Two hotels in Myanmar have won two gold medals in an energy saving building design contest for 2009, sponsored by the ASEAN Energy Center (AEC), the local weekly Popular News reported Friday.

    The two winning hotels are the Shwe Intha Hotel in Inlay and Bell Hotel in Chaungtha, both of which are attractive tourist sites in the country.

    The medals will be presented later this month in new capital Nay Pyi Taw of Myanmar, the host country for the contest this year.

    In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Yangon's Kanbawza Bank, Pyay's Mingala Garden Hotel and Ngwesaung's Bay of Bangel Hotel respectively pocketed one medal each through such contest.

    ASEAN energy saving building design contest has been held annually since 2000 by the AEC with the aim of disseminating knowledge of energy saving in buildings in Asian countries.

    Meanwhile, other two hotels of Kandawgyi Palace Hotel from Yangon and Bayview Beach Resort in famous Ngapali Beach in Rakhine state have also grabbed the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) Award for the year 2008 presented by the Indochina Services Travel Group.

    The ICS awards were presented through voting system on observation of services extended to customers over two types of hotels of urban and beach.