InterContinental Al Khobar receives best ‘Luxury City Hotel’ award

InterContinental Al Khobar has received the prominent award of best "Luxury City Hotel" for Saudi Arabia at the eighth annual World Luxury Hotel Awards ceremony, held on Dec. 6 in South Africa. The ceremony serves as a platform that provides hoteliers with a unique opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the past year with their industry peers
“We are honored to receive the "Luxury City Hotel" award for Saudi Arabia” said Josef Sorger, regional general manager for Eastern Province & MoF Hotel and general manager InterContinental Al Khobar. “We are competing on an international level and such an award gives us the opportunity to set a new benchmark for service excellence in the Kingdom.”
Established in 2006, the World Luxury Hotel Award recognizes service excellence in the worldwide luxury hotel industry. Award winners have included some of the world’s top hotels such as Burj Al Arab, Four Seasons Hotels, InterContinental Hotels and many more significant names. This is the ultimate achievement in the highest quality service and is seen by many in as the "Oscar" of the hospitality industry. Winners are purely judged on service delivery and effective management, voted for by hotel guests, corporates and global travel agents who get the opportunity to cast their valuable votes annually, making the process fair and unbiased.
This year over 1,000 hotels from 145 countries were nominated to participate in the world’s most prestigious awards initiative for luxury hotels. “I am extremely proud that we were selected as the best luxury city hotel in Saudi Arabia. This would not have been possible without the patronage of our guests and the dedication of our entire team” added Sorger.