First reader-voted awards for the Indian travellers for airlines, loyalty programmes and credit cards
(TRAVPR.COM) INDIA - February 15th, 2021 - Live From A Lounge, a leading travel and lifestyle digital platform for the Global Indians, has today launched The Blue Medallion awards, a celebration of travel and lifestyle brands operating in India. The inaugural awards will honour the best in travel, loyalty and credit cards.
LiveFromALounge.com, launched in 2011, is India’s only digital platform that focusses on loyalty programmes and travel credit card analysis and combines it with up to date information about air travel and hospitality to make it the go-to website for the affluent Indian travellers across the globe.
Voters will have a month to vote for their favourite brands on the awards website at thebluemedallion.com. Voters will pick their winners in 25 categories which include their picks of the best economy class product, best airline and hotel loyalty programmes, the best implementation of COVID-19 protocols and best credit cards amongst others. The winners will be announced in April 2021.
On this occasion, Ajay Awtaney, the founder-editor of LiveFromALounge.com said, “The Blue Medallion will celebrate the best of the travel and lifestyle business in a first-of-its-kind awards programme that makes a comprehensive attempt to highlight The Choice of the Indian Traveller and recognise the effort of the organisations that power our travel.”
Shipra Baranwal, the co-founder of LiveFromALounge.com, added, “With everything that happened over 2020, there is no better time to recognise the efforts of the travel and lifestyle industry which kept their spirits up and marched on in spite of the difficult circumstances. As travel bounces back, we want them to know that their efforts were appreciated by the customers, even though they perhaps did not see each other much last year.”
A full list of the award categories to be voted upon can be found below:
- Best Domestic Economy Class
- Best Domestic Business Class
- Best implementation of CoVid-19 Hygiene Protocols on an Indian Airline
- Best International Economy Class operating from/to India
- Best International Business Class operating from/to India
- Best Airline Alliance serving India
- Best Airline Loyalty Programme from an Indian Airline
- Best Airline Loyalty Programme from an International Airline
- Best Luxury Hotel Chain operating in India
- Best Premium Hotel Chain operating in India
- Best Boutique Luxury Hotel Operator in India
- Best implementation of CoVid-19 Hygiene Protocols by a Hotel chain
- Best Hotel Loyalty Programme by an Indian Hotel Operator
- Best Hotel Loyalty Programme by an International Hotel Operator in India
- Best Home Rental Facilitator in India
- Best Home Dining Experience in India
- Best Lifestyle Rewards Card in India
- Best mid-tier Credit Card for travel benefits
- Best entry-level Credit Card for travel benefits
- Best Premium Co-branded Travel Credit Card in India
- Best mid-tier Co-branded Travel Credit Card in India
- Best entry-level Co-branded Travel Credit Card in India
- Best Card Benefit offered in 2020
- Best Travel Rewards currency earned via Credit Cards
- Best Self Drive Car Rental Service.
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