Nominations open for Advantage Travel awards
Travel Partnership will host its fourth annual Big Celebration Lunch in September, with ‘mind reader’ David Meade moderating for the first time.
Meade was a moderator of the Advantage Travel Conference in Cadiz earlier this year.
Nominations have opened for its Awards which will be announced during the lunch, to be held on the 27th at Hilton London Bankside.
CEO Julia Lo Bue-Said said: "We are delighted to once again be hosting our stand-alone awards ceremony, the Big Celebration Lunch. This is our fourth year and the event is growing each year – it’s so important to us to be able to show recognition to our member and business partners."
With awards now open for nominations, members can be entered in one or more of the 20 categories:
Corporate Business Partner Awards voted by members
* Business Travel Airline Partner of the Year 2019
* Business Travel Technology Partner of the Year 2019
* Business Travel Ancillary Partner of the Year 2019
* Business Travel Account Manager of the Year 2019
* Business Travel Hotel Partner of the Year 2019
Leisure Business Partner Awards voted by members
* Leisure Account Manager of the Year 2019
* Leisure Sales Team of the Year 2019
* Leisure Partner of the Year 2019
* Agent Friendly Leisure Partner of the Year 2019
Member Awards
* Advantage Holidays – Agent of the Year 2019
* Advantage Business Travel Agent of the Year (Less than £30m sales annually) 2019
* Advantage Business Travel Agent of the Year (More than £30m sales annually) 2019
* Advantage Leisure Travel Agent of the Year (More than 5 branches) 2019
* Advantage Leisure Travel Agent of the Year (Less than 6 branches) 2019
* Most Engaged Leisure Travel Agent of the Year 2019
* Most Engaged Business Travel Agent of the Year 2019
Member Awards can be self-nominated
* Employee of the Year 2019
* Outstanding Achievement Award Winner 2019
* Next Gen Talent Award 2019
* Giving Back Award 2019
A new award, Giving Back, has been added to recognise members’ charitable and corporate social responsibility efforts.
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