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night culminating in honouring Fernandes who was named the 2017 Travolution Achievement Award winner. The Malaysian entrepreneur
bought AirAsia in 2001 from the Malaysian government for just 25p when it operated just two aircraft. He has since transformed it into a pioneer of budget flying in the Far East with affiliate carriers in China, Japan, Thailand, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, plus a sister long-haul airline. Fernandes joins the likes
of easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou,
lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman and Kayak co-founder Steve Hafner as recipients of the honour. Multiple-award-winners
this year were Cheapflights,
Kiwi.com, Holiday Pirates, Love Holidays and Zen3, which all won two awards each. Cheapflights won the Best Use of Mobile and Best Use of Content Marketing awards;
Kiwi.com was named Best Meta Search Website and was also picked out as the 2017 Rising Brand of the Year. Holiday Pirates won Best Use of Social Media for its impressive growth on Facebook and WhatsApp, and Best Blog; while Love Holidays scooped the Best Travel Agent Website gong and was named Brand of the Year having risen to become the UK’s second-biggest OTA. Indian technology firm Zen3
won the Best Use of Data and Best Technological Innovation awards for its Sayint call centre analytics platform developed in partnership with Teletext Holidays.
The other big individual winner of the night was James Lee, senior digital marketing manager at P&O Cruises, who was named Rising Star of the Year. The awards were handed out by comedian Rob Beckett.
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Travolution Awards 2017: Winners voice delight at scooping travel ‘Honoured and thrilled’:
We at Zen3 are delighted to receive not one but two Travolution awards. It’s a great
honour to be recognised by the Travolution judges as the best in class for both data and technology innovation in 2017 within the travel industry. We’re looking forward to 2018 where we plan to showcase our further developments in the travel and artificial intelligence space. Rajan Sawhney, UK managing director, Zen3
We are delighted to have won the Best Use of Social Media and Best Travel Blog awards at
the Travolution Awards. We believe that we are at the forefront of both innovation and technology in both of these fields and to receive this sort of recognition is something that the whole team has earned and are deservedly very proud about. David Armstrong, chief executive, HolidayPirates Group
RentalsCombined helps travel advisers provide their clients with a safe and enjoyable rental
stay. We are incredibly proud to have won the award for Best Trade Supplier. We were up against some big established brands. However, this accolade has cemented the importance of our mission – to eradicate consumer risk and provide travel professionals with a trustworthy and professional alternative to peer-to-peer rental providers. Elkie Nicholas, brand director and co-founder, RentalsCombined
We’re extremely honoured to be recognised by Travolution, especially as the competition
was so fierce. Winning would not have been possible without the great team at Cheapflights – thanks to everyone involved. Lydia Curtis, global digital campaigns manager, Cheapflights
We are thrilled to be recognised with the UK travel industry’s highest accolade for
technology and innovation. The Intilery team is very
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Winner: Love Holidays
proud that our customer engagement platform is recognised as a disruptive solution that drives value for our clients Gareth James, chief executive, Intilery
We’re thrilled to have our work on Big Bus Tours recognised by Travolution and its panel
of expert judges. Our team created an innovative strategy which included competitor silencing, the use of language expansion to drive incremental revenue, a methodical campaign restructure and a relentless laser-like focus on optimisation, which together have delivered a 35% uplift in just one year. Sarah Jennings, chief executive, Oban International
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