The Grace Hotel Sydney, member of Federal Hotels International and client of protel`s business partner XN Australia Pty Ltd., received the Highly Commended Australian Hotels Association Awards (AHA) for Excellence 2006 in The Best Superior Hotel Category.

Federal Hotels International (FHI) is pleased to announce that The Grace Hotel Sydney received the Highly Commended Australian Hotels Association Awards (AHA) 2006 for Excellence in the Best Superior Hotel category during the recent 2006 glittering Gala Award Ceremony in Sydney for the third time. The Australian Hotels Association (NSW) Awards for Excellence are recognised as the most prestigious awards in the hotel industry honouring the achievement of excellence in a wide range of categories across the accommodation division.

Mr Philip Pratley, General Manager of The Grace Hotel Sydney said ?We are incredibly proud of our achievements to be highly commended again in 2006 following similar awards in 2001 and 2004, this award reinforces and demonstrates The Grace has been able to maintain a high level of consistency which has been recognised by our guests and peers. The continuous improvement program in services and facilities in association with our recently completed rooms refurbishment program has been acknowledged. We will soon be providing further improvements to facilities and services with the renovation of our Café restaurant, due for completion by the fourth quarter of 2006 which will further enhance our guests experience.?

Ms Ooi Lee Ping, Deputy Director of Marketing, Regional Sales & Business Development of Federal Hotels International (FHI) said ?Federal Hotels International is very happy and proud that The Grace Hotel Sydney is the Recipient of this Highly Commended Australian Hotels Association (NSW) Awards for Excellence 2006 in the Best Superior Hotel category. We are greatly honoured to have received this award as this is indeed a reflection of our hardworking dedicated staff commitment and team spirit of providing the very best in product and service for our guests. We are delighted with the industry recognition that this award signifies. This recognition has further solidified that Federal Hotels International (FHI) as a Group of Hotels, is dedicated to providing our guests with the convenience and quality customer service they expect from the Federal Hotels International (FHI) brand, and we hope that guests who stay with a FHI Hotel (namely Crown Princess Kuala Lumpur, The Federal Kuala Lumpur, Hotel CaPITOL Kuala Lumpur and The Grace Hotel Sydney) for business or leisure, will continue to remember our Hotel for their future travel plans and become our loyal customer for life. We are delighted that the Australian Hotels Association has recognized the achievement of The Grace Hotel Sydney for the third time, and in particular, recognizing the employees who have worked hard to exceed our guest expectations every day?.

?Federal Hotels International is also very proud that The Grace Hotel Sydney was recently named The National Winner and the Best in Australia for providing First Class Accommodation and services to the International Sector at the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) Symposium in Cairns. This prestigious award, voted by the National Inbound Tourism Operators throughout Australia, is indeed a great honour, and Federal Hotels International together with The Grace Hotel Sydney, are extremely delighted to be custodian for the year 2006?.

The Grace Hotel Sydney was also the Recipient of this same Highly Commended Australian Hotels Association (AHA)Awards for Excellence for 2004 and 2001 in the Best Superior Hotel category. The Grace Hotel Sydney was also the Gold Winner of the 2001 Energy Smart Green Globe Award by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales.