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news ttg travel awards 2009
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Registration for this year’s TTG Travel Awards closes next week,
THE CATEGORIES
so sign up now via our easy online system, says Mike Lane
■ Airline of the Year
■ Airport of the Year
Last chance to
■ Seat-only Operator of the Year
■ Car Hire Company of the Year
■ Rail, Road or Sea Operator of the Year
■ Holiday Add-ons Company of the Year
■ Cruise Line of the Year
(over 75,000 UK annual passengers)
register to enter
■ Cruise Line of the Year
(under 75,000 UK annual passengers)
■ Hotel Chain of the Year
■ Resort Operator of the Year
■ Accommodation-only
Company of the Year
THE DEADLINE for registration manager at C&M Recruitment, ■ Domestic Operator of the Year
is fast approaching, but winners in last year’s Travel ■ Short-haul Operator of the Year
entering this year’s TTG Travel Services Provider category, ■ Long-haul Operator of the Year
Awards is quicker, easier and welcomed the new format. ■ Specialist Operator of the Year
greener than ever before. “Being online will make it ■ Tourist Board of the Year
Our new online-only entry easier and more consistent for ■ Travel Service Provider of the Year
system allows you to enter mul- the judges, making the process ■ Training Programme of the Year
tiple categories and upload sup- more objective, fairer and ■ Trade-facing Website of the Year
porting material without having more reasonable,” she said. ■ Trade Campaign of the Year
to produce printed submissions. And Wendy Lahmich, head ■ Supplier Sales Team of the Year
All you need to do is go to of sales and marketing at ■ Travel Gives Back
ttgtravelawards.com, select your categories Carnival UK, which won best sales team in 2008, ■ Young Agent of the Year
and register your intention to enter before confirmed she will be entering again this year. ■ Agent of the Year
next Friday, May 1. “You’ve got to go for it. The format’s easier ■ Retail Team of the Year
Entrants then have until June 19 to submit now. Everybody is working harder this year and ■ Contribution to the Industry
their full entries online by completing the could be put off by the time it takes but if you ■ Travel Company of the Year (Retailer over
category-specific entry form, which consists of think you’re good enough, enter,” she said. £50 million annual turnover)
no more than 10 questions. The number of companies and individuals ■ Travel Company of the Year (Retailer
At the end of the form there is an option to already registered is heading towards record under £50 million annual turnover)
submit any supporting material electronically. levels, but there is still time for more to enter. ■ Travel Company of the Year (Supplier over
Registering your commitment before you TTG editor Lucy Huxley said: “We’ve been 100,000 passengers)
submit your entry gives us time to complete the really heartened by the number of entries to ■ Travel Company of the Year (Supplier
Agent Rating section of the judging. date, in what is a difficult time for the industry. under 100,000 passengers)
Barbara Kolosinska, business development The automated system is less time-consuming.”
Two of last year’s winners reveal
what it’s like to be rated the best
Barbara Kolosinska, Wendy Lahmich,
business development head of sales and
manager, C&M Recruitment marketing, Carnival UK
“We were gobsmacked. The “Last year was phenomenal
recognition on the evening and it means a lot to be
was fantastic. Any kind of recognised by the industry.
recognition gives the business a boost. We’ve got We feel as though it rewards all the hard work. It
it on every presentation, on advertising and on was the best thing for the team and we’re still
emails. Whenever I tender I mention the award. reeling from it now. It set a precedent and now
“And it’s always good to submit something like you’ve got to strive to be better.
this because it makes you look at your business “From our point of view, you can’t get a better
practices. Just to be nominated gives real kudos accolade. It’s good PR within the industry, it’s on
for your business – it puts all the hard work over the bottom of emails and it gets dropped into
the years into context.” conversations a lot.”
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