Largest travel website in the world, Trip Advisor, has signed on as the Strategic Partner for the Maldives Travel Awards 2017.
At a ceremony held at the Macao PATA Travel Mart yesterday, the agreement was signed by the Head of Destination Marketing APAC of Trip Advisor, Sarah Mathews and the President of MATATO,Abdulla Giyas.
Under the agreement signed yesterday, data from the Trip Advisor ratings will be used in setting the criteria for the MATATO Awards.
MATATO said that the winners would be selected as fairly and justly as possible. And the agreement with Trip Advisor would make the Awards towards perfection.
MATATO Travel Awads is one of the most successful travel award shows in the Maldives. A total of three events will be held in the Travel Awards this year. The first event is the Maldives Travel Awards: People's Edition held in July. The next event will be the Guest House Edition followed by the Travel Conference in November at Bandos Island Resort and the Maldives Travel Awards Gala in Hudhuranfushi Resort.