Media Release: Big Bus Tours wins TripAdvisor excellence awards in four major cities

SIGHTSEEING tour operator, Big Bus Tours, has been awarded four TripAdvisor Excellence Awards for its operation in London, Dubai, Philadelphia and Miami.

This is the first time that the company has been recognised in the annual TripAdvisor Excellence Awards which are only awarded to the top performing 10 per cent of businesses receiving consistent positive feedback on the site.

Alka Chandolia, international marketing manager, Big Bus Tours, comments: “Being recognised in the prestigious TripAdvisor Excellence Awards across four cities is a huge achievement for us and a testament to our hardworking staff across the globe. We’d like to thank our customers who took the time to write reviews about their experiences online and hope that this will be the first in a long line of accolades for us in 2013 and beyond.”

To qualify for a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, businesses must maintain an overall rating of four or higher, out of a possible five, as reviewed by travellers on TripAdvisor, and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months.

“Big Bus Tours is the largest operator of hop-on hop-off sightseeing tours in the world and currently operates in 14 cities across three continents – Europe, North America and Asia. The company has a combined fleet of over 300 buses carrying in excess of four million passengers per year.”

Big Bus Tours’ sightseeing formula has been designed to provide a flexible approach to city discovery. Each open-top bus tour encompasses the highlights of each city.

TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 200 million unique monthly visitors and over 100 million reviews and opinions.

For further information about Big Bus Tours, please visit www.bigbustours.com or call the London office on +44 (0)20 7233 9533.

About Big Bus Tours:

Big Bus Tours is the largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours in the world, providing sightseeing tours in 14 cities across three continents. The current portfolio includes Abu Dhabi, Budapest, Dubai, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Miami, Muscat, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, and the business is soon to be operational in Vienna.

The company has a combined fleet of over 300 buses carrying in excess of 4 million passengers per year.

Big Bus Tours was formed by the merger of two established sightseeing tour businesses. The Big Bus Company Ltd – based in London, and Les Cars Rouge – based in Paris. The two businesses, each with over 20 years of successful tour experience, decided to combine their expertise, creating Big Bus Tours in May 2011.

Big Bus Tours’ sightseeing formula has been designed to provide a flexible approach to city discovery. Each open-top bus tour encompasses the highlights of each city.

For further information about Big Bus Tours please visit www.bigbustours.com.

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