ASPIRE AWARDS 2025


Aspire honoured the UK’s top luxury agencies and suppliers at its annual awards ceremony in Manchester on November 20


More than 400 people attended Aspire’s annual awards ceremony at Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester, held once again in partnership with headline sponsor Celebrity Cruises. Outstanding Contribution to Luxury awards were


presented to Corinthia Hotels chief executive Simon Casson, whose career includes 35 years at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and James Turner, the founder of luxury travel agency 360 Private Travel.


Casson said: “If an outstanding contribution I have indeed made, it is only because I have had the immense privilege to lead wonderful people – across three decades with Four Seasons and in recent years with Corinthia. It is to them that I dedicate this award.”


Turner said: “I feel very humbled to receive this award.


Obviously it’s really about the people at 360 who have all been part of the journey. This is part of a series of accolades and achievements that we’ve been able to accumulate over the past few years, and it sits really well with everything else that we’re doing.” Carrier was the big winner of the night, taking home three


awards. The company won Luxury Tour Operator of the Year for the sixth year running, as well as Luxury Team of the Year and Trade Initiative of the Year. Carrier’s head of trade partnerships, Lee Marshall,


said: “We put our heart and soul into everything we do with our trade partners, and to be recognised among such


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