MARCH 2020 PAGE 16 ITIA AWARDS 2020


IRELAND'S PREMIER SOURCE OF TRAVEL INFORMATION


Category sponsor Matt Lebbern of Princess Cruises and travel agent Siobhan Byrne Learat of Adams & Butler,


T


ravel Agent of the year


Byrne Learat. A graduate in Span-


ish and Arabic, Siobhan speaks several languages .She set up Adams & Butler in 2002, the busi- ness plan for which was her MBA thesis. Adams & Butler is an tour operator


upmarket


for wealthy and sophis- ticated


clients, includ-


ing many celebrities, inbound sand outbound. Siobhan lectures part-


is Siobhan


TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL: SIOBHAN BYRNE LEARAT


time in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and is the President of the Ireland US Alumni Association and a member of the In- stitute of Directors. Previous winners:


2013 Katrina McMullan of Navan Travel & Clare O’Dwyer of Shandon travel, 2014 Christine Rickard of Tour Amer-


ica & Katrina McMul- lan of Navan Travel; (2 categories), 2015 Louise Brennan Ormsby of Club Travel, 2016 Liz Wright of Tour America, 2017 Sandra Mooney of Cas- sidy Travel, 2018 Joanna Gomez of Travel Focus, 2019 Ann Mullins of The Travel Broker.


Category sponsor Joe Gilmore of Ireland West Airport with Olwen McKin- ney of Amadeus,


A madeus’ award


for the Best Travel Technol-


TECH PROVIDER: AMADEUS


ogy Provider set another record. “It is particularly satisfying for us as we have now won this particular honour nine times in a row,” Olwen McKinney says, “and the entire Ireland team are very thankful for the continued vote of confi - dence we receive from our customers.” “It is a great honour for me to be heading a team in Ireland that is 100pc committed to making the lives of travel consultants in Ireland easier.” “A lot of time, money and effort goes into our products and solutions which is why Amadeus is the largest investor in


travel technology in Europe.” “But it is crucial to make them work for every single agent, and every sin- gle travel consultant, in their very own way.”


“This is what we strive for everyday and it is fantastic to see this effort re- cognised. So we would like to thank everybody who voted for us and we promise that this recognition will only spur us in 2020.” Shortlist: Amadeus, Dolphin Dynam- ics, Proactive Labs, Sabre, Travelport. Previous winners: 2011-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Amadeus.


Thank you for choosing Aer Lingus as the best airline to fly to Europe and North America


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