The Metropolitan Palace Hotel Beirut won two awards in ‘Lebanon’s Leading Hotel’ and ‘Lebanon’s Leading Business Hotel’ categories at the recently concluded 15th World Travel Awards.

Warwick Janes, operations manager, Habtoor Hotels received the prestigious awards on behalf of the hotel.

The Metropolitan Palace Hotel Beirut, one of the first properties of the Dubai based Habtoor Hotels in Lebanon, is located 10 minutes away from the Beirut International Airport and is within the easy reach of the key business districts of the city.

Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the 'travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars', the World Travel Awards are considered the most prestigious event on the travel calendar with more than 167,000 travel professionals voting worldwide.

Brainchild of British entrepreneur, Graham Cooke, World Travel Awards dates back to 1993, with the event being hosted in different destinations from New York to London, St. Lucia and Barbados, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Dubai.