Nominations open for British Travel Awards 2019
Nominations have opened for the British Travel Awards 2019, with five new awards added to the list.
New for this year are awards for Best No-fly Cruise Line, Best Holiday Transfer Company, Best UK Holiday Parks & Lodges Company, Best Assisted/Accessible Holiday Company and Best UK Family Holiday Company.
Awards for Best UK Airport and Best Holiday Company to North Africa have been reinstated.
The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner in London on Wednesday November 27.
In total there are 83 awards across six travel industry sectors – Package Holidays & Tours, Holiday Planning & Booking Sources, Cruise Lines & Ferries, Airlines & Travel Services, Hotels & Villa Accommodation and UK/Domestic Holiday & Attractions.
Nearly half of the awards will be graded by size – large, medium and small – to recognise the achievements of SMEs.
BTA CEO Lorraine Barnes Burton said: "Travel companies have until 31 May to apply for listing on the 2019 consumer facing voting form. The winners are determined solely by the number of consumer votes cast – last year 334,522 holiday buyers voted for their preferred providers, making the British Travel Awards the largest and most influential of all travel industry awards."
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Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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