National Tourism Awards for the year 2014-15 to various segments of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry were presented by the Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan at a function organized by M/o Tourism.
The different categories under which awards were presented this year (2016), for excellence in performance during the financial year 2014-15 are:
| Sl. No. | Category | Award Winner |
| TRAVEL AGENTS / INBOUND TOUR OPERATORS | ||
| Foreign Exchange Earnings of Rs. 100 crore and above (Category I) | ||
| 1 | First Prize | M/s SDU Travels Private Limited, New Delhi |
| 2 | Second Prize | Le Passage Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd. |
| 3 | Third Prize | SOTC Travel Services Pvt. Ltd. |
| Foreign Exchange Earnings of Rs. 50 crore and above but less than Rs.100 crore (Category II) | ||
| 4 | First Prize | Creative Travel Pvt. Ltd. |
| 5 | Second Prize | Caper Travel Company Pvt. Ltd. |
| 6. | Third Prize | Trail Blazer Tours India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Foreign Exchange Earnings of Rs. 25 crore and above but less than Rs. 50 crore (Category III) | ||
| 7 | First Prize | G.B. Morrison Travels Pvt. Ltd. |
| 8 | Second Prize | Indian Legend Holidays Pvt. Ltd. |
| 9 | Third Prize | Indo Asia Leisure Services Ltd. |
| Foreign Exchange Earnings of Rs.10 crore and above but less than Rs. 25 crore (Category IV) | ||
| 10 | First Prize | Indian Trails Sourcing Services Pvt. Ltd. |
| 11 | Second Prize | GeTS Holidays Pvt. Ltd. |
| 12 | Third Prize | Travelite (India) |
| Foreign Exchange Earnings of Rs. 5 crore and above but less than Rs.10 crore (Category V) | ||
| 13 | First Prize | Magadh Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd. |
| 14 | Second Prize | Maxxfun Holidays Pvt. Ltd. |
| 15 | Third Prize | HEAT Travels & tours (India) Private Limited. |
| Foreign Exchange Earnings of Rs.2.50 crore and above but less than Rs. 5 crore (Category VI) | ||
| 16 | First Prize | Kalypso Adventures (P) Ltd. |
| 17 | Second Prize | Asiad Holidays (P) Ltd. |
| 18 | Third Prize | Dravidian Trails Holidays Pvt. Ltd. |
| DOMESTIC TOUR OPERATORS | |||
| 19 | Promoting the North East Region including Sikkim | Club Side Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd., Darjeeling | |
| 20 | Promoting Jammu & Kashmir | Kesari Tours Pvt. Ltd. | |
| Promoting the Rest of India | |||
| 21 | First Prize | Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 22 | Second Prize | Leisure Corp Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 23 | Third Prize
|
HEAT Travels & Tours (India) Private Ltd. | |
| TOURIST TRANSPORT OPERATORS | |||
| Turnover of Rs.1.50 crore and above (Category I) | |||
| 24 | First Prize | Eco’s India Mobility & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 25 | Second Prize | HEAT Travels & Tours (India) Private Ltd. | |
| 26 | Third Prize | Bakshi Transport Service (P) Limited | |
| Turnover of Rs. 50 lakh & above but less than Rs.1.50 crore (Category II) | |||
| 27 | First Prize | Delhi Airport Service Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 28 | Second Prize | Panicker’s Travel (India) Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 29 | Third Prize | Alwar Tourist Transport Service | |
| 30 | Best Adventure Tour Operator | Active India Holidays Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 31 | Best MICE Operator | SOTC Travel Services Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 32 | Tour Operator promoting Niche Segments other than MICE and Adventure | Lotus Destinations Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 33 | Most Innovative Tour Operator | K B Enterprises, Imphal | |
| 33 | Best Tourist Guide | Mr. Jiwan Jyoti Pateriya, Tourist Guide from Khajuraho. | |
| AWARDS FOR PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION | ||
| 34 | Excellence in Publishing in English | Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala for their Coffee Table Book – “Kerala & The Spice Routes”. |
| 35 | Excellence in Publishing in Foreign Language other than English | Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala for their Brochure “ The Great Backwaters (Das Faszinierendste Gewässer der Erde)” in German Language. |
| 36. | Best Tourism Film | Department of Tourism, Union Territory Administration of Daman & Diu for their film “Ilha De Calma”. |
| 37 | Best Tourism Promotion Publicity Material by States and Union Territories | Department of Tourism, Govt. of Telangana for their coffee Table Book “Ancient Temples of Telangana”. |
| OVERSEAS AWARDS | ||
| 38. | Best Foreign Journalist for India | Ms. Stephanie Pearson, USA for “The Green Heaven” a feature on Kerala. |
| S No. | Category | Award Winner |
| 39 | Most Innovative use of Information Technology – Social Media / Mobile App
(JOINT WINNERS) |
Department of Tourism, Govt. of Kerala.
