Celebrity co-host Ashley Banjo
Aston Merrygold wows the crowds
Karen Marin Reyes, La Vida Travel
top achievers T
More than 750 people gathered in London for the Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards I am always in awe
he UK’s top travel agents and agencies have been honoured at the 2025 Travel Weekly
Agent Achievement Awards. Te event, held in partnership
with headline sponsor Celestyal, took place at the Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge hotel, with more than 750 guests in atendance. Te awards were presented by
dancer and TV personality Ashley Banjo alongside Travel Weekly Group editor-in-chief Lucy Huxley, while entertainment was provided by JLS star Aston Merrygold and Irish hypnotist and magician Keith Barry. Coveted individual awards
included Leisure Agent of the Year, which was won in the high street category by Rebecca White of Te
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Travel Village and in the home-based and call centre category by Personal Holiday Advisors’ Joe Biggs. Other individual honours
included Leisure Manager of the Year, won by Natasha Crossley of Cruise Nation; Young Leisure Agent of the Year, won by Tui’s Megan Lewis; and Agency Support Team Member of the Year, won by Olivia Bell from Dawson & Sanderson. Multiple-award winners included
Hays Travel, which won the Large Agency category in the north and south of England, in addition to being named national Large High Street Agency of the Year. Outstanding Contribution
honours went to Te Travel Network Group chief executive Gary Lewis
of the professionalism and expertise on show in the room
and Idle Travel owner Tony Mann, while Prety Litle Holidays picked up the One to Watch Award. Te Mental Health Maters Award was won by Anna Perrot of Panache Cruises. Barrhead Travel, Panache Cruises
and Mundy Cruising were named the best large, medium and small agencies to work for, respectively. Huxley said: “Te Agent
Achievement Awards offer an unrivalled platform to honour the very best travel agents and agencies
of everything we do and it is always a privilege to play our part in celebrating their successes.”
travelweekly.co.uk
from across the UK. I am always in awe of the professionalism and expertise on show in the room, and am hugely grateful to Celestyal and all our sponsors and supporters for allowing us to showcase our brilliant travel agent readers.” Janet Parton, vice-president of
business development in the UK, Europe and Australia for Celestyal, added: “Celestyal was delighted to return for a second year as headline sponsor of the Agent Achievement Awards, and to use the spectacular event to thank our trade partners and unveil our new Celestyal Travel brand. “Travel agents remain at the heart
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