st agents in UK Travel Counsellors also scooped the
“The award is proof that if you have the right staff and the right product then it can work”
“I’m proud to be part of one of the biggest
agent groups and growing. Midcounties has grown from a business that turns over £70 million to £400 million in five years.” Byrne said: “We have such great people and as long as we keep on recruiting the best people everything else is pretty easy because it’s all about having the best travel counsellors and the best people supporting them.”
Homeworking Agency of the Year award,while Midcounties picked up Central England – Large Agency of the Year and Leisure Agent of the Year for Joanne Saunders. Hays Travel and Oasis Travelwon the national large and small high street agency categories respectively. Hays Travel managing director John Hays
said: “We havewon regional awards before but never the national. Just to be nominated along big names such as Cook and Thomson is a thrill. “The award is proof that if you have the right staff and the right product then it can work. The key is staff. They are everything and I’m especially proud of them.”
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1. Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Winners: Steve Byrne, Travel Counsellors; Jackie Steadman, TravelTime World; and Alistair Rowland, The Midcounties Co-operative Travel Byrne; John Warr, Wendy Wu Tours (sponsor); Steadman; Rowland; and Lucy Huxley, Travel Weekly
2. Charity appeal: Graeme Brett, Westoe Travel, raises money for Together Forever campaign for agent Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry (inset) who died in the Manchester bombings
3. Leisure Manager of the Year Winner: Kim Kent, Spear Travels Stephen Mulhern; Kent; Uday Sodha, G Adventures (sponsor); and Lucy Huxley, Travel Weekly
4. Young Leisure Agent of the Year Winner: Beth Collins, Premier Travel Stephen Mulhern; Collins; Nick Wilkinson, Norwegian Cruise Line (sponsor); and Lucy Huxley, Travel Weekly
5. Leisure Agent of the Year Winner: Joanne Saunders, Midcounties Co-operative Travel PTA Stephen Mulhern; Saunders; Mathew Prior, Austravel/Citalia (sponsor); and Lucy Huxley, Travel Weekly
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