A record
11,827 agents voted in this year’s Travel Weekly Globe Awards making it the
trade’s largest independent poll. More than 1,500 travel professionals gathered
at the Grosvenor House hotel in London last night to hear celebrity host Lenny
Henry unveil the winners. Thomas Cook scooped the award for best major
operator, short haul while the gong for best transatlantic airline went to
Virgin Atlantic. The full list of winners was…
USA HOTEL GROUP
EUROPEAN HOTEL GROUP
ASIA PACIFIC HOTEL GROUP
CARIBBEAN HOTEL GROUP
TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE
EUROPEAN AIRLINE
UK CHARTER AIRLINE
UK DOMESTIC AIRLINE
EX-UK CRUISE COMPANY
FERRY OPERATOR
SPECIALIST CRUISE COMPANY
Cruises
FLY-CRUISE COMPANY
THEME PARK
ENGLISH CHANNEL-SHORT SEA CROSSING OPERATOR
Ferries
RAIL OPERATOR
HOLIDAY ADD-ONS
CAR RENTAL – LEISURE
CAR RENTAL – BUSINESS
RESERVATIONS SYSTEM (GDS)
RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY
WEBSITE
OPERATOR – WINTERSPORTS
OPERATOR – EUROPEAN SHORT BREAKS
OPERATOR – UK SHORT BREAKS
OPERATOR – UK HOLIDAYS
COACH OPERATOR
AIRLINE TO AFRICA
AIRLINE TO THE MIDDLE EAST OR ASIA
AIRLINE TO THE PACIFIC, NEW ZEALAND OR AUSTRALIA
UK AIRPORT
TOURIST BOARD/DESTINATION (UK OFFICE)
SCHEDULED CONSOLIDATOR
CHARTER SEAT-ONLY OPERATOR
LONG-HAUL OPERATOR
SPECIALIST OPERATOR – SHORT HAUL
MAJOR OPERATOR – SHORT HAUL
AWARD IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Ultra, Kidderminster
BROCHURE
TALENT
Glasgow
full coverage of the Globe Awards make sure you pick up your copy of Travel
Weekly on February 2.