Travel Weekly Asia’s Readership Names Smailing Tour DMC Asia’s Best Inbound Travel Agency 2026
Each year for the past 12 years since 2015, Travel Weekly Asia – Asia’s leading digital and print publication providing market intelligence, news, and insights for travel and tourism industry professionals across the Asia-Pacific region – has surveyed its select readership across the region to identify the “best of the best” among travel operators.
Based on votes from high-ranking peers in the travel industry, The Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 recently presented 46 awards across seven categories. Reflecting a dynamic travel industry of industry stalwarts and bold new players, this year’s awards featured 23 winners from past winners and 23 first-time honorees.
Travel Weekly Asia provides comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in aviation, hotels and resorts, sustainable tourism, cruise industry trends, and regional destination highlights.
The Readers’ Choice Awards are presented after a vote-getting survey across the Asia-Pacific region, with votes cast by travel agents, hospitality leaders, airline executives, cruise line operators, and tourism decision-makers.
The Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 were presented at a gala dinner held at the Mandarin Oriental, Singapore on Thursday, 01 October 2026. The awards honor outstanding international travel organizations that demonstrate exceptional innovation, excellence, and an unwavering commitment to service.
Smailing Tours DMC’s – Jason Lim on Award’s Night at the
Mandarin Oriental in Singapore
Rudy Akili –
Founder, Smailing Tour DMC
Irene Chua, vice president/group publisher, Asia, Northstar Travel Group, said: “The Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards recognize organizations that have earned the trust and confidence of travel trade professionals across the region. This year’s winners reflect the diversity and dynamism of Asia’s travel industry, and the commitment of the people behind them to excellence, innovation and exceptional service.”
During the Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 Ceremony in Singapore, Jason Lim, Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) and CEO of Leisure Outbound and Destination Management (DMC) at Smailing Tour Group, took the stage to receive the trophy as Asia’s Best Inbound Travel Agency.
Jason, a 30-year travel industry veteran, joined Smailing Tours in 2016 when he co-inaugurated the “Smailing Tour’s Bali Ticketing and Outbound Center” in Sanur, Bali alongside the Group’s President Director & CEO, Anthony Akili.
Jason Lim – Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) and CEO of Leisure Outbound and Destination
Management (DMC)
Commenting on the Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Award, Jason said: “It is personally and professionally gratifying to be named as Asia’s Best Inbound Travel Agency by colleagues from across the Asia-Pacific region. I look forward to traveling back to Indonesia and sharing this award with more than 400 fellow team members working at more than 10 Indonesian branch offices across the Jakarta metropolitan area, Bali, Yogyakarta, and Labuan Bajo, Flores. Our talented team members working together with over 2,200 international partner offices spanning 140 countries worldwide all deserve their share of credit in being recognized as Indonesia’s best inbound travel agent.”
Continuing, Jason said: “Since 1976, when Rudy Akili founded Smailing Tours, we’ve grown from a small, humble travel agency selling air tickets to become Indonesia’s leading player offering a fully integrated, technology-enabled platform capable of delivering world-class experiences to our large base of international voyagers traveling to Indonesia from every corner of the world. Now, and for more than a half-century, we have championed an unwavering commitment to live up to our name, generating ‘smiles’ on the faces of every guest we welcome to Indonesia.”
Jason concluded, adding with a laugh, “The next time you visit Indonesia and see a smiling tourist guest, it’s probably one of many clients experiencing the wonders of the Indonesian archipelago.”
Related Links
2026 Winners for Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards
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