Travel Weekly Hotlist to honour top suppliers in cruise and touring & adventure

Travel Weekly is to honour the best suppliers in the cruise and touring & adventure sectors as it brings back its Hotlist publication for the first time since the pandemic.

The Hotlist will be published in association with headline partner Travelzoo, Clia and the Association of Touring & Adventure Suppliers in June and will feature 35 trade and consumer categories decided by votes from the travel agent readers of Travel Weekly and Travelzoo subscribers.

The categories will acknowledge excellence in product and service, as well as celebrating the best suppliers of cruise and touring & adventure holidays in key destinations.

The Hotlist originated in 2012 with Travel Weekly’s Hot Hotels, Cool Cruises and Perfect Places publications, before evolving into The Hotlist concept prior to the pandemic.

The winners will be featured in a special supplement published with the June 13 edition of Travel Weekly and will also be honoured at an event held in London on June 12.

Lucy Huxley, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly Group, said: “We are delighted to be bringing back The Hotlist with a focus on two key growth areas of the travel industry.

“Suppliers in both sectors continue to bush the boundaries of excellence in service, itineraries and product, and we look forward to honouring the very best in association with our new Hotlist headline partner Travelzoo and with the support of Clia and Atas.”

The categories for The Hotlist: Cruise and Touring & Adventure, are:

Cruise

Agent-voted

Ocean

• Best for Families
• Best for Food & Drink
• Best for Entertainment
• Best for Enrichment (excursions/onboard learning)
• Best for Ex-UK
• Best for Mediterranean
• Best for Caribbean
• Best for Asia & Australasia
• Best for Alaska
• Best for Polar

River

• Best for Food & Drink
• Best for Onboard Learning
• Best for Excursions
• Best for Europe
• Best for Asia

Consumer-voted

• Best for Families
• Best for Luxury
• Best for Expedition
• Best for Ocean Cruising
• Best for River Cruising

Touring & Adventure

Agent-voted

• Best for Younger Travellers
• Best for Solo Travellers
• Best for Families
• Best for Small-Group/Private Tours
• Best for UK & Europe
• Best for US & Canada
• Best for Latin America
• Best for Middle East & Africa
• Best for Asia
• Best for Australasia

Consumer-voted

• Best for Short-Haul
• Best for Long-Haul
• Best for Rail Holidays
• Best for Solo Travel
• Best for Luxury

Voting in the trade categories is open to bona fide third-party travel sellers, and everyone who casts their votes will be entered into a prize draw to win one of two £100 Amazon vouchers.

To have your say, click here.