Malaysia Airlines CEO Wins Travel Personality of the Year at the prestigious TTG Travel Awards 2017

KLIA, 3 October 2017: Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) Group CEO, Peter Bellew won the Travel Personality of the Year Award at the recent TTG Travel Awards 2017. The award is for the most, outstanding individual for taking proactive steps to develop the travel industry and for demonstrating innovation in his field. Voted by the TTG editorial team, the 28th Annual TTG Travel Awards Ceremony & Gala Dinner was held on 28th September 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Travel Personality of the Year Award is part of the Outstanding Achievement category.  Winners for this category are handpicked by TTG’s editorial team for exceptional contributions as industry role-models. The TTG Travel Awards has been recognizing the best of Asia-Pacific’s travel industry since 1989. This annual event honours organisations and individuals in four categories namely, Travel Supplier, Travel Agency Outstanding Achievement and Travel Hall of Fame.

Speaking about the awards, Group CEO Peter Bellew said, “I am extremely honoured to have been recognized for this award.  For Malaysia Airlines, these awards are huge milestones for us as we continue working hard to restore ourselves to our former glory. Every recognition, from official bodies and publications to individual online compliments from a customer, spurs us on to do better.  As with any award, individual or otherwise, the recognition is a collective one for the whole Malaysia Airlines family. I would like to thank my entire team of over 14,000 passionate and committed individuals who work tirelessly to ensure we remain on track in our journey towards both product and service excellence”.