Travel Foundation chief wins award
The Travel Foundation director Sue Hurdle has become Public Sector Woman of the Year in the 2006 Shine Awards.
The awards are the only ones in the travel, tourism and leisure industries which recognise and reward outstanding work carried out by women.
The Public Sector Woman of the Year award celebrates women within government departments, agencies, not for profit organisations and also non government organisations, who are significantly contributing to the success of their organisation and making considerable impact within their role.
Runners up in the sector were Baerbel Kirchner, UK and Ireland director of Dubai department of tourism and commerce marketing, and Petra Roach, Europe sales and marketing vice-president of Barbados Tourism Authority.
Hurdle established The Travel Foundation in 2003 to encourage travel firms to support sustainable tourism.
The charity has completed successful programmes in Cyprus and The Gambia and has others in Tobago, Mexico and Sri Lanka. There are now 70 companies engaged in the foundation’s work.
Hurdle said: “I am delighted to have won this award – it is an accolade to both the company and the team and proves that sustainable travel is becoming a major part of the industry. We have big plans and high hopes for The Travel Foundation’s programmes in 2006, and are looking to replicate those initiatives that have proven to be so successful elsewhere.”
Travel Foundation chairman Derek Stevens said: “Sue is very inventive and works hard to find solutions to every barrier, simply believing in the cause to do more to improve the lives of the people and places we love to visit”.
Report by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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