(L to R) Michael Bates from
the House of Lords, British Parliament with SMEG international business
director Paolo Romani, Keith Storey, and SMEG export manager Matteo Lupi.
Hundreds of Asia’s finest developers, architects,
interior designers and real estate agents gathered at the Shangri-la Hotel
in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, May 10, to hear the long-anticipated results of
the Asia Pacific Property Awards. The Nova Group proudly accepted a Highly
Commended award for Residential High-rise Development, Thailand, for The
Cliff Residences.
With 429 awards bestowed upon 260 companies from 23 countries in the region,
it was the biggest International Property Awards regional event in the
awards program’s 19-year history.
“We are very proud of this award and in particular, proud that The Cliff was
chosen to represent reward for everyone involved in the
project and for our customers.”
The International Property Awards received entries from Asia Pacific
companies in 23 countries. Newcomer countries to the competition were
Mongolia, Bangladesh and Tajikistan with Tajikistan and Bangladesh both
receiving one award and Mongolia three awards. Lord Bates from the House of
Lords in British Parliament presented the winning companies with special
plaques during awards presentations yesterday. Each company was announced as
either a ‘Highly Commended’ or ‘5-Star’ winner.
The 5-star winners were placed under further examination and just one from
each category, for a total of 43, was selected to represent the Asia Pacific
region in the 2013 International Property Awards. The regional winners,
which were announced at the close of the awards gala, will go on to compete
in the International Final ‘World’s Best’ Property Awards hosted in London
this coming December. They will compete against other regional winners from
Africa, Arabia, Europe, UK and the Americas to find the ultimate World’s
Best in each category.
The Asia Pacific region has an enviable record of achievement at
international level. The region was awarded an unbeaten total of 13 World’s
Best Awards in 2012: 30% of the world’s awards and double and even triple
the amount of awards some of the other regions took home.
Stuart Shield, president of the International Property Awards said, “The
record level of participation that we’ve seen from Asia this year has
elevated the caliber of this competition. With the bar set so high, the
other regions have their work cut out for them if they hope to outshine Asia
in the International Property Awards Final event.”
Building upon the success of business events first added to the 2011 award
ceremonies, the International Property Awards also hosted a property
exhibition and networking events on May 9th and 10th at the same venue.
Presidents, CEOs, managing directors, chairmen and other decision makers
attended a number of professional networking events, including seminars,
discussion tables and an exhibition. The 2013 Asia Pacific Property &
Hospitality Show was open to all industry related companies and suppliers in
addition to award participants. For the first time ever, the exhibition area
was opened to all property enthusiasts, buyers and investors.
