SATA evaluations to begin at Central Hotel on Wednesday

Evaluations of the nominees for the South Asian Travel Awards (SATA), a High Rise event, has been set to begin this week.

Sales and Marketing Manager of High Rise, Mariyam Maisha Shujaau said that the evaluations will begin on 16 August, Wednesday, at Champaa Central Hotel. After which the judging of the regional nominees will begin.

And so after the evaluation in Maldives, the nominees from Sri Lanka will be evaluated from 19-22 August in Colombo.

The nominees from northern India will be evaluated in New Delhi from 27-29 August. The nominees from Nepal and Bhutan will begin their evaluation period on 29 August and be completed by the beginning of September.

While the online voting for SATA is currently open, popular brands from five countries in the region with over 450 nominations.

The first SATA held last year was at Sri Lanka's popular Mount Lavinia Hotel. Last year, Maldives won the most awards with a total of 18. Maldives also won five of the even Visitor's Choice Awards.

SATA 2017 will be held in Addu City this year with 34 major categories from ten segments.