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Sivory gets Leading Boutique Award

Sivory Punta Cana proudly announces it was chosen the Leading Boutique Hotel of the Dominican Republic during the World Travel Awards 2008 event held in December in Turks & Caicos. Sivory is a 55-room member of the Small Luxury Hotels organization, and an AA four Diamond hotel. It is located northernmost in the Punta Cana beach strip and is for those seeking privacy and quiet. On the premises is the Aquarea Spa & Wellness Center. The hotel is a blend of Asian and Caribbean style and cuisine (with a 8,000 bottle stocked wine cellar) that has been created for the pampering of guests.

Voting for the World Travel Awards comes from 167,000 travel professionals worldwide. The awards have been deemed by the Wall Street Journal as the Oscars for the travel industry. The awards date back to 1993.

Other Dominican winners of one of these awards in 2008 were La Romana International Airport as the Caribbean’s Leading Airport, Casa de Campo as the Caribbean’s leading golf resort. In the Dominican Republic category, Sivory Punta Cana won the DR’s Leading Boutique Hotel award, Hilton Santo Domingo won the DR’s Leading Business Hotel, Punta Cana Secrets Resort won the DR’s Leading Spa Resort award, and Casa de Campo won in the DR’s Leading Hotel, Resort and Golf Resort categories.

World Travel Awards seek to encourage world-class competition, stimulate innovation and creativity as well as ensure that travellers receive exceptional value.

See http://www.dr1.com/directories/hotels/sivory.shtml