For the 5th year, the Digital Innovation Asia Awards recognize the most forward-thinking yet performance-oriented digital innovations in the Asia-Pacific travel and tourism industry. These annual awards are featuring the most innovative digital work in categories across the four DIA pillars, including:
This award recognizes online travel ventures that have leveraged technology in innovative ways in order to develop tourism, enhance the travel experience, improve guest services, and drive consumer engagement.
WHO: Any organization serving the travel and tourism industry in Asia-Pacific, from online travel start-ups, digital agencies, and travel technology companies to tourism organisations and hospitality groups.
Sub-categories:
– Corporate
– Startup
– Technology Vendor
This award recognizes the most viral campaign, most engaging website, most innovative mobile application, or most creative use of social media, promoting Asia Pacific as a tourism destination.
WHO: Any business to consumer travel and tourism organization, from hotels, airlines, cruises, attractions, shopping, tourist boards, online travel agencies, and tour operators operating products and services in Asia Pacific, and are based in Asia Pacific.
Sub-Categories:
– Website
– Campaign
– Mobile
This award recognizes the most impactful and creative campaign, venture, or initiative in promoting and stimulating responsible and sustainable tourism development in Asia Pacific, as well as social and community-based tourism practices, and engaging consumers in being more conscious travelers.
WHO: Any business to consumer travel and tourism organization, from hotels, airlines, cruises, attractions, shopping, tourist boards, online travel agencies, and tour operators operating products and services in Asia Pacific, and are based in Asia Pacific, as well as any organization serving the travel and tourism industry in Asia, from online travel start-ups, digital agencies, and travel technology companies based in Asia Pacific.
Sub-categories:
-Corporate
-Venture
This award recognizes the most riveting digital visual storytelling piece, from blog post, video, photo, and review, discovering new and exciting destinations in Asia Pacific.
WHO: Any citizen journalist and digital self publisher, from bloggers, instagrammers, hotel reviewers, video bloggers, micro bloggers, and other forms of content publishing on social networks, from all over the world.
Sub-categories:
– Corporate
– Start-up
– Individual
The Top 5 Digital Innovator Award recognizes outstanding individuals and companies that have showed innovation, creativity, leadership, and commercial impact, as well as achievements in challenging situations. The Top 5 Digital Innovators are our annual hot list of leaders and companies that have truly raised the bar for the travel and tourism industry in Asia Pacific when it comes to digital innovation.
Sub-categories:
– Individuals
– Companies
Nominations are open until 13 June 2018.
