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17 COMMERCIAL maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 30 JANUARY 2019 AX Hotels chain – being guests' first choice FOLLOWING last weeks' pres- tigious award from booking. com for AX e Saint John, this week AX e Victoria was recognised as Malta's Top 10 Hotels by TripAdvisor. Travellers' Choice awards are the highest honor TripAdvi- sor can give. Based on reviews and opinions from millions of travelers this Sliema hotel ranks in the top 1% of all hotels. "Last year AX e Victoria underwent a total refurbish- ment and I am thrilled that people are responding to it so positively. Our hotel is all about treating our guests like royalty in a classic Victorian style. As I like to say 5-star service in a 4-star accommodation," Kevin Callus, AX Hotels Sliema Man- ager said about the award. Claire Zammit Xuereb, AX Hospitality Director, said she was very pleased to learn about the awards that our chain AX Hotels was receiving. "Our mission with each of our properties is to offer out- standing service within unique and distinctive surroundings. So, each of our properties has an edge over each other as well as our competition. AX e Saint John is designed with an Industrial concept in mind whilst still blending in the Ba- roque aspect of the building, thereby creating a total unique experience – it's ideal for tech savvy, independent travelers," she said. "While AX e Victoria hon- ors the Victorian style and of- fers comfort that couples or families would seek in a city hotel. A hotel with a special charm driven by its people. I am glad that our vision is trans- lated into guests' positive expe- riences. Well done to the whole AX Hotels teams." AX Hotels is one of the larg- est hotel chains on the island and is a member of AX group. e hotel chain consists of six hotels and will open the doors of its seventh property mid- 2019. Pepsi-Cola brings the UEFA Champions League Trophy to Malta ON Saturday 9 February the public will have a unique op- portunity to view and have their picture taken with the prestigious UEFA Champi- ons League Trophy during an event which will be held at e Point Shopping Mall in Sliema from 10.30am till 2pm. Brought to Malta by Pepsi, the Official Soft Drinks Part- ner of the UEFA Champions League since 2015, the event will also host a surprise ap- pearance by an international footballer and former win- ner of the UEFA Champions League Trophy. Susan Weenink Camilleri, Head of Marketing & Com- munications at Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, comment- ed, "anks to PepsiCo's partnership with the UEFA Champions League, we are truly delighted to be in a position to offer this unique opportunity to local football fans. is is a once-in-a- lifetime experience and we look forward to seeing many Champions League fans at e Point on Saturday." Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, bottlers of Pepsi-Cola prod- ucts in Malta, have recently commemorated their 40-year partnership with PepsiCo, one of the world's largest cor- porations in the global food and beverage industry. Over these years the company has been officially recognised and awarded for the consistent at- tention to quality which is re- flected in the final top-notch quality of the Pepsi-Cola prod- ucts on the market. The PepsiCo portfolio of foods and beverages is market- ed and distributed by Simonds Farsons Cisk plc and Quintano Foods Limited, members of the Farsons Group, and is available all over Malta and Gozo. LeoVegas named Operator of the Year at the EGR Nordics Awards LeoVegas is awarded the title for unique innovations within the company for the third year running LEOVEGAS has received the award for "Casino Operator of the Year 2019" at the EGR Nordics Awards in Malta. This marks the third consec- utive year that LeoVegas has received this title. The EGR Nordics Awards celebrate the most successful and innovative online gam- ing companies operating in the Nordic region. While the specific category for "casino operator" is judged based on several criteria including, but not limited to: innovation, quality of brand and product, growth, and customer reten- tion. Speaking about the win, Head of Casino at LeoVegas, James Ford, said: "Winning 'Casino Operator of the Year' for the third year in a row at the EGR Nordic Awards is proof that we are passion- ate about giving the players the greatest gaming experi- ence. We are all absolutely delighted by this and we look forward to another year of leading the way to the mobile future!" New innovations within the company that contributed to the win include the creation of an exclusive casino game created alongside the game provider Yggdrasil, as well as numerous live casino games that have brought new and revolutionary concepts to the industry. Moving a lot of fo- cus on implemented respon- sible gaming measures with- in LeoVegas has also been a massive factor involved in the win.