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The Travel Industry Awards by TTG

2023 shortlist

2023 SHORTLIST

Congratulations to all of the finalists for The Travel Industry Awards 2023 by TTG in association with Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys!

 

The winners will be announced on Thursday 28 September at Magazine London.

AGENT-JUDGED SUPPLIER CATEGORIES

Airline of the Year

Airline of the Year

Sponsored by Mail Metro Media 

  • ANA – All Nippon Airways
  • Corendon Airlines
  • Jet2.com
  • JetBlue Airways
  • Virgin Atlantic

 

Ocean Cruise Line of the Year

Ocean Cruise Line of the Year

Sponsored by Newcastle International Airport

  • Ambassador Cruise Line
  • Celebrity Cruises
  • Cunard
  • Norwegian Cruise Line
  • P&O Cruises
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Seabourn
  • Silversea
  • Virgin Voyages

River Cruise Line of the Year

River Cruise Line of the Year

Sponsored by Inghams

  • AmaWaterways
  • Riviera Travel
  • Scenic & Emerald Cruises
  • Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

 

Expedition Cruise Line of the Year

Expedition Cruise Line of the Year

Sponsored by Polar Routes

  • AE Expeditions (part of Aurora Expeditions)
  • Albatros Expeditions
  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
  • Hurtigruten Expeditions
  • Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours
  • Seabourn
  • Silversea Expeditions

 

Holiday Essentials Provider of the Year

Holiday Essentials Provider of the Year

Sponsored by Newmarket Holidays

  • Attraction World Group
  • Avis Budget Group
  • Flexible Autos
  • Holiday Extras
  • Yalago Retail Connect

 

Hotel & Resort Operator of the Year

Hotel & Resort Operator of the Year

Sponsored by Major Travel

  • Ikos Resorts
  • Inclusive Collection, part of World of Hyatt
  • Mar-Bella Collection
  • Sandals & Beaches Resorts

Tour Operator of the Year – Large

Tour Operator of the Year – Large

Sponsored by Celestyal Cruises

  • Classic Collection Holidays
  • easyJet holidays
  • Gold Medal
  • Jet2holidays
  • Major Travel

Tour Operator of the Year – Small

Tour Operator of the Year – Small

Sponsored by Princess Cruises

  • Canadian Affair
  • The Gambia Experience
  • If Only...
  • Inside Travel Group
  • Just You
  • Latin Routes
  • Not In the Guidebooks
  • Ski France

 

Touring & Adventure Operator of the Year

Touring & Adventure Operator of the Year

Sponsored by Atlantic Canada

  • Explore Worldwide
  • G Adventures
  • Intrepid Travel
  • Newmarket Holidays
  • Riviera Travel
  • Titan Travel

 

Trade Support Team of the Year

Trade Support Team of the Year

Sponsored by Iberostar

  • Canadian Affair
  • Celebrity Cruises
  • Classic Collection Holidays
  • Cunard
  • Gold Medal
  • P&O Cruises
  • Riviera Travel
  • Royal Caribbean International

EXPERT-JUDGED SUPPLIER CATEGORIES

Family Holidays Provider of the Year

Family Holidays Provider of the Year

Sponsored by Birmingham Airport

  • Club Med
  • easyJet holidays
  • InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort
  • P&O Cruises
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Sani Resort
  • Santa’s Lapland
  • Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort 

PR & Representation Company of the Year

PR & Representation Company of the Year

Sponsored by The Travel Corporation

  • Finn Partners
  • Four Agency Worldwide
  • Lotus
  • The PC Agency

Technology Provider of the Year

Technology Provider of the Year

Sponsored by Canadian Affair

  • Amadeus
  • Cvent
  • HotelPlanner
  • RateHawk
  • Travelgenix

Tourist Board of the Year

Tourist Board of the Year

Sponsored by Club Med

  • Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.
  • ENIT – Italian National Tourist Board
  • Greek National Tourism Organisation
  • VisitMalta

UK & Ireland Airport of the Year

UK & Ireland Airport of the Year

Sponsored by Scenic & Emerald Cruises

  • Birmingham Airport
  • East Midlands Airport
  • Newcastle International Airport
  • Teesside International Airport

AGENT CATEGORIES

Cruise Travel Agent of the Year

Cruise Travel Agent of the Year

Sponsored by Celebrity Cruises

  • Bethany Brandwood, ArrangeMy Escape
  • Gillian Coombes, Cruise Beyond
  • Jonathan Gilchrist, Imagine Cruising
  • Cleo Gore, The Sovereign Cruise Club
  • Lois Harvey, Cruise.co.uk
  • Jake Nickels, ROL Cruise
  • Emma Taylor, Panache Cruises
  • Gillian Williams, The Travel Village

 

 

High Street Travel Agent of the Year

High Street Travel Agent of the Year

Sponsored by Travelsphere

  • Craig Barton, Barrhead Travel Aberdeen
  • Sarah Cooper, Peakes Travel Elite
  • Rebecca Dodd, Hays Travel Brentwood
  • Rebecca Hawker, The Travel Village
  • Christiane McCorgray, Thorne Travel
  • Ryan Sowney, ArrangeMy Escape
  • Sally Ward, Baldwins Travel Sevenoaks
  • Lauren Willetts, Hays Travel Aylsham

 

Home-Based Travel Agent of the Year

Home-Based Travel Agent of the Year

Sponsored by Royal Caribbean

  • Gilly Bachelor, Not Just Travel
  • Joseph Biggs, Personal Holiday Advisors
  • Ben Casey, Not Just Travel
  • Laura Featonby, Laura's Travel, The Holiday Village
  • Sally O'Hara, The Personal Travel Agents in partnership with Your Co-op
  • Lisa Russell, Wanderluxe Travel
  • Ginette Steele, The Personal Travel Agents in partnership with Your Co-op 
  • David Walker, Travel Snob, Not Just Travel

