Sheraton Sanya Resort was awarded the Best Resort Hotel at this year's TravelWeekly China Travel Industry Awards Ceremony staged in conjunction with the China International Travel Mart (CITM) in Shanghai in November.

As a leader of travel trade publication in China, Travel Industry award is recognized as the best in the industry and is acknowledged by the public of their contributions in the past year. Travel Industry award is nominated by readers, and reviewed by the authorized panel of judges who are travel industry authorities, such as Mr. Wei Xiaoan, Mr. Wang Jianmin, etc.

This year, TravelWeekly China launched sixteen travel industry awards such as, Best Business Hotel, Best Resort Hotel, Best Travel Agent – Inbound / Outbound, Best Tourism Bureau, etc. “Competition for this year's awards has been intense. There were more participants this year and the quality of the nominations were beyond our expectations,” said Editor in Chief, Travel and Meeting Group, Reed Business Information Asia, N. Gunalan, “We launched the TravelWeeklyChina Travel Industry Awards and set out to advance the level of professionalism and innovation in this burgeoning marketplace.”

Sheraton Sanya Resort is meanwhile their ultimate home-from-home — China's leading 5-star Resort, with 511 rooms and 49 suites providing the ultimate in comfort and luxury with spectacular views, Hainan's famously fresh and sumptuous seafood, and state-of-the-art Mandara Spa offering the range of treatments.

In 2003 and 2004, Sheraton Sanya Resort was awarded as the “Exclusive Resort of the Miss World Contest ” and successful host for over 200 beauties from the world in a row. On December 3, 2004, Mrs. Morley, the Chairman of Miss World Organization announced in a Press Conference “Miss World 2005 will be in Sanya again and all the beauties will be in Sheraton Sanya Resort again, because Sheraton Sanya Resort is the ‘Home of Miss World'!