airlines (Best Economy Class and Best Short-haul Airline), Wizzair (Best Low-Cost Airline), British Airways (Best Premium Economy Class), Hilton (Best Busines Hotel Chain in the World, Best Business Hotel in Poland), and Accor (Best Business Hotel Chain in Poland).

The award for the best car rental company both in Poland and Europe went to AVIS, while Samsonite received the statuette for the most favourite luggage brand. Apple was the hands-down winner in the Best Business Smartphone category, while Dell was awarded for the Best Laptop. Toyota won in the Best Fleet Car category for its Avensis model, while the award for the Best Executive Car went to Audi for its the A8.

Here is the complete list of winners of 2013 Business Traveller Poland Awards:

AIRPORTS

BEST AIRPORT IN POLAND

1. WARSAW Chopin Airport

2. WROCŁAW Strachowice

3. KRAKOW Balice
BEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE

1. FRANKFURT am Main

2. MUNICH, Franz Josef Strauss

3. AMSTERDAM Schiphol

 

BEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD

1. SINGAPORE Changi

2. DUBAI International

3. HONG KONG Chek Lap Kok

 

AIRLINES

BEST SHORT-HAUL AIRLINE

1. LOT POLISH AIRLINES

2. LUFTHANSA

3. SWISS

 

BEST LONG-HAUL AIRLINE

1. LUFTHANSA

2. SINGAPORE AIRLINES

3. BRITISH AIRWAYS

 

BEST ECONOMY CLASS

1. LOT POLISH AIRLINES

2. LUFTHANSA

3. BRITISH AIRWAYS

 

BEST PREMIUM ECONOMY

1. BRITISH AIRWAYS

2. AIR FRANCE

3. KLM

 

BEST BUSINESS CLASS

1. LUFTHANSA

2. BRITISH AIRWAYS

3. EMIRATES

 

BEST LOW-COST AIRLINE

1. WIZZAIR

 

 

BEST FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAMME

1. MILES AND MORE (LUFTHANSA)

2. EXECUTIVE CLUB (BRITISH AIRWAYS)

3. EUROBONUS (SAS)

 

BEST AIRLINE ALLIANCE

1. STAR ALLIANCE
HOTELS
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL CHAIN IN THE WORLD

1. HILTON

2. RADISSON BLU

3. BEST WESTERN

 

BEST BUSINESS HOTEL CHAIN IN THE POLAND

1. ACCOR

2. HILTON

3. HYATT

 

BEST BUSINESS HOTEL IN POLAND

1. HILTON WARSAW

2. HOTEL SHERATON WARSAW

3. HILTON GDANSK

BEST HOTEL LOYALTY SCHEME

1. BEST WESTERN REWARDS

2. MARRIOT REWARDS

3. LE CLUB ACCORHOTELS

 

CAR RENTAL, CARS AND ELECTRONICS

BEST CAR RENTAL COMPANY IN THE WORLD

1. AVIS

2. HERTZ

3. EUROPCAR
BEST CAR RENTAL COMPANY IN POLAND

1. AVIS

2. EUROPCAR

3. EXPRESS

 

FAVOURITE LUGGAGE BRAND

1. SAMSONITE

2. WITTCHEN

3. TRAVELITE

 

BEST BUSINESS SMARTPHONE

1. APPLE

2. SAMSUNG

3. NOKIA

 

BEST LAPTOP

1. DELL

2. APPLE

3. SONY

 

BEST FLEET CAR

1. TOYOTA AVENSIS

2. SKODA OCTAVIA

3. FORD MONDEO

 

BEST EXECUTIVE CAR

1. AUDI A8

2. BMW 7 SERIES

3. VOLVO S80