 

Apprentice of the Year

Apprentice of the Year

Sponsored by Intrepid Travel

  • Cordelia Brown, Hays Travel Stoke Talke
  • Lauren Chesters, Hays Travel Broughton
  • Olivia Davies, Barrhead Travel Plymouth
  • Bailey Dodd, Wotton Travel
  • Millie Howard, Pure Travel
  • Rosie Richardson, ArrangeMy Escape
  • Ellie-Mai Roberts, Hays Travel Wareham
  • Tyler Tedds, Hays Travel Amesbury

 

New Travel Agent of the Year

New Travel Agent of the Year

Sponsored by Ambassador Cruise Line

  • Milla Callis, Travel By Hannah
  • Daniella Clarke, Perfect Getaways Isle of Man
  • Natasha Heath, Optimum Experience
  • Caitlin Jubb, Hays Travel Meadowhall
  • Vito Minoli, La Vida Travel
  • Georgia Redmond, Panache Cruises
  • Kasia Simpson, Thompson Travel

 

Manager of the Year

Manager of the Year

Sponsored by VisitMalta

  • Sean Buckley, Barrhead Travel Northwich
  • Bethany Cooper, Perfect Getaways Isle of Man
  • Hayley Gadd, Hays Travel Weymouth
  • Zane Ground, Lincolnshire Co-op Boston
  • Carolyn Markey, The Travel Village
  • Lisa Miles, La Vida Travel
  • Luke Nicol, Hays Travel Leeds White Rose

 

FAIRER TRAVEL CATEGORIES

The John Hays Entrepreneur of the Year Award

  • Alice and Georgia Aubrey, co-founders, Lovetovisit.com
  • Julie Cheetham, managing director and co-founder, Weeva
  • Mike Kelly, founder, Coral Tree Travel

  • Gail Kenny, founder, Best Workplaces In Travel

  • Anita Powell, founder, The Africa Hub

  • Andrew Rowdon, director, Panndorah/Go Travel Wallet

  • Carol Savage, founder, Not In The Guide Books
  • Abi Selby, founder, Spabreaks.com

The LGBT+ Trailblazer of the Year Award

The LGBT+ Trailblazer of the Year Award

Sponsored by easyJet holidays

  • Lindsay Garvey-Jones, national retail manager, Holiday Extras & chair AWTE (Association of Women Travel Executives)
  • Duncan Greenfield-Turk, managing director & chief travel designer, Global Travel Moments
  • LoAnn Halden, vice-president of communications, IGLTA
  • Nick Johnson, senior account manager, Virgin Atlantic
  • Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir, founder, Moonlight Experiences
  • Jenny Southan, founder & CEO, Globetrender
  • Ed Williams, senior digital analyst, Tui
  • Chris Wright, managing director, Sunvil Group

Accessible Holidays Provider of the Year

Accessible Holidays Provider of the Year

Sponsored by Worldpay

  • Enable Holidays
  • Limitless Travel
  • Tui UK&I

The Italian National Tourist Board Best Place to Work in Travel Award

 The Italian National Tourist Board Best Place to Work in Travel Award
  • easyJet holidays
  • G Adventures
  • G Touring
  • Holiday Extras
  • Intrepid Travel
  • Ison Travel
  • Kuoni
  • Travel Counsellors

 

Community Initiative of the Year

Community Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by The Travel Network Group

  • Idiliq Hotels & Resorts – Charity Holidays
  • Intrepid Travel – Turkiye Appeal
  • G Adventures – G Trek For Good

 

Environmental Initiative of the Year

Environmental Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by the Spanish Tourist Office

  • AE Expeditions (part of Aurora Expeditions) – Antarctic Climate Expedition

  • The Business Travel Association (BTA) – ESG transparency reports

  • Exodus Travels – Citizen Science programme

  • Hurtigruten Group – ESG performance

  • Iberostar Group – roadmap for decarbonisation

  • Key Travel – Eco-fares launch

  • Metaxa Hospitality Group – sustainable hotel farming

  • Trafalgar Tours – first ‘Swisstainable’ itinerary

Sustainable Travel Company of the Year

Sustainable Travel Company of the Year

Sponsored by WeTravel

  • Audley Travel
  • easyJet holidays
  • Explore Worldwide
  • Hurtigruten
  • Intrepid Travel
  • Key Travel
  • Sani Resort
  • The Travel Corporation

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Awards Timeline

In association with

dnata

Partners

AE Expeditions
Ambassador Cruise Line
ANA – All Nippon Airways
APT
Atlantica Hotel & Resorts
Avis
Birmingham Airport
Blacklane
Celebrity Cruises
easyJet holidays
Expedia TAAP
Explore
Gold Medal
GNTO
Holiday Extras
Hurtigruten
HX
Inghams
Intrepid
Jet2holidays
Latin/Polar Routes
MSC
Newmarket Holidays
Princess Cruises
Quark Expeditions
Riviera
Scenic & Emerald
Travel Texas
Spain
TUI
TTNG
Travelsphere
Virgin Atlantic
Wendy Wu Tours
WTM

Sponsorship opportunities

If you would like to be a part of the Travel Industry Awards by TTG 2024, contact us to find out more about the range of sponsorship opportunities available.

Email Matt Roclawski at mroclawski@ttgmedia.com, or call on +44 (0) 203 714 4215

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