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Global Traveler Announces Hall of Fame Winners

by Kimberly Inlander

Dec 1, 2014
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Yardley, Pa., Dec. 1, 2014 – Global Traveler, the only monthly magazine for business and luxury travelers, announces the 10-Year Hall of Fame winners. Introduced in 2013, when the magazine was celebrating its 10th anniversary of its prestigious GT Tested Reader Survey Awards, this is the second year for Hall of Fame inductees. Inductees include winners who have won the same GT Tested Reader Survey award for 10 years.

The 2014 winners of the Hall of Fame are:

Best Airline in North America
Air Canada

Best Overall Airport in the World
Incheon Airport

Best Hotel Rewards Program in the World
InterContinental Hotels Group IHG Rewards Club

The Hall of Fame winners will be feted at an event Dec. 15, 2014, at The Peninsula Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills.

To learn more about this year’s Hall of Fame inductees, pick up the December issue of Global Traveler, available now, or visit www.globaltravelerusa.com.

About the Survey
Global Traveler conducted an open-ended survey of its readers to determine the best in more than 70 travel-related categories. The survey was conducted from Jan. 1, 2013 to Aug. 31, 2013. Questionnaires were available in subscriber copies of the magazine, online at newgtsite.wpengine.com/awards-survey-ballot and through direct mail and email. Only questionnaires with more than 50 percent of the questions answered were considered. An outside accounting firm, Citrin Cooperman LLP, tabulated the results. Employees of the magazine and members of the travel industry were barred from participation.

About Global Traveler
Global Traveler, the only AAM-audited U.S.-based magazine for the international business and leisure traveler, is a business travel and lifestyle publication with an AAM paid circulation of 109,000+.

About FXExpress Publications, Inc.
FXExpress Publications, Inc., based in Yardley, Pa., is a privately held company publishing Global Traveler, China Global Traveler, eFlyer USA; eFlyer Asia, Trazee Travel and several annuals; and also operating www.globaltravelerusa.com, www.globaltravelerusa.com/blog, china-globaltraveler.com and TrazeeTravel.com.

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