The Brando Wins Three 2015 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards

TETIAROA, French Polynesia, Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brando, an exquisite, luxury resort on French Polynesia's breathtakingly beautiful private atoll of Tetiaroa, composed of a dozen idyllic islets surrounding a sparkling lagoon 30 miles north of Tahiti, is pleased to announce that it has won three 2015 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards.

The Brando received two 2015 Gold Magellan Awards with one in the category of Hospitality Overall: Eco-Friendly "Green" Resort/Hotel and the other in the category of Hospitality Overall: Beach Resort/Hotel. The resort also won a 2015 Silver Magellan Award in the Hospitality Overall: Luxury Hotel/Resort category. 

"It is an honor to receive these prestigious awards from Travel Weekly," said Silvio Bion, General Manager, The Brando. "We are committed to providing our guests with an extraordinary experience at The Brando and we are thrilled to be recognized in each of these categories."

Travel Weekly is recognized as an influential source of news, data, and commentary for the travel industry. The publication's Magellan Awards are its premier awards program honoring the best in travel in a broad range of industry segments including hospitality, travel destinations, cruise lines, online travel services, airlines and airports, travel agents and agencies, tour operators, and ground transportation.

The Magellan Awards are judged and overseen by a one-of-a-kind panel of top travel professionals representing the best names and most accomplished leaders from the industry. In determining winners, entries do not compete with one another; instead they are judged against a standard of excellence based on the long experience of Travel Weekly. The full list of winners is available at www.travelweeklyawards.com and will be featured in the October 19, 2015, issue of Travel Weekly magazine.

The Brando has been honored with multiple awards in 2015 including the 2015 Virtuoso Sustainable Tourism Leadership Award – Hotel. The resort was also recognized on Robb Report's 2015 Best of the Best guide in the hotels & resorts category; Travel + Leisure's It List 2015, the publication's 10^th annual editors' choice awards for the best new hotels around the globe; and was among 60 properties recognized on Conde Nast Traveler's 2015 Hot List, the definitive guide to the best new hotels and resorts in the world.

For additional information on The Brando, please visit www.thebrando.com.

About The Brando
The Brando is an exquisite luxury resort on French Polynesia's breathtakingly beautiful private atoll of Tetiaroa—an atoll composed of a dozen small islands surrounding a sparkling lagoon 30 miles north of Tahiti. The Brando was inspired by Marlon Brando's original vision to create a venture of sustainable development that resonates with visitors and fosters opportunities to get to know both the place and people of French Polynesia.  With access by Air Tetiaroa, the resort is a pioneering model of sustainable technology with sea water air-conditioning and renewable energies and offers carefree luxury in the midst of pristine nature. The all-inclusive resort features 35 deluxe villas each with its own private beach area and plunge pool, restaurants showcasing Polynesian and French cuisine in partnership between Executive Chef Bertrand Jeanson and the award-winning cuisine of Guy Martin of the two-star Michelin restaurant Le Grand Vefour in Paris, a luxurious Polynesian spa, a lagoon-view bar, beach bar, pool, organic garden, library, pearl shop, boutique, water sports, and an Ecostation. The Brando is Virtuoso Preferred Resort and a founding member of National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World, a collection of boutique hotels in extraordinary places around the world with a demonstrated commitment to sustainability, authenticity and excellence.

U.S. Media Contact:
Vanessa Bloy
The Brando
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