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There will also be a highly competitive edge to the Award for the Best Tourist Information Office where votes will be cast by the public based on their layout, range of information, helpfulness of staff, access, etc. The four top TICs will then be 'mystery shopped' to decide the overall winner, a system which gives the smaller TICs a chance of competing with the bigger better known visitor centres in places like Belfast and Londonderry.
As in previous years there will be prize weekends on offer to members of the public to encourage them to vote in the public voting categories, while there will be complimentary tickets to the Awards Gala to be won by members of the Travel Trade who vote in the relevant Trade sections. Draws will be made from votes case either by the Trade or the Public to help decide the respective winners.
Northern Ireland Travel News will as usual be sponsoring the Travel Student of the Year award which has been hugely successful down the years. Students from colleges all over the Province will be competing for the Award which gives the winner a huge head-start in their efforts to forge a successful career in the travel and tourism industry. Top students will as
always be nominated by their tutors then assessed by Travel and Tourism Industry leaders.
As usual, a lot of interest will focus on the destination of the World Crystal Globe for the Travel Agency of the Year. The big question is whether there will be a new name on the plinth or whether it will be one of the previous winners, well-known independents. There will also be an Award for the best individual shop of a UK multiple.
Meanwhile, the six major category sponsors of this year's Awards are: Stena Line, Amadeus, Celebrity Cruises, British Airways, Travelcube and Blue Insurances.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
* Room Reservations at Slieve Donard – Rooms go on sale on June 9, 2014, at 10.00am. Contact Nora Hanna at The Slieve Donard. NOTE: All Accommodation should be reserved and confirmed with the Resort & Spa six weeks prior to the event (Nora Hanna)
conf@sdh.hastingshotels.com
* Ticket Applications – Tickets go on sale immediately from Northern Ireland Travel
News - closing date for applications, July 4, 2014.
From left, Ian Bailie of category sponsors Stena Line with Delia Aston, Clubworld Travel, Murat Balandi, Turkish Airlines, Cathy Thompson, TUI, and Onur Gul, Turkish Airlines
Brenda Morgan, second left, of British Airways, category sponsors at the Northern Ireland Travel and Tourism Awards, with Carolyn McNeice, Belfast Metropolitan College Travel and Tourism Dept, Robert Wilson and Roberto Comsa of Travel Solutions
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