Winners of 2015 GlobeRunner Awards Announced in New York City
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International, Transaero Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hertz, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Singapore Airlines, and American Airlines were named best in class by readers of Frequent Business Traveler.
The results of this year’s balloting were announced by Jonathan Spira, Frequent Business Traveler’s editorial director, Thursday morning at the magazine’s offices in New York City. The GlobeRunner Awards recognize the world’s top hotel groups, airlines, car rental agencies, travel websites, and other travel providers and services.
In lieu of holding an awards ceremony, Accura Media Group, Frequent Business Traveler’s parent company, is making a donation to the PKD Foundation, an organization dedicated to discovering treatments and a cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease, in memory of its co-founder, Greg Spira, and is encouraging GlobeRunner Award recipients and FBT readers to do the same.
The winners were selected by online voting, which took place from March 24 through June 19, 2015. During the balloting period, readers cast over 162,000 votes for their favorite travel companies, an 8% year-over-year increase.
“Frequent Business Traveler magazine readers relentlessly crisscross the globe, patronizing the world’s leading hotels, airlines, and travel-related services,” said Spira. “The GlobeRunner Awards are their awards. Their very selective preferences and extensive patronage of hotels, airlines and everything travel-related make their votes particularly meaningful.”