|
| 40 | Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited. | |
| Convention Centres | ||
| 41 | Best Hotel Based
Meeting Venue
|
The Ashok, New Delhi. |
| 42 | Best Stand Alone Convention Centre | Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad. |
| Hospitality Segment | ||
| 43 | Best Chef
(In 4 star, 5 star, 5 star Deluxe, Heritage Classic & Grand category Hotels) |
Chef Machindra Umakant Kasture
Executive Chef, The Ashok, New Delhi. |
| 44 | Best Chef
(In 1 to 3 Star, Heritage Basic and Stand alone Restaurants) |
Chef Muruganandham
Executive Chef, Confluence Banquets & Resorts, Mahabalipuram, Chennai.
|
| 45 | Best Lady Chef | Chef Amninder Sandhu
Chef – De-Cuisine, Masala Bay, Taj Lands End, Mumbai. |
| 46. | Incredible India Bed & Breakfast Establishments approved by the Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India | House of Kapaali, NOIDA |
| 47 | Incredible India Bed & Breakfast Establishments approved by the State Governments UT Administrations | Coconut Creek Farm and Homestay, Kumarakom, Kottayam |
| HOTELS | ||
| 48 | Best Eco Friendly Hotel | Jaypee Vasant Continental, New Delhi. |
| 49 | Hotel providing best facilities for the differently abled guests | The Lalit, New Delhi |
| BEST HERITAGE HOTELS | ||
| 50 | Heritage Basic Category | Gajner Palace, Gajner, Bikaner
|
| 51 | Heritage Classic Category | Coconut Lagoon, Kottayam, Kerala |
| 52 | Heritage Grand Category | Fateh Prakash Palace, Udaipur |
| BEST HOTELS | ||
| 53 | 3 Star | Minerva Grand, Tirupati |
| 54 | 4 Star | Quality Hotel DV Manor, Vijayawada |
| 55 | 5 Star | Turtle on the Beach, Kovalam, Kerala |
| 56 | 5 Star Deluxe | Taj Exotica, Salcette, Goa |
| NICHE TOURISM AWARDS | ||
| 57 | Best Responsible Tourism Project
(JOINT WINNERS) |
“Edge of India” – Yes Bank Limited, New Delhi.
|
| 58 | “Responsible Tourism in Wayanad” – Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala. | |
| 59 | Best Rural
Tourism Project |
“Sargaalaya Arts & Crafts Village, Iringal, Kerala” – Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala. |
| 60 | Tourism Friendly Golf Course | Jaypee Green Golf Course, NOIDA.
|
| 61 | Best Wellness Centre | Somatheeram Research Institute & Ayurveda Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Trivandrum |
| 62 | Best Film Promotion Friendly State | Gujarat |
| 63 | Most Innovative and Unique Tourism Project
(JOINT WINNERS) |
Heritage Transport Museum, Gurgaon |
| 64 | Madhya Pradesh Tourism for “Art Ichol, Maihar”. | |
| Other Awards | ||
| Best Airport | ||
| 65 | Class X Cities | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. |
| 66 | Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station | Sawai Madhopur Railway Station, Rajasthan |
| 67
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Best Heritage Walk
(JOINT WINNERS) |
India City Walks for the Built Legacy of Mughals (Old Delhi Heritage Walk). |
| 68
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Heritage Walk of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. | |
| 69 | Best Heritage City | Warangal, Telangana |
| 70 | Best Maintained and Disabled Friendly Monument | Monuments of Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh |
| Best State / Union Territory For Comprehensive Development of Tourism | ||
| 72 | Third Prize | Karnataka
|
| 73 | Second Prize | Gujarat
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| 74 | First Prize | Madhya Pradesh
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