Winners of TravelMole UK Awards 2017 revealed

Saturday, 15 Nov, 2017 0

Winners of the TravelMole UK Awards 2017 have been announced.

The event, now in its 13th year, took place on board a City Cruise boat on the Thames on Wednesday, followed by an after party.

TravelMole managing director Graham McKenzie called out the winners, while TravelMole editor-in-chief Bev Fearis handed out the gongs. Click here to see a montage of pictures from the event.

McKenzie said: "Once again, we had a great turnout among members of the UK travel industry for our Web Awards, which celebrate the best of technology in travel.

"Huge congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who made it onto the shortlist.

"Heartfelt thanks to our sponsors, who helped us to put on a great event, to City Cruises for hosting a memorable evening, and to those organisations who sponsored awards categories."

Award sponsors included Mall of America, Bloomington Minnesota, Travel2, Cellet Marketing & Public Relations, Designate, Brand USA, roomsXML, BedWithEase, Family Holiday Association and TravelTek.

And the winners are:

Best Accommodation Site
laterooms.com

Best Airline Site
easyjet.com

Best Branded Site
theculturalexperience.com

Best Car Hire Site
affordablecarhire.com

Best Cruise/Ferry Site
royalcaribbean.co.uk

Best Responsible Tourism Site
blueskywildlife.com

Best Sports Travel & Tourism Site
sportstoursinternational.co.uk

Best Tour Operator Site
audleytravel.com

Best Tourist Board Site
yorkshire.com

Best Travel Agent Site
haystravel.co.uk

Best Travel Blog
hoppa.com/en/discover

Best Travel Directory Site
silvertraveladvisor.com

Best Travel Recruitment Site
candm.co.uk

Best Use of Social Media
Bordessa Holidays (facebook.com/bordessaholidays)

Holiday Miscellaneous
orlandoattractiontickets.co.uk

Best Trade Accommodation Only Site
bedswithease.com

A special award also went to Nick Wrightman, MD of The Discerning Collection, for his fund raising through the Alternative Travel Awards. The awards, now in their 25th year, have so far raised around £800,000.

 



 

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Lisa

Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.



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