EC English Language Centres, a Maltese-owned company with over 20 schools across 5 countries on 3 continents, has been nominated for an award from the prestigious Language Travel Magazine Star Awards 2016 in the 'Chain School' category. The awards recognize excellence in business performance and winners will be announced on September 3rd. Michael Xuereb, EC's CEO, commented that winning this prestigious award for a second time would be a great way to help celebrate their 25th anniversary and that EC's continued innovation positions them well to secure the award.

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ST (Study Travel) Star Awards confer yet another award nomination on EC
St Julian’s,Malta. August 11, 2016: Maltese-ownedECEnglishLanguage Centres –withmore than
20 schoolsin5 countriesover3 continents –is delightedto have been nominatedforanawardfrom
the prestigiousLanguage Travel Magazine StarAwards2016.
EC has beennominatedinthe STStar ‘ChainSchool’category.
The Star AwardsforInternational Educationare organisedbyLanguage Travel Magazine,whichis
the leadinginternational language industrypublicationdistributedtotensof thousandsof
professionalsacrossmore than100 countries.Monthlyissuesprovide acomprehensiveinsightinto
all aspectsof the language trainingandtravel industry.
The awards, nowintheir11th
year,‘recognise organisationsexcellence inbusinessperformance’.All
entriesare voted forbyhundredsof agents,whoplace confidential votes fortheirpreferredchoice
fromhundredsof language schoolsandeducational centresworldwide.
Michael Xuereb, Chief Executive OfficerforEC,commentedonthe nomination,saying:“The ST Star
ChainSchool award remainsthe industry’smostrecognisedawardforgroupssuch as ourselveswho
have schoolsinmultiple destinations.
“The winners willbe announcedonSeptember3at the StudyTravel AwardsceremonyandI’mvery
hopeful thatEC will be goinguptocollectthe award.Winningthisprestigiousaccoladeforasecond
time – we won thisawardpreviously,in2011, wouldbe a greatway to helpuscelebrate our25th
anniversaryinstyle.
“EC are continual innovatorsinthe face of global challengesthatourindustryhasfacedoverthe
past couple of years;I’mcertainST Star Awardswill recognise this,whichinturn givesusa great
chance of securingthe bigprize,”addedMr Xuereb.
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NOTES FOR EDITORS:
EC English LanguageCentres was established in 1991 with its firstschool in Malta.The current Malta school
remains EC’s largest,and sits adjacentto the headquarters of the Maltese-owned organisation.Organic growth
over the last25 years has seen EC expand to become the world’s fourth-largestEnglish Language school.
French is also taughtat our school in Montreal,Canada.EC now operates 23 schools in 5 countries (Malta,UK,
USA, Canada and South Africa) with the locations of the schools rightin the heart of some of the world’s most
prestigious cities –Times Squarein New York USA, Euston in London UK, and in the centre of cosmopolitan
Toronto, Canada.EC continues to grow based on the ethos of ‘going the extra mile’for its 45,000 students
annually,with the promiseof ‘helpingstudents succeed in the global economy’.
MEDIA CONTACT: John Hunt, Editor-in-Chief.email:johnhunt@ecenglish.com