Goair gets PATWA award for 'excellent service'

Mumbai, March 27: GoAir airline has become India's first low fare carrier to win the prestigious international Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) award for 'Excellent Services'.

The award was presented to GoAir at Berlin, Germany, during the world renowned tourism event ITB.

The creative print campaign of GoAir won the Grand Prix and the Best Ad in Services Category at the Pink Slip Awards 2007, which are India's first awards show for excellence in creative recruitment advertising, a statement said here today.

Mr Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir said, ''We are truly honoured to receive these prestigious awards that once again stand testament to our emphasis on being a High Service Standard Airline with Low Fares''.

The PATWA is the world's biggest travel writers' organisation representing members from 70 countries across the world. The PATWA International Awards is organised every year at ITB Berlin during the world's biggest travel fair attended by several thousand exhibitors from 180 countries and over 7,000 journalists.

The PATWA award is given in cooperation with Messe Berlin, to recognise individuals, organisations involved in promotion of tourism from various sectors such as aviation, hotels, travel agencies, tour operators, government agencies and the like.

UNI