Bangkok (Thailand) – September 21, 2017 (travelindex) – Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced today that its new, highly anticipated hotel, BluPhere Pattaya, BW Premier Collection, has been recognized at the Thailand Property Awards 2017.

BluPhere Pattaya, BW Premier Collection, received three awards at the Thailand Property Awards 2017, held this month at a glamorous gala event in Bangkok. The modern beachfront property won the award for "Best Architectural Design for a Low-Rise Resort" and also received honorable mentions for "Best Interior Design" and "Best Landscape Design."

Thanks to a successful partnership with the Habitat Group, two exciting new luxury hotels have been developed on the east coast of Thailand near the popular resort town of Pattaya: BluPhere Pattaya, BW Premier Collection and Best Western Premier BayPhere Pattaya.

Olivier Berrivin, Managing Director for International Operations – Asia at Best Western, was present at the award ceremony.

“We are proud to work with the Habitat Group, which has proven to be an excellent partner for Best Western,” said Olivier. “We have been working closely with the Habitat Group for several years and I am very impressed with their professionalism and the quality of their properties.”

“The award at the Thailand Property Awards 2017 is a testament to the excellence of their projects and also reflects the exciting new era of Best Western hotels now emerging across Asia,” Olivier continued.

“Following the awarding of these prizes, we look forward to welcoming our guests to the Best Western Premier BayPhere Pattaya and BluPhere Pattaya, BW Premier Collection, so they can see for themselves why it has been awarded the title of ‘Best Low-Rise Condo Architectural Design (Resort)’,” Olivier concluded.

Habitat Group also won the award for "Best Residential Development (East Coast)" and received an honorable mention in the "Best Residential Architectural Design" category for its X2 Pattaya Oceanphere project.

The BluPhere Pattaya, BW Premier Collection, is located near the beach in Na Jomtien, overlooking the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Thailand, and will open its doors to guests in 2020. The Best Western Premier BayPhere Pattaya is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2018.

About Best Western Hotels & Resorts: Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Best Western Hotels & Resorts is a privately owned hotel brand with a global network of 4,100* hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide. Best Western offers ten hotel brands designed to meet the needs of hoteliers and guests in every market: Best Western®, Best Western Plus®, Best Western Premier®, Vīb®, GLō®, Executive Residency by Best Western®, and BW Premier Collection®, as well as the recently launched franchise offerings SureStay®, SureStay Plus®, and SureStay Signature Collection®. Celebrating over 70 years of hospitality, Best Western provides its hoteliers with worldwide support in operations, sales, and marketing, along with award-winning online and mobile booking capabilities. Best Western continues to set industry records in terms of awards and accolades. For example, in 2017, 64 percent of the brand's North American hotels received the TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. Business Travel News® ranked Best Western Plus and Best Western among the top three upper-midrange and midrange hotel brands for three consecutive years. Best Western also won the Dynatrace® Best of the Web Award for its leading hotel website seven times in a row. Best Western was also named AAA®/CAA® Lodging Partner of the Year eight times in a row, recognizing the brand's commitment to providing exceptional service and value to its 56 million AAA members in the U.S. and Canada. Over 30 million travelers are members of the award-winning Best Western Rewards® loyalty program, one of the few programs where points have no expiration date and can be redeemed at any Best Western hotel worldwide. Best Western's partnerships with AAA/CAA and Harley-Davidson® offer travelers exciting ways to connect with the brand. Through its partnership with Google® Street View, Best Western is the first major company of its size and scale to introduce a virtual reality experience for customers, setting a new industry standard and reinventing the way guests see hotels.

– The figures are approximate, may fluctuate and also include hotels that are currently under development.

Contact: Marketing Communications Department, Best Western Hotels and Resorts – Asia Tel.: +66 2 656 1260 Sirimanas Maungrod Email: [email protected] Orapan Sornnuwat Email: [email protected]